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I do not know it all and I don't try to come across that way but we don't fully understand the effects adding amino's has on every coral in our systems. Being careful is just as simple as we should be careful with all things we put in our tank. My thoughts on Bigz's issue right now is amino dosing. Sure I can be wrong but from my experience and a lot of others experience my money is on aminos. We will probably never know for sure because triton tests probably won't show a real issue beyond a guess. They only test some elements if I remember correctly. Not bacteria or enzymes or whatever else could be in the water.
My experience with aminos is this. I started trying aminos right around 2006 or so. I have tried 7 brands that I can think of off the top of my head right now. I have had i think 5 different systems at different times that I have tried aminos in. These have had halides or t5s or led or halides with t5 or t12's. One system was a 265 that was about 75% or more sps. Some frags, some 6-8 inch colonies. One brand I tried called for if I remember correctly a dose of say 10 drops. I would add 1 drop at the time recommended. Nothing happened good or bad. Wait until I was supposed to add again and add 1 drop. Nothing happened. I would say ok nothing is happening so I will bump up the dose to 2 drops. I think I was adding the drops at night or towards the night and I go to bed and wake up in the morning to several skeletons. Just vanished with maybe one or two of the corals having the last couple % of the tissue coming off. Only certain corals were effected. Not knowing what the cause was you do it all over again with more death in the same short time frame.
When I have changed most of my tanks I have sold everything. Rocks, Fish. coral except only a couple. New lights, skimmer. Everything. Then with a new tank I am always an idiot and chasing more color so I start carbon dosing and eventually get some new kind of aminos and Bam, more dead coral in just a few hours. Yes I did this again last month. With Acropower. I am not against the product or brand I just urge people to use caution. What we don't truly understand can hurt us. At least what I don't truly understand hurts me.
I do not know it all and I don't try to come across that way but we don't fully understand the effects adding amino's has on every coral in our systems. Being careful is just as simple as we should be careful with all things we put in our tank. My thoughts on Bigz's issue right now is amino dosing. Sure I can be wrong but from my experience and a lot of others experience my money is on aminos. We will probably never know for sure because triton tests probably won't show a real issue beyond a guess. They only test some elements if I remember correctly. Not bacteria or enzymes or whatever else could be in the water.
My experience with aminos is this. I started trying aminos right around 2006 or so. I have tried 7 brands that I can think of off the top of my head right now. I have had i think 5 different systems at different times that I have tried aminos in. These have had halides or t5s or led or halides with t5 or t12's. One system was a 265 that was about 75% or more sps. Some frags, some 6-8 inch colonies. One brand I tried called for if I remember correctly a dose of say 10 drops. I would add 1 drop at the time recommended. Nothing happened good or bad. Wait until I was supposed to add again and add 1 drop. Nothing happened. I would say ok nothing is happening so I will bump up the dose to 2 drops. I think I was adding the drops at night or towards the night and I go to bed and wake up in the morning to several skeletons. Just vanished with maybe one or two of the corals having the last couple % of the tissue coming off. Only certain corals were effected. Not knowing what the cause was you do it all over again with more death in the same short time frame.
When I have changed most of my tanks I have sold everything. Rocks, Fish. coral except only a couple. New lights, skimmer. Everything. Then with a new tank I am always an idiot and chasing more color so I start carbon dosing and eventually get some new kind of aminos and Bam, more dead coral in just a few hours. Yes I did this again last month. With Acropower. I am not against the product or brand I just urge people to use caution. What we don't truly understand can hurt us. At least what I don't truly understand hurts me.
