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I would say neither and go for the natural method.
There's nothing better than water changes and a big refugium! Nature invented the solutions to all our problems millions of years ago
i like where your head is at. as for water changes I want the best going into my system. would you suggest for an sps dominant tank? been using rc. not happy with it. thinking about checking out aqua vitro salinity or red sea coral pro, or maybe even tritons mix? I am currently running a trigger systems emerald 34 and my fuge is growing chaeto like a weed, so I agree with you simple is better. but ive been doing research and based on what Ive come up with cheato is great for nitrates but removes minimal p03. thats why I thought run zeovit in a reactor
A properly stocked tank doesn't necessarily need any of that and runs best without it. My SPS reef got by on nothing but water changes (rc) for about the first year...until the stonies grew out and I couldn't manage any bigger/more frequent water changes. Simple dosing of (e.g.) kalk takes care of the corals further needs. If you want to stock more animals, consider saving up the money from those "extras" and spending instead on a bigger (or additional) tank. You'll get A LOT more out of spending the money this way too.
so you would suggest kalk over a 2part system? been using brs 2 part. dont get me wrong my sps have been growing and colors pop, just looking to see what people thought was the best method for RAPID growth while keeping things looking bright and not pastel looking
I've used both two part and kalk together for most of my tank's history at this point. FWIW
Two-part's weakness is in the long term, if you dose heavily and don't do (enough) water changes. The chemicals in two-part leave a NaCl residue after the corals use up the Ca and carbonates. Balling and others try to work around this with enhanced "third parts". But other methods, like kalk, or kalk+vinegar (bio calcium), theoretically don't carry this long term penalty...or at least carry a different, smaller penalty that a moderate water change regime can manage.
Kalk works great if your demand for alk and ca is low or you have a lot of evaporation.
i like where your head is at. as for water changes I want the best going into my system. would you suggest for an sps dominant tank? been using rc. not happy with it. thinking about checking out aqua vitro salinity or red sea coral pro, or maybe even tritons mix? I am currently running a trigger systems emerald 34 and my fuge is growing chaeto like a weed, so I agree with you simple is better. but ive been doing research and based on what Ive come up with cheato is great for nitrates but removes minimal p03. thats why I thought run zeovit in a reactor