How much are others dosing

[spawn]

Just wondering how much other people are dosing in their sps setups. I'm dosing 30ml Ca & 30 Alk using C-balance on this setup with 55 gal nwv. Thats after weekly water changes, the tank is only 9 months old, sometimes I wonder if it's to much, but the are no signs of precipitation. So just wondering what others are dosing?http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae199/spawn26/Redplanetpics001.jpg

[Mrfish55]

I am dosing 90ml into my 300 (light sps load) levels are keeping steady and everything looks happy.

[lastlight]

40mL Alk and 38mL Ca into my 110. Based on the size of my corals and looking at yours...I'd expect you to be dosing more than me actually.

My levels are steady at 420 and 8.

[fishytime]

before the move/crash I was going through 1 gallon of each (Ca and DKH (Randy's recipe)) in three days:surprise:.....I havnt tested, never mind dosed in monthes:redface:

[lastlight]

a gallon in three days!?!

ok maybe I *will* be changing to a reactor someday OUCH!

[fishytime]

a gallon in three days!?!

ok maybe I *will* be changing to a reactor someday OUCH!

It wasnt too expensive Brett:wink: bulk for all three(Ca, Mg and DKH).....and my tank was a little full of coral........ and had 13 clams in it:wink:

[chris88]

i easily dose about 300ml of each per day if not more. I only have a 50g sps reef but they grow like wild fire.

[ottoman]

wow...I am using brightwell A & B...they said maximum 5ml per 10G daily...I have a 90G, so max. 45ml...how can you add 300ml?

[imisky]

63mls of A/B for my all SPS 40g system daily

[Palmer]

175 mls of Ca and Alk (Randys) daily (120 G mixed reef)

[bowkry]

I am dosing about 30-35 a day and I have the same tank with about the same load

[daniella3d]

Why are you dosing without testing? and if you are testing, why are you wondering why there are no precipitation? there should not be any precipitation if you don't bring your parameters overboard.

How did you determined what amount you needed? If you did it right, there is no risk of overdosing.

I put 100ml per day for the KH in my 75 gallons but I have a heavy load of coral.

[daniella3d]

I guess it all depends on the concentration you use to start with. Different product have a different base concentration. I use the BRS and use 100ml in my 75 gallons but I first did a test to find out how much I was taking daily.

wow...I am using brightwell A & B...they said maximum 5ml per 10G daily...I have a 90G, so max. 45ml...how can you add 300ml?

[ottoman]

I totally agree. Do you have any idea about concentration of BRS mixes? I would like to try BRS because dosing Brightwell 100ml, for example, is expensive. Cheers.

I guess it all depends on the concentration you use to start with. Different product have a different base concentration. I use the BRS and use 100ml in my 75 gallons but I first did a test to find out how much I was taking daily.

[spawn]

I've only had the ghl online for about 1 month, before that I was testing lots, now only once a week trying to dial in on what is being consumed. The reason I ask the question in comparison to others, is a friend that has a 180 mixed reef on a reactor for 10 years, commented that it seemed like alot to be dosing on my setup for the size of my corals. I did'nt think so because like I said there was no signs of precip on any heat sources. That being said this is my first setup & I am surprised how quickly sps start to get to serious levels of uptake of the supplements. Soon I need more.
But growth = tre' cool :)
sal 1.026
Ca 420
Alk 7.5
Mg 1350
No3 2

[Maverick00]

Brightwell A/B 15ml alternating every other day.

[Doug]

Just wondering how much other people are dosing in their sps setups. I'm dosing 30ml Ca & 30 Alk using C-balance on this setup with 55 gal nwv. Thats after weekly water changes, the tank is only 9 months old, sometimes I wonder if it's to much, but the are no signs of precipitation. So just wondering what others are dosing?

Although its been many years since I dosed C-Balance or the ESV 2 part, thats exactly the amount I used daily in my 70g cube mixed reef.

I also dripped kalk when I had the time to mix it.

[mark]

daniella makes a good point, need to know the concentrations or you got that apple to oranges comparison thing going on

[spawn]

daniella makes a good point, need to know the concentrations or you got that apple to oranges comparison thing going on

Fair enough I'm about to order more, so let's switch up the topic a bit. I'm thinking of going to the brs recipe 1. So what are others favorite recipe's with concentrations.