barkingwithdogs Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 I have a 90 litre nano. I started off adding manually salifert coral feed. But have moved over to AB+ coral food. I've got a dosing pump that I had set up to feed the corals whilst away on holiday. I want the dosing to be a permanent set-up as I'm trying to automate as much as I can. Have already automated water changes with good success. My issue is that in the dosing container, the AB+ has gone mouldy, and it looks a bit off whilst sitting in the pipeline. Bare in mind, it's only getting a couple of millilitres a day. So, how would you dose coral food? Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 20 minutes ago, barkingwithdogs said: I have a 90 litre nano. I started off adding manually salifert coral feed. But have moved over to AB+ coral food. I've got a dosing pump that I had set up to feed the corals whilst away on holiday. I want the dosing to be a permanent set-up as I'm trying to automate as much as I can. Have already automated water changes with good success. My issue is that in the dosing container, the AB+ has gone mouldy, and it looks a bit off whilst sitting in the pipeline. Bare in mind, it's only getting a couple of millilitres a day. So, how would you dose coral food? Thats because the AB+ needs to be refrigerated. So using a doser isn't going to work unless you can keep the product refrigerated. I dosed this 1 time a week manually. I stopped because i got a lot of algae. Preferred phyto dosing and reef roids. Both still dosed manually Quote Link to comment
Xj reefing Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 On 10/6/2021 at 1:50 AM, barkingwithdogs said: I have a 90 litre nano. I started off adding manually salifert coral feed. But have moved over to AB+ coral food. I've got a dosing pump that I had set up to feed the corals whilst away on holiday. I want the dosing to be a permanent set-up as I'm trying to automate as much as I can. Have already automated water changes with good success. My issue is that in the dosing container, the AB+ has gone mouldy, and it looks a bit off whilst sitting in the pipeline. Bare in mind, it's only getting a couple of millilitres a day. So, how would you dose coral food? I dose this every night in my 250 litre tank. When I had my 90 litre I used half of what they recommended and still got the good results without the algae (I also dosed it daily in that tank). I have read that ab+ lasts a week out of the fridge so u should measure out how much you need for a week and put that in the dosing container with the actual bottle in the fridge. Quote Link to comment
jservedio Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 I've been dosing AB+ for a couple of months now and I just dose it through my ATO. I know my ATO lasts 6-7 days, so I put 6 days worth of AB+ in the ATO. Just make sure you rinse your ATO bucket well before you refill it back up and keep the bottle in the fridge. Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 11:50 AM, barkingwithdogs said: I have a 90 litre nano. I started off adding manually salifert coral feed. But have moved over to AB+ coral food. I've got a dosing pump that I had set up to feed the corals whilst away on holiday. I want the dosing to be a permanent set-up as I'm trying to automate as much as I can. Have already automated water changes with good success. My issue is that in the dosing container, the AB+ has gone mouldy, and it looks a bit off whilst sitting in the pipeline. Bare in mind, it's only getting a couple of millilitres a day. So, how would you dose coral food? No fish in this tank? Fish usually feed the corals for you based on what you feed the fish. I don't think what you're dosing counts as food – its use should be discontinued. From their website it sounds more like a carbon dosing strategy. AVOID. (Not what you were looking for I know, but I hope it helps just the same.) 1 Quote Link to comment
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