Would you recommend testing and dosing additional trace elements (ex. bromine, zinc, strontium), outside using All for reef?

[Thomasreef]

I've recently started purchasing high-end Acropora corals, like Walt Disney and Rainbow Splice, and I'm wondering if testing and dosing additional trace elements would help enhance their colors to their fullest intensity. Would this be beneficial for amplifying their colors?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

From the title, are you currently using AFR?

 

[UMALUM]

I always thought it was better to be a little low than a little high?

 

[Thomasreef]

From the title, are you currently using AFR?

yes i am currently dosing 32 ml to my 90 gallon tank

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

yes i am currently dosing 32 ml to my 90 gallon tank

In that case, I do not know the answer to whether more of any particular trace element might help or not.

 

[rishma]

I've recently started purchasing high-end Acropora corals, like Walt Disney and Rainbow Splice, and I'm wondering if testing and dosing additional trace elements would help enhance their colors to their fullest intensity. Would this be beneficial for amplifying their colors?

The folks in the SPS forum will have a lot of opinions on this. It’s mostly anecdotal m, which doesn’t mean it isn’t useful.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I personally think bromide hardly depletes at all and strontium isn't useful for most corals, but there are lots of trace elements that are needed and more useful:

https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/randys-elements-to-dose.952/
https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/randys-thoughts-on-trace-elements.951/

 

[Thomasreef]

The folks in the SPS forum will have a lot of opinions on this. It’s mostly anecdotal m, which doesn’t mean it isn’t useful.

Thanks for the tip, ill try posting it there .