It says it's 219 ..should be 30-90 . My lfs says to run polly pads.. should I do that.. should I change salts.. zinc and aluminum is also high. But not as bad. Im a auto mechanic. I bet the zinc is coming from my hands.
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Something is killing scolymia acans and lobos. Is it the iodine?
It says it's 219 ..should be 30-90 . My lfs says to run polly pads.. should I do that.. should I change salts.. zinc and aluminum is also high. But not as bad. Im a auto mechanic. I bet the zinc is coming from my hands.
My personal experience with trace elements is they work when you have a large coral load consuming them, and at the point water changes start to become uneconomical and a real pain always mixing saltwater etc.
I have a 40b with a 40b frag tank attached, probably 60g total water. Lots of coral growth and decent sized colonies. I was doing a weekly 5g wc, maybe every 3-4weeks really deep clean and do 10g. Growth just seemed to stall out after a while. The consumption of ca/alk remained pretty static, and stopped increasing. I was just Dosing brs soda ash and calcium.
started with the brs tm hybrid method. Added the a and k to the alk and calcium, and started adding the part c. Almost instantly things started growing faster, my daily consumption amount almost doubled in 2 months.
the only downside I’ve noticed (besides the added cost per month) is I get a lot more salt creep. I feel that it’s whatever extra elements that may be in higher concentration than necessary basically precipitated out. It also blocks up the skimmer air line and I have to clean it out every 2-3 weeks vs 5-6 before