plyle02
Active member
could be christtie, but from what I have read, this dosing actually add more beneficial bacteria strands. You could be onto something, considering this tank is lit with a 250 watt halide, due to increased water clarity and the powerful lighting, perhaps my corals are getting too much light. I also dose phyto 2 times per week, as I have a clam in the tank. Again, the low nutrient system allows for me to heavily feed, including the phyto which I forgot to mention in the previous post. SPS corals typically are a bit finicky when added to a tank which is not established/ thriving. Most sps hobbyists reccomend not adding sps to the tank until quarter size spot of corraline algae appear on the glass or rocks in the tank. I rushed this process, and do feel that some of my losses are a direct result of just that. All other non sps corals have thrived, multiplied, and colored up nicely, and the sps in the tank now, are growing/ encrusting. I will wait and see what happens, but as far a driving nutrients low, I feel the vodka/ sugar dosing truly helps if done so slowly, and ramping up over time.
