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    Recent iron dosing methods

    Hey guys, I know dosing iron has been discussed many times on this forum, but I was wondering if anyone has any new methods of doing it, or method that they feel really works well and is cost effective.

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    Nothing new. Kent's Iron+Manganese works.

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    I just dose it in my top off water

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    Presently I make my own iron supplement from the Fergon brand of iron supplement tablets (ferrous gluconate) available from a drug store. Don’t use the Walgreens store brand equivalent, as it contains phosphate. I let a single pill dissolve in about 20 mL of RO/DI water overnight. Then I shake it up briefly, let the solids (mostly other ingredients in the pill) settle out, and dose the clear, but slightly colored, liquid. I dose a few mL per week (spread out over a few doses) for a system with a total volume of 300 gallons or so. For different sized systems, just scale that up or down accordingly. Again, exact dosing amounts are not critical.

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    I use iron nuts and bolts. just put em in sump and let em rust.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by greenmachine View Post
    I use iron nuts and bolts. just put em in sump and let em rust.....

    I am not sure that will lead to soluable iron in the water.... Anyone know?

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    Yes it just take longer.

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    I use Seachem Fuel that I had laying around. The bottle says it supplies both immediate iron and time-released iron.

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