Where to dose

Great advise everyone. Thank you very much. I get the impression that either sump or D/Tank will work, the keys being to dose into a high flow area and not directly onto any of my organisms. Thanks again.

 

I only dose in the sump.

 

Swoosh part a and b in your mouth then spit into sump.

 

cdmorrison01, how old are you 5? I asked a serious question and expected a serious response. Which is what I got until your stupid response.

 

John - I have found that what you are dosing will determine where you dose. I'm in the process of setting up my first dosing pumps also. In my other tank, I used a drip system for the calcium and added the dK/buffer to my ATO, and dosed the magnesium by hand.

Calcium and dK and buffer I dose in the sump. The Calcium I move as far downstream from my return pump that I can get it and still be in the high flow area. I did this to avoid build up on my return pump. The dK and buffer aren't quite as bad, so they can be a little closer. Another thing to consider is that calc and dK should not be dosed at the same time. I use only SeaChem products, which have some good articles on the subject.

I have found that the magnesium requirement varies a great deal, so I test weekly and dose by hand into a high flow area of the DT if required.

Hope this helps.

Also SeaChem has a dosing calculator app at their web site. It is targeted more towards their products, but might provide you with what you need.

 

Thanks adicus, sounds like a good plan. Great response, thank you.

 

I just bought that same pump a few hours ago. Can't wait to not have to dose every day it's gonna be awesome. Good luck with it.

 

Thanks ManNurseReefer. and good luck with yours you too. By the way, what pump did you get? And let me know how you like it.

 

no room for humor i guess.

 

Where was the humor? I can appreciate good humor as well as the next guy, however, your response, in IMO, was callous, not humorous and sounded as if it came from a 5year old child.