DIY Dosing and Chemistry

[Nekko]

Hi,

I suppose I am a newbie because when I was last in the hobby the idea of a nano tank without massive skimming and mechanical filtration wasn't even discussed since. obviously, it is impossible. (-;

But now I have a 10 gal nano tank which I justify as setting up for  my daughters (but we all know I did it because I love it.)

 

My question is with respect to DIY dosing of the basics such as calcium, iodine, strontium, molybdenum and Jack Daniaels 

 

I see lots of recipies on here for making up the stuff, but none of the recipies tell you how much to dose.  If you buy calcium or iodine or ANYTHING to dose they give you very simple instructions, like in the case of some Kent Marine stuff I bought. It simply says to add 1ml per 10 gallons daily, weekly, etc.  But none of the information I found here has this basic information for the DIY solutions mentioned.

 

thanks

[HarryPotter]

How much to dose depends on your individual tank. How can they tell someone with a 10g and someone with a 300g how much to dose...

 

thats why you TEST. If your Calcium drops? Add calcium. If your Alk drops? Add Alkalinity. If your mag drops? Guess what?