Ok Ill try again, dosing into the skimmer portion of sump? Waste of chems?

[ReefNAZOut]

I have been dosing my chemicals into my skimmer section of my sump, it that a good idea or is it a good chance my skimmer is taking it out before it can be utilized by the rest of my tank?

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Dosing what?

[bertoni]

What chemicals are being dosed?

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

:lol:

If you wrote more efficiently, you might win. :D

[bertoni]

Better watch it, I don't have to win to win. :)

[bertoni]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1303798

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Better watch it, I don't have to win to win.

Dr. Phil? :D

[ReefNAZOut]

LOL, im dosing limewater, iron, and waterglass, and soon to be your two part with mag once i can track it all down.

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

The limewater may lead to precipitation inside the pump/skimmer, but won't loose too much potency relative to other dosing locations. The silicate won't loose potency. Depending on what the iron is bound to, it may be partially skimmed.

[ReefNAZOut]

The flow is really high inside the skimmer portion and pretty tame as it flows through the fuge, should i just dose it all into the fuge? The flow is so slow through the fuge because it is 30 inches wide with only 1200gph going through it.

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Dosing into lower flow isn't preferable, and would more likely cause precipitation, IMO, but some precipitation is more of a concern on a pump than elsewhere. I dose limewater into the skimmer effluent where it tumbles into the sump. I get some precipitation on the sump walls, but it doesn't hurt anything there:

What is that Precipitate in My Reef Aquarium?
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-07/rhf/index.htm

from it:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-07/rhf/images/Figure_4.jpg