Dosing pump schedule / times per day

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Hi everyone!

How many times per day do you run your dosing pump for your Ca, Alk, Mag, etc? Only once per day? Twice a day? 4 times, 6 times, 12 times?

What do you think is the most stable for you parameters, and also the best for dosing accuracy. I was dosing 12 times per day, but because I have a pretty low Ca, Alk, and Mag need currently, I am thinking of bumping it down to 4 or 6 times per day so when my dosing unit kicks on its pumping out more than 1-3 ml per time. What do you all do?

Thanks!


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FWIW this has been working for me. 150 gal mixed.


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I increase the times per day as the consumption of my tank increase. 5-6ml per dosing. So once I got 10-12 I do 2x a day and so on.
 
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I am buying my first doser this month and will be doing 6 doses per Chem at about 3 ml per dose.

I get why a lot of folks like to drop in more staggered doses, but I am interested in having room to increase an additional dose between main doses if necessary just to make modifications easier.
 

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