Triton Core 7 Triton Method - Need #1 or another brand equivalent?

Travis Warren · Jan 29, 2023

I am wondering if I xan use another Magnesium admixture instead of Triton #1.? I been using Triton for over 5 years with great results but my dosing pump over time used more #1 admixture then the other 3. Triton doesn't sell individual admixture so I am thinking of using another Magnesium brand until I get caught up with my remaining Triton admixture. Has any did this?
@Triton, why not sell the 3 or 4 part admixture separately for cases like mine?

jsker · Feb 12, 2023

How about some help here please :)

Travis Warren · Feb 13, 2023

jsker said:
How about some help here please :)

Thanks, I emailed them as well and still no answer. I just bought 4 liters from tge only vendor that has triton in stock bug still have 4 liters of the other parts.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Feb 13, 2023

I'm confused. How did you run out? By dosing too much of one? I'd just wait for the others to catch up, if that's the case, since those components likely rose in the water.

"Core7 Base Elements uses a 1:1 ratio - for every 1mL of Part 1 you use, you should be using 1mL of Part 2, Part 3A, & Part 3B."

Reefer Reboot · Feb 13, 2023

See this thread, might be of help.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fixes-to-main-parameter-balance-issues.338570/page-2

Travis Warren · Feb 13, 2023

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
I'm confused. How did you run out? By dosing too much of one? I'd just wait for the others to catch up, if that's the case, since those components likely rose in the water.

"Core7 Base Elements uses a 1:1 ratio - for every 1mL of Part 1 you use, you should be using 1mL of Part 2, Part 3A, & Part 3B."

Randy, I had my dos dosing the same or I thought so but admixture 1 was getting dos about twice the others. However my levels are good so I ended up buying the set again to refill #1. Now u have a complete set of 2, 3A and 3B. So it would be great to buy individually.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Feb 13, 2023

Travis Warren said:
Randy, I had my dos dosing the same or I thought so but admixture 1 was getting dos about twice the others. However my levels are good so I ended up buying the set again to refill #1. Now u have a complete set of 2, 3A and 3B. So it would be great to buy individually.

OK, but I'm not sure what parameters you are meauring to say the values are great. I suspect if you did not dose magnesium for a while it would still qualify as great. It declines very slowly.

If it does seem to decline when not dosing it, then any mag supplement is OK for a while.

Travis Warren · Feb 13, 2023

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
OK, but I'm not sure what parameters you are meauring to say the values are great. I suspect if you did not dose magnesium for a while it would still qualify as great. It declines very slowly.

If it does seem to decline when not dosing it, then any mag supplement is OK for a while.

Randy thanks and that was my main concern since triton states they have micro admixture in 1 and 2. Thank you for confirming. I keep buying and dosing the same parts now. So I will wait on dosing part 1 until it drops.

Travis Warren · Feb 13, 2023

Reefer Reboot said:
See this thread, might be of help.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fixes-to-main-parameter-balance-issues.338570/page-2

Thanks for the article. I will call unique coral and see if they have an extra 1 I could by.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Feb 14, 2023

I personally would not do that. You already added (overdosed) all the other ions that such a mix will include, so now you would be doubling up on those.

Doubling those in the short term not likely any concern, but also not necessarily a benefit.

Travis Warren · Feb 14, 2023

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
I personally would not do that. You already added (overdosed) all the other ions that such a mix will include, so now you would be doubling up on those.

Doubling those in the short term not likely any concern, but also not necessarily a benefit.

Randy Thanks.

I used more #1 over the past 12 months after I moved to a new home. I have did water changes since I went from a 140 gallon to 280 gallon tank and had some cycles over the past year. In some cases fighting algae outbreaks i changed and cleaned the sandbed with about 100 gallon change out. I bought a triton test to send off to double check parameters. I will follow back up when I get them back.