Let's Get It On! SPS tissue recession

[CaptainGreg]

Some SPS loose some colors. I think I found the issue with low nutrient system. I found that alk is alway fall very fast even with Kalk dosing as water replacement. I have to dose alk to bring it up to normal and PH fall low at night and goes high in the day time. What I did was dose soda ash at night to bring alk and ph up. I also found dosing potassium is another key from bring the coral back to health.

Some of my pale/STN SPS stop STN and getting it color back and growing back.


I am sure there are other elements are missing in the water. I do some water change to replace missing element, but keep alk,cal,mg,ph,potassium high and stable is the key. Feeding coral is key too (ie add some nutrient in the water)


I did have problem with phospate and low nitrate where it cause dyno and red slime bacteria/algae that kill a few nice sps. I have to add GFO to kill them off. Now N is low and P is zero.

The acutal hair algae or any other green algae is non existance.

I am very encurage with potassium dosing that bring the color back and increase growth in SPS.

Adding other type of SPS next week.

currently looking for auto dosing method to minimize low alk and ph.

I will post more info on what other trace element needed.
Right now the key is Potassium....(N,P,K) these three elements are key to growth. Need to know how to control them just like alk,cal,mg,ph

[CoryDude]

Hey Greg! Glad to hear the acros are doing well.

I started using Red Sea coral color program. I monitor potassium and iron and have been having excellent results.

[CaptainGreg]

Me too... I am using the Red Sea color program....

[Big_Pun]

i did the red sea colors additives and didnt have good luck but then again at the time i was just running bio pellets and no fuge. for past 2 months or more ive placed cheato on a 24hr cycle.For additives iam now using brightwells potassium and idodine, and kent marines essential elements. ill soon be moving to zeovit's sea water complex,made for low nutrient systems not using zeovit processes.Louis just got a bottle in for me,he can get any zeo products . http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/...len-zucht.html

[CoryDude]

I found that alk is alway fall very fast even with Kalk dosing as water replacement. I have to dose alk to bring it up to normal and PH fall low at night and goes high in the day time. What I did was dose soda ash at night to bring alk and ph up. I also found dosing potassium is another key from bring the coral back to health.

Hmm, I've always had a problem with alk also, but I had that problem before the Hiatt and after the Hiatt.

I am sure there are other elements are missing in the water. I do some water change to replace missing element, but keep alk,cal,mg,ph,potassium high and stable is the key. Feeding coral is key too (ie add some nutrient in the water)

With the NO3 reactor, I only change about 10% of the water per month, and that is for mineral replacement also. I agree that this is very important on low nutrient systems.

Adding other type of SPS next week.

What are you adding? Be sure to snap a picture for us.

Right now the key is Potassium....(N,P,K) these three elements are key to growth. Need to know how to control them just like alk,cal,mg,ph

So are you saying that Nitrogen, Phoshorus, and Potassium are the keys to growth for a ULNS? I never knew that nitrogen could be important. I think you are right that controlling them is the key, because it seems there might be a fine line between being deficiencies and too much.

[CoryDude]

i did the red sea colors additives and didnt have good luck but then again at the time i was just running bio pellets and no fuge. for past 2 months or more ive placed cheato on a 24hr cycle.For additives iam now using brightwells potassium and idodine, and kent marines essential elements. ill soon be moving to zeovit's sea water complex,made for low nutrient systems not using zeovit processes.Louis just got a bottle in for me,he can get any zeo products . http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/...len-zucht.html

Wow, that's an expensive additive Chris. But, at 1ml per 25 gallons per day, it will last you almost 5 months won't it? Guess it's not that much when you figure it that way.

I didn't know you quit the red sea program. What happened? I had problems when I added the Iron supplement too fast, but so far (knock on wood) I've been pretty happy with all 4 parts. I don't even test anymore, I just throw about 30ml of each into the tank on a weekly basis.

[Big_Pun]

Wow, that's an expensive additive Chris. But, at 1ml per 25 gallons per day, it will last you almost 5 months won't it? Guess it's not that much when you figure it that way.

I didn't know you quit the red sea program. What happened? I had problems when I added the Iron supplement too fast, but so far (knock on wood) I've been pretty happy with all 4 parts. I don't even test anymore, I just throw about 30ml of each into the tank on a weekly basis.

it worked ok but i would run out of certain additives before others and still had lil probs, so i went back to my old products. also the whole kit cost 60 bucks and some last 2 months some longer, so $55 plus tax on 500ml of zeovit is so much better for me considering my system is like 80-90 gallons. ill compare the minerals in the zeo and the three im using now and go from there. if you read the zeo product it states its for low nutrient systems, which ive come to notice in our low nutrient systems elements are used up faster.

[CoryDude]

Good point on the cost comparrison. I really only use part c and d, but Gabe hooked me up with 6 bottles and a potassium test kit for $40. So I'm using all 4 parts for the next few months. Let me know how the zeo additive works. May just have to check it out.