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I vacuum out the sump every once a while. Having sand in there would make this difficult but I do have rocks. I just siphon out the detritus when I see it builds up. Do this slowly you will be fine.
I calibrated my two dosers for alk and calc simply because I wanted to dose the same amount. Otherwise what you said makes sense. Both of my BRS 1.1ml dosers pump out 2ml/mins. It's good to know the amount which correlates to how much dkh the tank consumes and know how long the dosing container...
I would dose manually until both alk and calf are at the desired level then run the dozers with equal amount. Also, make sure you calibrate the doser as they can be quit off from the specification.
I think I have copepods, isopods and amphipods.
https://melevsreef.com/creatures/pods-and-snails
Copepds are tiny. Only visible on the glass. The other two are visible on rocks and sandbed.
Mark - come get some rocks from my tank next time you're close. I will put some pebbles in the sump in case someone needs some. There are different pods. I am not sure if the tiger pods are the same as the pods in my tank and whether they survive in our tanks. I had put a bottle of tiger pods...
I have pods and if you take some sand or rock from my tank you will have them also. Honestly I do not understand why people continue to buy pods. I can see you need an initial population. When I shine a flashlight on the tank at night I see pods all over the place.
I also have a mandarin that...