What are you dosing in your tank, how and how much?

[fredro]

Thought it would be interesting to see what people are dosing their tank with and how they dose it. I see a lot of people that use standard and even alternative supplements to adjust things like Calcium, Iodine and Pptassium to name a few. I am weary of using things other than those labeled for aquarium use, even though I'm sure there are many out there that would work just fine. Also, as I have recently switched from dosing Seachem Fusion 2 Part manually, to dosing B-Ionic 2 Part and Mg with the Jebao DP-4, I have noticed that certain products are more concentrated than others and dosages vary drastically between brand.

I have a mixed reef 80g Deep Blue w a Custom King ~30g Sump

I dose:
7x a day B-Ionic Calcium @ 42ml total
7x a day B-Ionic Allalinity @ 40ml total
1x a week B-Ionic Magnesium @ 15ml
1x every 2 weeks Kent Iodine @ 5ml
1x every week TLF AcroPower @ 5ml

I'm waiting for my Red Sea Potassium test kit as I feel my K levels may be slightly depleted by the look of a few pieces of SPS.

 

[Paolissimo]

I have a 75g with a 30 g sump mixed reef with mostly sps. I have about 90gallon of total water.
I only dose esv alk and calcium(i don't remember how much because i use a doser lol) every night. I also have a kalk reactor to keep my ph up during the day. I do not dose anything else. I was thinking about dosing potassium, but I fear an algae bloom. Let us know what you find out when you test your water.

 

[evoIX_Reefer]

I dose the following:

3x daily Bionic alk @ 8ml total (not too many corals at this point) (no cal dose)
1x week TLF AcroPower @ 5ml
3-4x week ReefEnergy A+B @ 5ml each



alk depletes at .5dkh/daily at this time
Cal never tested out of range at a rate of 10-20ppm change in a week. I do weekly water changes so I never go out of line.
Mag is high in Red Sea Coral Pro so I don't dose. Stays around 1350ppm and as stated above my weekly water changes keeps it in line.
I should test Potassium but I have not seen a need to at this point. I do have a test kit for it but I'll test when I'm not lazy!
ReefEnergy feeds and gives my corals their needed amino acids.

 

[fredro]

I dose the following:

3x daily Bionic alk @ 8ml total (not too many corals at this point) (no cal dose)
1x week TLF AcroPower @ 5ml
3-4x week ReefEnergy A+B @ 5ml each



alk depletes at .5dkh/daily at this time
Cal never tested out of range at a rate of 10-20ppm change in a week. I do weekly water changes so I never go out of line.
Mag is high in Red Sea Coral Pro so I don't dose. Stays around 1350ppm and as stated above my weekly water changes keeps it in line.
I should test Potassium but I have not seen a need to at this point. I do have a test kit for it but I'll test when I'm not lazy!
ReefEnergy feeds and gives my corals their needed amino acids.

How big is your tank? Also, you dose AcroPower and ReefEnergy both for Aminos, is there a reason?

 

[duke62]

90 ml of fuel split up in 2 doses
Brightwells potassion 20ml a week
Brightwells iodide 5ml per week
Brightwells microbacter 30ml a week into the biopellet reactor

 

[evoIX_Reefer]

You know, I only use it based on a recommendation by another reefer and didn't even look at what it was. HA

Good thing I don't dose it when I dose anything else but I have not had an issue with my sps so far. I've done it for about a month now.

My total tank volume is around 80gal. 70gal display with a trigger ruby30s - after rock/sand displacement and sump operating volume - should be about 80-90gal. I normally reduce the recommended dosing levels to be on the safe side.

Forgot to add. For bacteria diversity - I add prodibio biodigest every 2 weeks and mb7 2-3/week.

 

[ducati335i]

Every tank is diff and I have tried a ton of combos..
Calcium 120 a day
Alk 120 a day
Mb7 every other day 5ml and 25 ml once a week
15ml vinegar a day , 20ml vodka a day
I think I have almost 600 gallons of true salt water

 

[fredro]

Every tank is diff and I have tried a ton of combos..
Calcium 120 a day
Alk 120 a day
Mb7 every other day 5ml and 25 ml once a week
15ml vinegar a day , 20ml vodka a day

I think I have almost 600 gallons of true salt water

That's a lot of water!!

What supplement do you use for Ca and Alk?

 

[kres1024]

Alk 400ml daily
Calcium 320 ml daily
Mag I dose once a week free handed to keep it around 1400
240total gallon system

 

[fredro]

Alk 400ml daily
Calcium 320 ml daily
Mag I dose once a week free handed to keep it around 1400
240total gallon system

Which brand supplement do you use in your tank?

 

[kres1024]

which brand supplement do you use in your tank?

brs

 

[lrasser]

140g total water volume


Daily
140 ml Alk
150 ml Cal
90 ml Mag

Every tank is different. People think i'm crazy for how much mag i dose but it every few weeks it wants more. This only keeps it at 1380.

 

[mguili1947]

140 gallon with sump
Calcium 140 a day
Alk 140 a day
Peroxide 17 ml day
20ml vinegar a day
20 ml Mag
TLF AcroPower 5ml 1x week

 

[vio]

For 280 Gal. system i use Calcium Reactor i use also Libra Doser for 12ml. of Vodka and some extra Magnesium, Potassium (20 ml a week), most of people dose Bacteria , but they "never" now if have enough or to "much" , i manage to control the PO4 by removing the Detritus faster i can,run BB, clean the sump (Diatom Filter) all the time i see some Detritus precipitation , also via Protein Skimmer, nothing inside the sump.
http://www.hach.com/bart-test-for-heterotropic-aerobic-bacteria-pk-9/product?id=7640250869

 

[SteveZ15]

40 gal 55total
9ml alk daily
9ml cal daiy
1ml acropower/switched recent to brightwell I think its better
5ml zooplankton everyother day
30ml special blend everyother week
30ml niteout after water change