Anybody ever use Polyp Lab One?

[SaltLifer]

Has anybody ever used Polyp Lab One for dosing? Seems too good to be true. One bottle doses Calcium, Mag and Alk. Claims to maintain 7 dkh, 400 calc and 1300 mag without raising salinity.

 

[Christoph]

Hello,

i dont know this specific product but the claimed results can only be obtained using an organic calcium salt (acetate, formiate or gluconate/lactate). So the product is likely to consume oxygen, lower pH and fuel bacterial groth. I would only use such a product in highly aerated (skimmed) tanks during the daytime.

Best regards from Vienna,
Christoph

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

It is largely calcium and magnesium acetate. Other companies have similar products (Salifert All In One, Tropic Marin Carbocalcium).

This sort of product will work, but it is adding a fixed amount of organic carbon, whether you want/need it or not. So if demand for alk and calcium is on the medium to high end, the "dose" of organic carbon is pretty high.

 

[SaltLifer]

It is largely calcium and magnesium acetate. Other companies have similar products (Salifert All In One, Tropic Marin Carbocalcium).

This sort of product will work, but it is adding a fixed amount of organic carbon, whether you want/need it or not. So if demand for alk and calcium is on the medium to high end, the "dose" of organic carbon is pretty high.

As in "carbon dosing"? I don't check my parameters as often as I should and I'm having some GHA issues right now. My demand for alk and calcium isn't huge yet. So theoretically, could this reduce nutrients at the same time or am I way off base?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

As in "carbon dosing"? I don't check my parameters as often as I should and I'm having some GHA issues right now. My demand for alk and calcium isn't huge yet. So theoretically, could this reduce nutrients at the same time or am I way off base?

Yes, carbon dosing.

Yes, it will likely reduce nutrients, perhaps beneficially, or perhaps more than optimally to undesirably low levels. That's why I'm not usually a fan of tying two such unrelated effects into one fixed ratio.

FWIW, the Tropic Marin product will have substantially less carbon dosing effect since it uses less organic material.

 

[teckademics]

Curious, anyone been using this product long term now? Year+?