ElZesto
Active Member
What up r2r people!
Super bored at work and since I’ve been setting up a new system, this question has been on my mind and I want hear from anyone I can! What is your personal method for element management? How long have you been doing it? Had any corals die? Any specific coral thriving above the others? What was your method for dialing it in - based off just calc/alk/mag? Icp? Moonshiners? Doing anything for trace elements beside WC?
This isn’t to find the “answer”, it’s just to hear from people about what they’re doing and what they’re noticing. In real life I’ve got a shocking amount of range on this question, especially from a few people who just stick to WC’s and don’t over complicate. the only thing I haven’t run into in real life in moonshiners, so curious to hear from people who are actually doing that stuff.
Bonus points if you have a FTS!
I’ll start:
This system is about a year and a half old:
It’s on AFR, set using calc and occasional alk adjustments, and a lazy WC regime of 5g (~12%) every 2weeks but lately more like a month or two.
The good:
I’ve had some coral absolutely THRIVE in here, specifically the green plate coral was maybe a nickel size when I got it in June/July of last year I think? It’s now ~3” at full extension, and has popped out a baby. The other is the red Goni. It was also about a golf ball at full extension when I got it, and now it’s probably a 5” ball. Super rewarding on those.
The bad:
Had 3 torches for about 3/4 months, a new head every 6 weeks or so. But then, one got BJD and within about a week they were all gone. Hammers have also been hit and miss, some have thrived (the gold one has grown like 5 more heads) and some have died within a month of introduction and I don’t think they were all aqua-cultured from a very good LFS. Also tried 2 Ricordia mushrooms that have both melted. Rhodactis has no problem though
Anyways, what’re yall doing? Drop a comment!
Super bored at work and since I’ve been setting up a new system, this question has been on my mind and I want hear from anyone I can! What is your personal method for element management? How long have you been doing it? Had any corals die? Any specific coral thriving above the others? What was your method for dialing it in - based off just calc/alk/mag? Icp? Moonshiners? Doing anything for trace elements beside WC?
This isn’t to find the “answer”, it’s just to hear from people about what they’re doing and what they’re noticing. In real life I’ve got a shocking amount of range on this question, especially from a few people who just stick to WC’s and don’t over complicate. the only thing I haven’t run into in real life in moonshiners, so curious to hear from people who are actually doing that stuff.
Bonus points if you have a FTS!
I’ll start:
This system is about a year and a half old:
It’s on AFR, set using calc and occasional alk adjustments, and a lazy WC regime of 5g (~12%) every 2weeks but lately more like a month or two.
The good:
I’ve had some coral absolutely THRIVE in here, specifically the green plate coral was maybe a nickel size when I got it in June/July of last year I think? It’s now ~3” at full extension, and has popped out a baby. The other is the red Goni. It was also about a golf ball at full extension when I got it, and now it’s probably a 5” ball. Super rewarding on those.
The bad:
Had 3 torches for about 3/4 months, a new head every 6 weeks or so. But then, one got BJD and within about a week they were all gone. Hammers have also been hit and miss, some have thrived (the gold one has grown like 5 more heads) and some have died within a month of introduction and I don’t think they were all aqua-cultured from a very good LFS. Also tried 2 Ricordia mushrooms that have both melted. Rhodactis has no problem though
Anyways, what’re yall doing? Drop a comment!
