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JB NY · 08/08/2007, 01:34 PM

Yeah getting the right amount of dosing can be challenging and as many people wrote, the more your corals grow the more demands are placed on the tank so you need to adjust things. Sometimes when adjusting you find the parameters bouncing up and down till you get things stable. It can be frustrating trying to get things dialed in but once your do. The tank does well. Getting everything stable is key though. Everyone has brought up that point but it is very true.

Keeping the parameters is nice, keeping it all very stable is great!

08/08/2007, 01:34 PM	#22
JB NY Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 9,207	Yeah getting the right amount of dosing can be challenging and as many people wrote, the more your corals grow the more demands are placed on the tank so you need to adjust things. Sometimes when adjusting you find the parameters bouncing up and down till you get things stable. It can be frustrating trying to get things dialed in but once your do. The tank does well. Getting everything stable is key though. Everyone has brought up that point but it is very true. Keeping the parameters is nice, keeping it all very stable is great! __________________ -Joe TOTM Sept 2002 \| Reefland April 2004 \| CORAL Magazine Nov 2007 Featured Tank "Coral Reef Aquarium" 2011 \| Reef Spotlight 2018 Current Tank Info: 270G SPS Tank, 140G sumps, 35G Frag Tank, Ultra Reef Akula UKS-200 Skimmer, Apex, Giesemann Spectra 3x250W MH 4x80W T5, 2xReefbrite Tech 72" Blue LED, Triton Dosing, ARID C30 Algae Reactor, Maxspect Gyre