22 Feb 2017 - What I talk about when I talk about dosing (trace elements)
As with most reefing things, there are two schools of thought on dosing trace elements:
1) you dont need to dose as your Water Change/ fish food/ fish waste/ etc are enough
2) dosing somethings is always better than nothing
I have been dosing grotech ABC for almost a year before switching to FM Red Purple Green for about another year. I have stopped dosing for three months (Nov 2016 to end Jan 2017) just to see the difference (or lack of) to my tank.
Since beginning of this month (Feb 2017) I have resume dosing FM Red Purple (no Green) and intend to continue for the next three months.
My observations from the three months of not dosing:
1) Green remain almost as good as when I dose
2) Purple becomes pale(r) compares to when I dose
3) Red becomes pale(r) compares to when I dose
That is also the reason why I have decided to dose only Red Purple for the coming three months...
Details of my tank and routine:
1) Water volumn 100l (about 25G)
2) Salt used - TM Pro Reef
3) WC routine - weekly about 20% to 25%
4) dosage (current) - 2ml Red on Mon, 2ml Purple on Thurs
Stay tuned for my observation (on end April 2017)
Till then, happy reefing.
