Lights, dosing, and salt

Kizzy911

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Hey everyone just thought I'd share my experience and how happy I am with results of such a cheap light

First, know that i have a 40 gallon breeder
the lights that I'm really proud of is an Odyssea t5 fixture 36" and I'm using just the stock lights

I took the acrylic splash guard so intensify my lighting and give it more of a shimmer
I grow all kinds of corals.
My sps seems to love it and haven't had any trouble
My zoas multiply like crazy in such a short amount of time
I have 3 clams (1 derasa 4 inches, 1 gold maxima 2 inches, and a blue maxima 1.5 inches) they all love it. Fat little clams
I also have 1 large rbta, 2 rainbow bubble tips, 2 green flower nem, all healthy from this light
This light I purchased for $80 and I can upgrade to ATI coral plus' but the stock lights are just so damn awesome for me. I run both white and blue in the day, then blue at night, then dim blue for an hour before lights out

Now, to dosing, I don't dose and my corals are so fat and healthy, Inever got the idea of dosing and what benefits it may have. But as of right now I think I might not need any? (I put a question mark because I want feed back on dosing and what do you dose and what it's for)
Just an additive to my dosing rant, I use red coral pro salt and it's expensive and I've heard great stuff about it so it makes me wonder if it's the salt? I may not need to dose because of the minerals and benefits that it has.

Well, share your experiences with the Odyssea lighting and tell me what worked well/bad for you? How you run them? Upgrades on them? :lmao:
 
If you don't have a lot of stony corals what you have may not be using up what your salt mix provides. So your water tests will tell you if you need to dose anything. What are your parameters when you do a WC, Then a week later, then two weeks after doing a WC?

I have a 40b with a 20g sump and I have not yet had to do any dosing because my coral load wasn't using up too much before I do my 20% every two week wc. The answer is in your water tests and how much time between wc's.
 
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