Planning to start dosing, need advices

omerseymen · Jul 28, 2024

Hi there, my tank has been running for 6 months, and i have a bit huge coral stock in it. My lfs told me to start dosing.
1- Aquaforest Components 1,2,3
2- Tropic Marin Balling Components set
are the suggestions i got from my trusted lfs's.
Aquaforest is one step forward because it is ready to use. Any experiences with those?

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I do not have any ideas about using AF Build, AF Power Elixir, RedSea AB+, Brightwell's liquids . Should I use them too, if yes what to dose ? (someone told me they are risky because of aminoacids and if i overdise by mistake it makes the tank down)

Mr. Mojo Rising · Jul 28, 2024

You have to test every single day to understand how much your parameters drop daily, weekly, etc.... What parameters are dropping faster than others?

For example, my alk will drop 1.5 every day if I don't dose, so you need to know how much your system consumes daily.

Dburr1014 · Jul 28, 2024

omerseymen said:
Hi there, my tank has been running for 6 months, and i have a bit huge coral stock in it. My lfs told me to start dosing.
1- Aquaforest Components 1,2,3
2- Tropic Marin Balling Components set
are the suggestions i got from my trusted lfs's.
Aquaforest is one step forward because it is ready to use. Any experiences with those?

++
I do not have any ideas about using AF Build, AF Power Elixir, RedSea AB+, Brightwell's liquids . Should I use them too, if yes what to dose ? (someone told me they are risky because of aminoacids and if i overdise by mistake it makes the tank down)

What is in the tank?
How much is your alk dropping daily?
Can you post a full tank shot?

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Not many tanks need to dose at 6 months.

feelingfishy · Jul 28, 2024

I have used Aquaforest 123 for many years with good results. Here are pictures of my old 330 which broke and my new tank ( CADE 2100 ) with much better equipment and filtration. You will need to start mixing your own Aquaforest 123 for cost cutting though.

scotty333 · Jul 28, 2024

I dose triton core 7 be basically for kh, calc, mag and although there’s supposed to be trace elements I still need to dose molybdenum, manganese, strontium, flouride , vanadium and iodine separately ( in my ato water )
My 8 dosing heads are 4 for the triton method , vodka for nitrate control , lanthium for phosphate control and Red Sea ab+ for coral food
I’m adjusting all currently daily as it’s just been set up a few weeks so still fine tuning

omerseymen · Jul 28, 2024

Mr. Mojo Rising said:
You have to test every single day to understand how much your parameters drop daily, weekly, etc.... What parameters are dropping faster than others?

For example, my alk will drop 1.5 every day if I don't dose, so you need to know how much your system consumes daily.

Okay got it, my kh drops down very fast but as you said i have to calculate the daily and weekly consume. Thanks a lot everyone

omerseymen · Jul 28, 2024

scotty333 said:
I dose triton core 7 be basically for kh, calc, mag and although there’s supposed to be trace elements I still need to dose molybdenum, manganese, strontium, flouride , vanadium and iodine separately ( in my ato water )
My 8 dosing heads are 4 for the triton method , vodka for nitrate control , lanthium for phosphate control and Red Sea ab+ for coral food
I’m adjusting all currently daily as it’s just been set up a few weeks so still fine tuning

How much ab+ do you dose and do you think it imporved the growth?

omerseymen · Jul 28, 2024

Dburr1014 said:
What is in the tank?
How much is your alk dropping daily?
Can you post a full tank shot?

We are here free of charge.
LFS wants to sell you something. Don't get me wrong, I love my trusted LFS's.
Not many tanks need to dose at 6 months.

I gotta calculate the usage of kh mg and ca.
My tank is 220 liters and have goniapora, mushrooms zoanthids, torches (about 20 heads), 2 frogspawns one heliofungia and some sps frags

scotty333 · Jul 29, 2024

omerseymen said:
How much ab+ do you dose and do you think it imporved the growth?

I don’t believe the claims of 15% more growth but it certainly makes my softies grow , lps and sps I don’t think so
I only dose 4ml per day as it’s phosphate heavy and balancing it with lc is tricky but I also dose 2 phytos so with the 3 I have a healthy ecosystem

Cichlid Dad · Jul 29, 2024

I used this and with water changes every 2 weeks is so easy to keep parameters dialed in. Below is the calculator to dose these. Add bonus it's so cheap.

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