Anyone use this suppliment? I saw first hand how well Acans and open brains responded in a friend’s tank so I took the plunge myself, but I’m trying to decide if I should dive right into the 1ml/50gal every day or if I should gradually introduce it to the system with something like .5ml per day or even every other day.
Thoughts?
Do you have any algae problems in your tank? If you do I would be careful using amino acids they will spur algae growth as a side effect. I use amino acids for SPS and I have seen an improvement with many corals but had problems with algae. To combat the algae I increased my clean up crew and frequency of water changes and at the moment it seams to work for the most part the glass will get a algae covering the day after dosing but that does not bother me since it is easily cleaned.
Never heard of that stuff. must be new. What’s in it and how much? SeaChem Reef Plus always worked just fine for me. but, one should always use these things in moderation. corals dont need that much supplementing of trace and minor protiens , that much. Thats why they are called trace elements and compounds. too much carbon source compounds just mucks up the water. then you have to add a couple shots of vodka to clean up the excess. and skim like crazy every day.
Fish waste and excess fish food provide much of that. Often, more is just more, or too much and could become a problem. remember, on an ocean reef, the water is very low in carbon nutrients. just perfect alkalinity, PH and mineral content, always. and almost no phosphates. Phosphates are the great killer of coral carbonate skeletal growth.
Patrick, no real algae issues anymore (fingers crossed thank GOD!!) since that bloom before Christmas with the dinoflagelates.
I do notice a bit more nutrients when testing the past few weeks since using and I’ve got green algae just on the glass evert other day or so but a quick swipe with magnet and it’s gone. I’m not sure if that’s cuz o the aminos or because I moved the tank and it’s getting about 2-3hrs of sunlight daily now. I’m thinking about Blk out blinds or just tinting the window there.
As far as cost goes, the stuff was pretty expensive relatively speaking. I think I got the 100ml jar and spent about 45 or 50 bucks for it.
It’s tough to give accurate feedback on yhe results because all my meaty LPSs took a beating from a juv. emperor angel, but what’s left is looking better each day!
I’ll circle back to this post in another month or so for an update. In fact, lemme go snaps some pics now and compare in 30, 60, 90days etc.