The road that has brought me to this question was a quest to get some troubled zoanthid colonies to finally cheer up and enjoy life. Regardless if folks believe that certain trace element serve any real role in the reef tank or not remains up for grabs. However, I have noticed a reoccurring situation where through weekly ICP testing and dosing, several trace elements will remain undetectable until they are through the roof; for me this was iodine. On the other hand, I have trace elements that no matter what I've done over the last few months, continue to remain undetectable. For example, I have now gone through 100ml of Manganese over the last month or two and just got back last weeks test and; surprise surprise, its undetectable. So my question is, how can that even be possible? If consumption was truly this high then that means everyone's tank would be in a significant deficit without major dosing, Anyone run into a similar situation or know what's going that would cause these type of results?
Tank is 100gallon system.
ICP tests were ran through ATI.
ATI elements were used for dosing.
Thanks in advance!
Tank is 100gallon system.
ICP tests were ran through ATI.
ATI elements were used for dosing.
Thanks in advance!