Triton Subscription / Moonshinners competition?

[BryanM]

Yea, I am not switching what is working..still on moonshiners

I switched from moonshiners due to the 30-40+ things needing to be dosed.

Full Triton, Core7Flex, and there was no decline in my tank. I can't say there was a increase either, but I'm not needing 12+dosing pumps or dosing things by hand almost every day.

I wanted simplicity.

 

[mcarroll]

I wanted simplicity.

Nothing in this thread sounds simple if you ask me. ;) ...sounds "snake oily" maybe. ;) ;)

 

[BryanM]

Nothing in this thread sounds simple if you ask me. ;) ...sounds "snake oily" maybe. ;) ;)

Semi fair :). For Triton+MYTE you do need 6 dosers, so its not all that easy, but it isn't snake oil either.

MYTE (Master your Trace Elements), is a subscription where you do an ICP test once a month and get back 2 custom trace element bottles that you dose. The full Triton method also has you dosing calc, mag, alk, and other trace elements. It doubles up on the alk, so either a larger reservoir or two dosers is required for alk.

 

[RocketCityReefer]

Yea, I am not switching what is working..still on moonshiners

I switched from moonshiners due to the 30-40+ things needing to be dosed.

Full Triton, Core7Flex, and there was no decline in my tank. I can't say there was a increase either, but I'm not needing 12+dosing pumps or dosing things by hand almost every day.

I wanted simplicity.

I’m still on Moonshiners. Hesitant to make the shift because: 1) I have 4 tanks and 2) I have seen so much improvement since I started moonshiners.

But I do have a question. I was interested in the video where he talked about rubidium. Did you dose rubidium on moonshiners? H lave you seen improvement in PE or algae since switching (and stopping rubidium)? I am trying to fine tune what I dose and eliminate things that really don’t add anything to the coral.

 

[kharn101]

I only dose rubidium when my test results indicate it's needed. The reason I'm sticking with Moonshiners is simple: it works.

Why risk a tank crash or other issues by changing something that's already working (learned this the hard way)? I think simplifying the process is a great option, but IMO, the convenience isn't worth the potential risk (not risking my panty snatcher). If life gets hectic, I can always automate more of my dosing with pumps.

I'd be interested in hearing from someone with a heavily stocked SPS tank who has switched from Moonshiners to the simplified method. It would be great to see some actual data and hear whether the change worked out for them.

 

[rtparty]

Ran Moonshiners for years on 2 different systems. Then one day realized my tanks didn’t look any better than tanks I’d kept in the past. If anything, they looked worse. Stopped RM, upped my water changes, switched to Tropic Marin A and K in my 2 part, and multiple ICP tests later everything was just fine. Were some things “low” and others “high”? Sure. Did it matter? Nope.

I don’t have good pics but somewhere around these first 2 pics is when I stopped RM:

The last 2 are the final pics before I tore the system down:

After seeing ICP results from most of these companies, Triton is one of the last I’d ever use or trust to make me a custom blend of elements