Frag Factory Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Hey all, So as my tanks grown in and I've added some calcium heavy livestock (a clam and some SPS) I'm at the point where I need to dose. I normally do this through my ATO with aquaforest Kh buffer and manually top up Ca and Mg... but because it's summer in England some days I need to run a fan and some days I don't. Evaporation and therefore daily dosing amount is very varied and my Alk is spiking +/-1.5dkh which is making my SPS look stressed. So, I bought myself a Coral Box WF-01. It's just a small wifi controlled single head doser, it looks pretty neat. My tank consumes the following over a week: Alk - 3dkh Ca - 20-30ppm However, the plan was to dose Kalkwasser, but now I have the unit here I'm wondering if I should be ordering another and dose using the balling method. I already have the aquaforest kh buffer/calcium/magnesium salts. Or even dosing the 20-30ppm of calcium in ATO water and dosing Kh with the dosing pump. According to online calculators I need 430ml of kalk a week which would be simple enough to dose, with balling I need 35ml of this and 10ml of that. Much smaller amounts, which makes me concerned that I'm (as a dosing noob) going to get something wrong and make things worse. So, which would you do? Stick to the original plan, dose Kalk (brightwell kalk++ which has magnesium too), or go with the more popular/common "balling" method? Is there any real advantage/disadvantage to either? Thanks Quote Link to comment
Frag Factory Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 Ok I'm going to go with kalkwasser and stick to the plan, dose all 3 major elements at once. If it goes wrong I can revert to my aquaforest salts. Quote Link to comment
xM3THODx Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I like your thinking...I dose both Kalk and 2 part(Balling Method). It's been something Ive worked on in my previous nano and perfected in my new 20gal system. It can be a challenge keeping it all stable for nano, specifically sps dominated, but my setup has worked without a hitch since it was implemented. I can go into full detail but it seems like you have an idea of what to do. Quote Link to comment
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