What is 2-part???

[reginanmc]

Danyen suggested I start dosing w/ 2-part a few weeks ago when my xenia was on the brink of death (most of it had already died). I started using nano reef 2-part and it was like my tank came to life.....it was crazy. within a week all the coral was puffy and happy....you could actually see them smiling. What exactly is 2-part, should it be a temporary thing or long term??



OK....the smiling thing may be an exaggeration....but I think it got my point across

[wharyat]

I'm not sure on what is in that specific product. It should say list the ingredients. I would assume it's a mixture of trace elements.

For the most part the "2-part" referred to is sodium bicarbonate and calcium chloride; each one being a part of calcium carbonate -- what our corals create to build their skeletons.

[Wiskey]

Basically it's CA and ALK some products include trace elements as well. I used to use it,.. I would test every day, and dose my tank back to the numbers I was looking for (at the time 9Dkh and 420 PPM CA) after about a week and a half I found I was dosing about the same ammount each day, so I kept dosing that ammount daily and started testing weekly to make up for any small differences.

Whiskey

[tdwyatt]

Originally Posted by wharyat

I'm not sure on what is in that specific product. It should say list the ingredients. I would assume it's a mixture of trace elements.

For the most part the "2-part" referred to is sodium bicarbonate and calcium chloride; each one being a part of calcium carbonate -- what our corals create to build their skeletons.

What I would have answered, they separate the two parts so they can get the concentration of the alk and calcium up in the supplement. Mixed together, the calcium would precipitate into a brick in the presence of all that alkainity, so they keep them separately in "two parts"... I went to the Kent Marine site, this product specifically is not listed there as of March 20, 2008...
http://www.kentmarine.com/search/index.php?keyword=nano+

[reginanmc]

I'm dosing every 2-3 days. I haven't tested cal/alk since I moved the tank to my office.

Should dosing be a regular thing, or just for a weeks at a time.

I'm still trying to figure out the science of reefing.......it can get very confusing.

[Wiskey]

Originally Posted by reginanmc

I'm dosing every 2-3 days. I haven't tested cal/alk since I moved the tank to my office.

Should dosing be a regular thing, or just for a weeks at a time.

I'm still trying to figure out the science of reefing.......it can get very confusing.

It really depends on the demands of your tank,.. If dosing once a week is enough to keep it fairly stable (likely since yours is a Softie/LPS tank) then that is fine,.. If you have a SPS/Clam tank that drops from 10 Dkh to 6 Dkh in a single day then you need to be dosing like 3 times a day (and this is why I got the CA reactor)

Basically what you do is decide where you want your CA/Alk (I like 9Dkh and 420-430 PPM CA)
Then Measure and dose as needed to maintain those levels

Whiskey

[WilyGuy]

Originally Posted by tdwyatt

What I would have answered,

Isn't that like actually answering, which you did?

[tdwyatt]

Originally Posted by WilyGuy

Isn't that like actually answering, which you did?

I dunno... It's been a very long week...

[slant77]

What you need to do is take a set of readings to get a base line. Then with out adding anything you need to test around the same time the next day to see what your daily consumption is. I would do this several days to get a consistent reading. Once you do this you can see if you can see how many days you can go with out dosing.

[reginanmc]

Originally Posted by slant77

What you need to do is take a set of readings to get a base line. Then with out adding anything you need to test around the same time the next day to see what your daily consumption is. I would do this several days to get a consistent reading. Once you do this you can see if you can see how many days you can go with out dosing.

That makes sense.

Thanks everyone. There is SOO much to learn