trace elements

I have a 7 month old 30 gal mixed reef tank. Things are going pretty good - just auto dosing AFR and adjusting dosing every 2 weeks to hit ALK of 8. I also have to add magnesium which for some reason is being consumed faster. I'm doing 20% WC with Red Sea Blue salt every 2 weeks as well. I...

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One of my FOWLR tanks has still not needed a water change ever since I set it up ~4 months ago. Nitrates will not go above 18ppm and since this is a FOWLR I was going to start doing water changes once they hit 30. After all this time it still has still been in the 13-18ppm range. I know for a...

I’m definitely far from having to worry about trace elements since I do 10% water changes every week and only have a handful of frags. But out of curiosity, when or if I need to worry about them would it be sufficient to just do 20% water changes every other day for a good 2 weeks whenever...

Hello reefers!! can someone tell me what's in this trace element? I cant seem to find whats in it anywhere Korallen-Zucht Trace Element Complex (500 mL https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/korallen-zucht-trace-element-complex-500-ml.html

Tropic Marin Balling Method (BRS Hybrid) with Trace Elements A, K : Compatible with Kalkwasser use? I have started the Balling Method (BRS Hybrid) with the addition of the Trace Elements A and K batches. I cannot get my PH out of the 7.8 at night to 8.15 in the day range. Yes, I have tried...

So I started my reefing journey back in maybe August of last year. I’ve been pretty good about testing my nutrients and dosing what was needed etc and of course had a couple of mishaps where Alk or other nutrients were lower than what they should’ve been. However, despite my levels being pretty...

Hi fellow reefers, Dear @Lou Ekus and @Hans-Werner , your knowledge input would be so much appreciated on this matter…! My question is about TM trace elements. I have a 20g nano cube running for a year with lps only, and import of trace elements comes from the following: A) automatic...

Hi all, I'm trying to move away from AFR powder-based because I realized some elements get consumed faster than others, and as a result, I notice a higher number of certain components. I'm trying to mix all my components, like alkalinity, magnesium, calcium, and trace elements, to adjust my...

Hey Reefers! So, I might be in the minority here, but I wasn’t exactly throwing a party when ICP Analysis went out of business. Sure, some folks didn’t mind the gap they left behind, but I had a few reasons to feel a little "oh no, not again." First, I’ve still got four tests left with...

I did some research on Barium’s benefits as a trace element and the draw backs from it being deficient. I found out that some people believe barium has no benefits at all at any level and it can possibly be harmful at high levels. Some reefers also might be mislead from barium being beneficial...

Good morning everyone! I have a new frag tank that I will be selling corals out of. I want to be sure to keep parameters stable. I am looking at the Red Sea Alk,Mag,and Cal. Or should I do the Brightwell Reef Code A and B? I have heard a lot of good things about All For Reef but I think that...

I am getting back on the kalkwasser train and am debating what trace element solution to dose. Im hoping to find a solution that is only one part. What do yall use?

Recently just got my ICP from reef zelements and too my surprise most of my traces are outside the recommended ranges. Some not as bad as others the worst is iodine but Im wanting to get to the bottom of this and need some help from people more experienced with this sort of stuff. I dose reef...

Hey all, so this has been like a 6 month struggle for me, I had a crash in December cuz of a lapse in judgement and been slowly battling my way back. So here's where I am, I was battling really low ph, like 7.6 as a high in my tank in december, ended up grabbing a second probe for redundancy...

Hi, What other trace elements do you dose besides Ca, Alk, and Mg? I just watched a YouTube video with Ryan (BRS) with Lou Ekus and Lou mentioned that there are ~20 essential trace elements that corals require to help them thrive. But I’m not sure what else to dose on a regular basis besides...

I’ve wanting to dose trace elements. I was wondering if anyone does it without doing icp test all the time. I was going to use bright wells trace or Red Sea. I want to use Red Sea though cuz everything I use is Red Sea (products wise). Any suggestions or opinions are great thank you.

At the image you see Heliopora in one of our experimental setups. Some reefers regard Heliopora as the ugliest coral they know. I guess this is because it will never become a colorful coral, it always stays dark brown. And albeit showing interesting growth shapes it will never move in the flow...

Hello, I wonder if any of you do not limit yourself only to balling method (with NaCl free salt), but also makes your own solutions of Bromine, Potassium, Iodine, Strontium and maybe even trace elements. Do you follow any specific recipes?

So I just got trace colors from Red Sea, I am using about 52 ml weekly of calcium on my 200 gallon system, let’s just say 50 ml for this Scenario this week. Would I be correct to say that I would just dose at 5ml of each element this week? Would that be correct?? thanks in advance!!

[updated Jan 24, 2022] I did a thing! I was reading over on another thread earlier today after searching for info on how much of something to dose after receiving a recent ICP-Analysis test. The issue was, my ICP Analysis tells me how much I need to dose to get to the target levels, but the...

I’m part of a Brazillian group of reefers that get together every week to discuss online reefing topics (Amigos do Marinho, YT Chanel ForipaReef). I would like to share with you an interview we made with @Fauna Marin CEO, mr Claude Schumacher, where we discuss with him many interesting topics...

Hi everyone! Need some help diluted trace elements properly. I'm heading out for a week, and have been dosing an AIO trace element at 0.3 ml daily. If I dilute at 1ml of trace element, to 7 ml of RODI, this would be correct? Or 2ml to 14ml if need larger amount. Any issue with liquids separating...

I have a 25 gallon AIO with a refugium in the middle chamber. The amount of chaeto is probably the size of several softballs now. Yesterday, I dosed 2.5 mL of Brightwell Aquatics Ferrion, 1 mL of Red Sea Trace Colors Iron+, and performed a 15% water change. Prior to that I hadn't done a water...

Hi, My name is Hans-Werner Balling and I am doing R&D at Tropic Marin. I also have developed the All-For-Reef. Iodine is a very important trace element for coral growth, coloration and polyp extension. Low iodine concentrations slow coral growth, make the brown color fade to a pale...