- Joined
- Dec 31, 2015
- Messages
- 621
- Reaction score
- 207
My ~100 gal tank is a little over a year old. I had a battle with Dinos that I beat by increasing my nutrients in my tank initially by dosing Brightwell NeoPhos/Nitrate and now just from increased food from my reef jerky avast plank autofeeder dumping in about the equivalent of 3.5 cubes per day. The tank seems to be holding pretty steady with a N of 5-7 and a Phos of 0.08 on my Hanna checker.
My tank is probably over filtered with a Red Sea 500 filter roller and an Octo Elite 150sss skimmer and chaeto fuge.
I was looking into cutting back my feeding and possibly dosing N/P again but I came across Tropic Marin NP Bactobalance and have been reading/watching videos on carbon dosing and I’m a little intrigued by it. My understanding of this product is that it claims to keep your nitrogen and phosphate stable by dosing N/P along with the carbon. So rather than lowering nutrients like dosing vodka, it should in theory convert inorganic N/P into organic N/P in bacteria that can be easily consumed by the coral. At least that’s what the videos are claiming - namely one with BRS and the guy from Tropic Marin.
I’m already dosing phyto/zooplankton with Easy Reef Booster and EasyReef SPS evo.
Would adding Tropic Marin NP Balance be a good idea or should I avoid it? My SPS colors are still a touch on the pale side.
Thanks for your insights
My tank is probably over filtered with a Red Sea 500 filter roller and an Octo Elite 150sss skimmer and chaeto fuge.
I was looking into cutting back my feeding and possibly dosing N/P again but I came across Tropic Marin NP Bactobalance and have been reading/watching videos on carbon dosing and I’m a little intrigued by it. My understanding of this product is that it claims to keep your nitrogen and phosphate stable by dosing N/P along with the carbon. So rather than lowering nutrients like dosing vodka, it should in theory convert inorganic N/P into organic N/P in bacteria that can be easily consumed by the coral. At least that’s what the videos are claiming - namely one with BRS and the guy from Tropic Marin.
I’m already dosing phyto/zooplankton with Easy Reef Booster and EasyReef SPS evo.
Would adding Tropic Marin NP Balance be a good idea or should I avoid it? My SPS colors are still a touch on the pale side.
Thanks for your insights
Last edited: