Color change in corals after dosing

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While I have been in the hobby for quite a few years I did not start dosing trace elements or doing ICP tests until last year. Ever since I started dialing in my dosing I've noticed a shift in colors in my coral. They seem brighter and I've also noticed more growth as well. I don't really have any good pictures showing the difference unfortunately as most of my old photos were on my old phone. But it definitely feels like a reward for all the extra hard work put into the tank. If anybody else shares this experience and has before and after photos of their tank please show them off!

 

[mcarroll]

No pics either, but when I was dosing "plain" two part (Randy's Recipe #2) over a long period of time what the heck gangbusters levels of success in terms of growth, I got a bump in my budget and started using B-ionic 2 part....basically the same results you saw: brighter colors. Not sure if there was a growth spurt as corals were already growing fast...it wasn't noticeable if there was one. Fast growth ≠ healthy corals anyway tho....IMO the biggest difference was coloration. I was pretty surprised since I thought everything already looked pretty great before that.