Alaskan Reefer
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Nemo -- I don't think it matters at all really. All the same stuff just in different colored bottles.
What 2 part solution are you using to dose?
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reefarchitect
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B-ionic. Daily, specifically in the morning as it will help boost your PH till the lights kick on.
Dosing will vary greatly as your load and absorption increases. My buddy doses 20 ml per day of each in his 65 which is mostly softies and LPS. I dose about 90 ml per day of each.
Most of the 2-parts are simillar, except be aware that all doses are not equal. It takes me 120 ml of the nature-reef to accomplish what I get with b-ionics 90.
Dosing will vary greatly as your load and absorption increases. My buddy doses 20 ml per day of each in his 65 which is mostly softies and LPS. I dose about 90 ml per day of each.
Most of the 2-parts are simillar, except be aware that all doses are not equal. It takes me 120 ml of the nature-reef to accomplish what I get with b-ionics 90.
bigeyetuna
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so what's the best way to determine the right dosing?
Lets say I start with 20 ml a day on ~80 gals of water, the recommended amount on the B-Ionic bottles, per part. Should I just monitor the pH and Alk? What will I see happen? Will both increase proportionately? In other words, if my Ca is 350 right now and I want to get it up around 420, will I be able to do that by slowly increasing the amount of dosing? What should I expect to see on the ALK side of things with the component?
Lets say I start with 20 ml a day on ~80 gals of water, the recommended amount on the B-Ionic bottles, per part. Should I just monitor the pH and Alk? What will I see happen? Will both increase proportionately? In other words, if my Ca is 350 right now and I want to get it up around 420, will I be able to do that by slowly increasing the amount of dosing? What should I expect to see on the ALK side of things with the component?
reefarchitect
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Thats about right.
Some would say that it is a disadvantage to dose 2-part because they have to be increased proportionately, but I feel it helps keep things in balance.
Whatever you do, just make sure you test regularly. I recently had a crash when I over-dosed the system. The entire tank was Grey and cloudy. I lost 5 corals.
Some would say that it is a disadvantage to dose 2-part because they have to be increased proportionately, but I feel it helps keep things in balance.
Whatever you do, just make sure you test regularly. I recently had a crash when I over-dosed the system. The entire tank was Grey and cloudy. I lost 5 corals.
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