Reef Energy AB+ Combines Red Sea ‘Coral Food’ Into one Bottle

[Simplyorange]

Pretty legit so far, skimmer acts normal and colors are coming in. Nutrients are not raised.

 

[aarbutina]

So after about of month of dosing this on a daily basis I am wondering if it is doing more harm to my system then good. I know before I start dosing AB+ I was seeing very good grow. Since I have started dosing I have seen signs of recession around the bases of my SPS and decreased polyp extension. I am not saying it’s the AB+ that is the issue, cause we all know that sometimes finding root cause for these issues can be difficult. I will also say that I was dosing in the upper end of the recommended range initially and have since cut that in half.

What are other people seeing? Is it all good experiences for everyone else?

 

[Waynerock]

Still getting better color with this stuff without super strong lighting. Just got a second bottle today. No algae or cyano yet

 

[aarbutina]

Still getting better color with this stuff without super strong lighting. Just got a second bottle today. No algae or cyano yet

What do you mean “with out super strong lighting”? Were you’re lights always like this or did you make a change? I ask because for some my corals it looks like they are now getting blasted by lighting where they didn’t before and there was no change in the lighting or schedule on my tank.

Red Sea also makes certain dosing recommendation if you are using LED lighting (if I remember what was in the box correctly), which to be honest I found a bit odd.

 

[aarbutina]

In the manual it say :
Signs of under-dosing in a low nutrient system are bleaching of the corals from the
base upwards.

But that makes me wonder why I wasn’t seeing sign of this before I started with AB+. Again not saying it’s the issue. Just see what other people think.

 

[Waynerock]

What do you mean “with out super strong lighting”? Were you’re lights always like this or did you make a change? I ask because for some my corals it looks like they are now getting blasted by lighting where they didn’t before and there was no change in the lighting or schedule on my tank.

Red Sea also makes certain dosing recommendation if you are using LED lighting (if I remember what was in the box correctly), which to be honest I found a bit odd.

What I meant was that I have Ai prime 16’s over my tank and not considered to be really high output “pro level” lights. I should of been more clear. That’s the feeing I got when I first got them from others. that they are great for small tanks or frag tanks at swaps. I have 3 on a reefer 250 and these lights kill it for the price. And I have not changed a thing besides dosing 10ml of AB+ every day for last 2 months. I was dosing brightwell before for a while and did not see any stand out changes in corals for about 6 months

 

[Letterkenny]

Any updates on how this is doing given it’s July?

 

[Simplyorange]

I'm on my third bottle and I have been using this since day one. There is no increase in PO4 or NO3 I test both everyday. I see growth in everything however I'm running a LNS.