Another dosing. Question

[jscarlata]

Still dialing in my dosing pumps, I think I got my calcium dialed, but my alk is still a touch low, everytime I test I get 2.0 mq/l. My question is, when using dosing pumps and a controller, do you spread the alk dose over the entire 24hr period, or only the period when your lights are off? Is it better to dose 1ml every hour for 24 hours, or to take he 24ml dose and make 4 (6ml) doses over the lights out period?

[Daimyo68]

If you can dose your total volume over the course of the day, I would do it that way.

[tmz]

I prefer 24/7 dosing .

[jscarlata]

Ok, So if that's the overall plan, is JT better to do smaller more frequent drips, like 1ml per hour, or scheduled larger drips every few hours like 4 6ml doses, 6 4ml doses 8 3ml doses...:)

[Cliff519]

The more frequent you dose, the better it will be for your set-up, IMO. It will make your parameters a little more stable that way

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Still dialing in my dosing pumps, I think I got my calcium dialed, but my alk is still a touch low, everytime I test I get 2.0 mq/l. My question is, when using dosing pumps and a controller, do you spread the alk dose over the entire 24hr period, or only the period when your lights are off? Is it better to dose 1ml every hour for 24 hours, or to take he 24ml dose and make 4 (6ml) doses over the lights out period?

There is no strong reason to not spread it out as much as is easily accomplished. :)