I am looking for a little reassurance that I am approaching TM carbon dosing correctly. System is 85g. About a month ago I purchased Plus-NP, Bacto balance and elima-NP. It made sense to me to have all 3 on hand. I was previously very nutrient depleted and was doing neonitro and neophos. @Lou Ekus sold me on the TM system after watching his appearances on Reefdudes. Below is where I am at so far:
My first dose on 3/26 I did not have the plus-NP yet and was coming off the neophos dosing. I test PO4 every Saturday and Wednesday and use that to determine my dosing for each day in between. (The dose listed is daily). I was excited to see the PO4 jump to .04 on 4/6 and likely prematurely switched to balance. Now even with maxing out Plus-NP I remain bottomed out.
I do have some acro that have faded out and am concerned but I would like to see this method through. Are the corals likely getting what they need from the Plus-NP even though I test out at 0? I also stopped any specific coral feeding in order to really understand the effect of the TM Marin system but I am questioning that now.... Iknow you cant speak to these products directly but am really tempted to start feeding reef roids & RS AB+. Just concerned corals aren't getting what they need. Thoughts?
Thanks,
Matt
PO4 | Tool | Dose | |
Saturday-Mar-26 | 0.03 | Bacto-Balance | .85ml |
Wednesday-Mar-30 | 0 | Plus-NP | 3.9ml (3pumps) |
Saturday-Apr-2 | 0.02 | Plus-NP | 3.9ml (3pumps) |
Wednesday-Apr-6 | 0.04 | Bacto-Balance | 1ml |
Saturday-Apr-9 | 0 | Plus-NP | 3.9ml (3pumps) |
Wednesday-Apr-13 | 0 | Plus-NP | 3.9ml (3pumps) |
My first dose on 3/26 I did not have the plus-NP yet and was coming off the neophos dosing. I test PO4 every Saturday and Wednesday and use that to determine my dosing for each day in between. (The dose listed is daily). I was excited to see the PO4 jump to .04 on 4/6 and likely prematurely switched to balance. Now even with maxing out Plus-NP I remain bottomed out.
I do have some acro that have faded out and am concerned but I would like to see this method through. Are the corals likely getting what they need from the Plus-NP even though I test out at 0? I also stopped any specific coral feeding in order to really understand the effect of the TM Marin system but I am questioning that now.... Iknow you cant speak to these products directly but am really tempted to start feeding reef roids & RS AB+. Just concerned corals aren't getting what they need. Thoughts?
Thanks,
Matt