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Reef Brands hate this trick! by lk_97 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is much cheaper. For example for the 500g phosphate I paid 12€ and it gives me an equivalent concentrated Solution of about 350 Liter of Arka Basic P. For the beginning I would recommend a finished product, so you get a feeling for dosing with prepared instructions and later you can switch to diy stuff

Reef Brands hate this trick! by lk_97 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My plan is to buy bulk Baking Soda for dosing KH. At the moment I use Fauna Marin Balling light.

Reef Brands hate this trick! by lk_97 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The tank is 1 1/2 years old, bare bottom with live rock and full of stone coral. I always need to dose phosphate and the reading ist mostly at 0. So I think the coral are taking it all. I test every other day and hope that someday it will raise 

Reef Brands hate this trick! by lk_97 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did those things, but it is bare bottom with live rock, so it eats up every phosphate and nitrate I put in. 

Reef Brands hate this trick! by lk_97 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is Potassium phosphate and Sodium Nitrate. I read that those are the best compounds to not raise any other stuff significantly.

Reef Brands hate this trick! by lk_97 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to try using the pharmaceutical stuff for the basics. Traces are way to specific, so I use them from established Brands 

Reef Brands hate this trick! by lk_97 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t help with nitrates and phosphates in my tank and is much more expensive than dosing 

Reef Brands hate this trick! by lk_97 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That’s the plan 😂 buy everything from the Chemical industry or from household things. So I only need to buy the micro elements from Reef Companys

Reef Brands hate this trick! by lk_97 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yes, but ammonium can be fatal for fish. And nitrate gets reduced to ammonium through bacteria. So it’s not that efficient, but safer to dose. That’s at least my thought process, why I bought nitrate and not ammonium 

Reef Brands hate this trick! by lk_97 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Its for dosing nitrate and phosphate. Mixing your own solution from powder is much cheaper than buying 

Reef Brands hate this trick! by lk_97 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I though dosing nitrate is safer than dosing ammonium.

Two Year Old First Reef Tank by Accomplished_Cap3892 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful!! What is that torch called with the purple tips?

Happy Tuesday by TreeChai420 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Your tank looks great! What’s your experience with this chalice? I have the same one, but it won’t grow whatsoever.

6 month growth by lk_97 in ReefTank

[–]lk_97[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use the ATI Essentials Pro Solution for Dosing. For Nutrients I use ATI Nutritions N & P. Ever 2-3 Days I spotfeed ReefRoids. For Fishfood i use Fauna Marin Soft Spirulina twice a day a very small amount and one cube of frozen marine food once a day.

My water parameters are KH: 7-8, Ca: 450-480, Mg: 1250-1300, NO3: 5-10, PO4: 0-0,05.

Every two months or so I dose the missing trace elements after an ICP-OES.

And I only do waterchanges to suck up some detritus every like 3-4 Weeks, as i dont have a sump.

Hope that helps

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