Growth and color change in about 1.5 months
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BuckeyeTodd
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yes more details please
chris88
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I used/use bright wells potassium along with their product called coral kolor. I don't have a test kit so i brought it to a friends and it came out to be 240ppm before I started dosing. I use instant ocean salt and don't do a lot of water changes so my gut feeling was that it was going to be low. I haven't retested it since but i only follow the recommended dosage so I don't think I am in any major risk of over doing it.
chris88
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Nope, i wish i was that good. I put the camera setting on auto and take the flash off and click. I don't edit anything. The camera will select its own white balance so it may change the look. I also run one more blue bulb in the mix in the most current pictures then i did 2 months ago. I have new bulbs coming in monday so it may change the look to be a bit more crisp white with some pop and a bit less blue.
jc-reef
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Looks really good Chris!! Funny thing, I recently started to dose Iodide (potassium iodide) and several LPS & SPS corals have began to take off too with some new growth and a really deepening of color...which is what I have been missing in my tank (pale/pastel colors). I wonder if the potassium base is having an effect? Are you dosing strait Potassium..which brand?
I just ordered me and my wife's Christmas present to each other...a new SLR Camera with a Macro lens!!!:bounce1:...I can't wait to take some pics...
This way I too can post before and after pics that are 'nice' to look at.
EDIT: I missed your post above...you use Brightwells. I may look into that myself.
I just ordered me and my wife's Christmas present to each other...a new SLR Camera with a Macro lens!!!:bounce1:...I can't wait to take some pics...
This way I too can post before and after pics that are 'nice' to look at.
EDIT: I missed your post above...you use Brightwells. I may look into that myself.
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Christian_S
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what is the dose daily of potassium that you use ?
chris88
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I dose the following bright wells products over the past month and a half.
POTASSION 2 CAPFULS PER WEEK
FERRION 5/6 DROPS A DAY BUT A MISS A DAY EVERY NOW AND THEN
IODION 5/6 DROPS A DAY BUT A MISS A DAY EVERY NOW AND THEN
Brightwells products are cheap so that why i went with them. I really have notice increase growth and color in my zoanthids and palys since dosing the above but i think it had a lot to do with low iodine. I am not preaching dosing elements but i only do a 5g water change per month in a 50g tank. I have no doubt that i am losing elements from growth and skimming so i concluded i needed to re add them back in. When i was doing constant water changes in the past i didn’t dose any of these.
POTASSION 2 CAPFULS PER WEEK
FERRION 5/6 DROPS A DAY BUT A MISS A DAY EVERY NOW AND THEN
IODION 5/6 DROPS A DAY BUT A MISS A DAY EVERY NOW AND THEN
Brightwells products are cheap so that why i went with them. I really have notice increase growth and color in my zoanthids and palys since dosing the above but i think it had a lot to do with low iodine. I am not preaching dosing elements but i only do a 5g water change per month in a 50g tank. I have no doubt that i am losing elements from growth and skimming so i concluded i needed to re add them back in. When i was doing constant water changes in the past i didn’t dose any of these.
allsps40
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chris88 if I were you I would have my potassium levels tested. Are you dosing a carbon like vodka?? If not the you should be very very careful with potassium. I thought I had all the signs of low potassium. Started dosing a minimum dose over a few weeks. Was still having problems. Have everything test, potassium was twice what NSW is, not good. I have stopped dosing everything but kalk in ATO. All my corals are doing awesome. If you dose carbon then bacteria consume potassium as they grow so supplementing is need to up color. Always test for what your dose.
How many ml is cupful?....
