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I am going to keep dosing iodide and trace.
good idea. Here’s what I dose daily:
iodide
iron
strontium
nickel
chrome
vanadium
zinc
barium
cobalt
selenium
flouride
manganese
moly
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I am going to keep dosing iodide and trace.
Hey. Sorry for the long delayed response. I didn't see your question. I am up to 40 ml/day of All for Reef.How much All for reef you dosing on 90 gallon?
I have that covered. No LED's but I have 6X 54w Blue Plus T5 Bulbs that run 5 hours of the 12 hour photo period @ 100% and 2X 54w Actinic T5 Bulbs that run for 8 hours @ 100%. All bulbs are less than 5 months old. Let me clarify my question...
For you SPS guys and I guess TM All-for-Reef users... If I'm using All-for-Reef, can/should I add other trace elements (maybe TM K/A or something else) or does the All-for-Reef supply enough as long as it maintains alk, ca, & mg?
Thank you so much. Your (& Hans) suggestion squares with my experience where iodine is concerned. I'll start adding some A- elements when I mix up new AFR. Can I add the A- elements directly to the newly mixed AFR?All for Reef has a good balance of the major/minor elements.
BUT... After a lot of us long time AFR users noticed that Iodine was consistently low on ICP tests (along with a few other things to varying degrees), Hans suggested an alternate recipe of AFR. The standard mix contains all of the TM A- and K+ elements. Hans suggested adding an additional 50ml of A- elements to every 1L of mixed AFR. That provides more iodine (as well as the other elements in the A- mix).
TM started including more A- elements by default, but I'm not sure that "new recipe" AFR is available here in the States yet.
What I do is mix up the "new recipe" AFR, and then send in quarterly ICP tests and use the Red Sea Trace Color kit to adjust anything I'm lacking. Since boosting the A- elements, I haven't had to do much else, though.
Thank you so much. Your (& Hans) suggestion squares with my experience where iodine is concerned. I'll start adding some A- elements when I mix up new AFR. Can I add the A- elements directly to the newly mixed AFR?