I will fully admit I am not a reef nerd to the point of understanding the chemistry of trace elements and their effect on corals. I had an ICP test done recently to verify why some corals are doing o.k. and others are receding. Come to find out I have a major phosphate problem (Which I'm correcting and will resolve over a couple months).
However, some interesting things it came back with was a lack of potassium, which it identified as critical to coral health. The silly thing was I had just started dosing some trace elements at the recommendation of a friend. Red Sea A, B, C, and D, which includes Potassium.
I'm less concerned about that as I am dosing it. However it said Boron is almost as critical to coral health and mine was not detectable.
To me it seems a dumb question, like, am I missing, some fiber in my daily diet. Probably, is it going to kill me no... I don't see Boron in Red Sea's A, B, C, and D trace element regimen. Of course Triton wants to sell me their bottle of Boron...
I guess, how important is some of this? Is it as important as the labs say? I have noticed since dosing trace elements, my coral colors are amazing. They've gained some great colors, and polyps are extended more and there's definitely more polyps than ever. It's had a huge impact so far despite my phosphates being .55692 mg / l. (And no, I have no algae in my display other than on the glass). I have a turf scrubber that may be just enough to hold it back from taking over.
My question for this post is on the criticality of Boron to coral health?
However, some interesting things it came back with was a lack of potassium, which it identified as critical to coral health. The silly thing was I had just started dosing some trace elements at the recommendation of a friend. Red Sea A, B, C, and D, which includes Potassium.
I'm less concerned about that as I am dosing it. However it said Boron is almost as critical to coral health and mine was not detectable.
To me it seems a dumb question, like, am I missing, some fiber in my daily diet. Probably, is it going to kill me no... I don't see Boron in Red Sea's A, B, C, and D trace element regimen. Of course Triton wants to sell me their bottle of Boron...
I guess, how important is some of this? Is it as important as the labs say? I have noticed since dosing trace elements, my coral colors are amazing. They've gained some great colors, and polyps are extended more and there's definitely more polyps than ever. It's had a huge impact so far despite my phosphates being .55692 mg / l. (And no, I have no algae in my display other than on the glass). I have a turf scrubber that may be just enough to hold it back from taking over.
My question for this post is on the criticality of Boron to coral health?