Carbon Dosing

[Steve...]

I started carbon dosing for just over a week now and wanted to see what your feedbacks are with carbon dosing and if there could be an increase in coloration of corals.

[jordsyke]

I have been carbon dosing for roughly 8-9 months. I find coloration is the same, only find problems when too much is dosed and nitrates drop below 2

[Steve...]

What do you mean by "Problems"? Bacteria bloom?

Originally Posted by jordsyke

I have been carbon dosing for roughly 8-9 months. I find coloration is the same, only find problems when too much is dosed and nitrates drop below 2

[jordsyke]

No sps corals would start to die off and brown out, lps would start to shrink and not come out as much. I was using biopellets and found it too hard to control the dose, switchin to vinegar dosing has made this much easier. Using a dosing pump i test nitrates every 2 weeks to a month and adjust my pump time to keep them between 2-5

[Steve...]

Yes, Im doing the vinegar right now. Its going to be a lot cheaper too! Thanks for sharing

Originally Posted by jordsyke

No sps corals would start to die off and brown out, lps would start to shrink and not come out as much. I was using biopellets and found it too hard to control the dose, switchin to vinegar dosing has made this much easier. Using a dosing pump i test nitrates every 2 weeks to a month and adjust my pump time to keep them between 2-5

[jordsyke]

I have a 120Gallon that is medium to heavy stocked. I feed heavily and I am only dosing 10ml of vinegar per day. But when I was bringing my nitrates down I was dosing up to 40ml per day, just make sure to cut ur dose down as you see nitrates dropping. I also run GFO to help reduce phosphates

[kien]

If bioPellets are still considered carbon dosing, then I've been doing it pretty much since I started my tank 5 years ago. I don't really have anything else to compare it to other than the fact that my nitrates go up when I run out of bioPellets and forget to top it up for a while.

[dcw1sfu]

Running All in One Bio-pellets and results have been great. Nitrates around around .5-2 and phosphates staying .01 (hanna checker) feeding super heavy.

Growth coloration and polyps on my sps have been fantastic since staring these 4-5 months ago and i only have to clean the glass maybe once a week.

[Steve...]

Besides checking testing the water, I guess our glass would be a good indicator right? Im cleaning my glass every two days right now

Originally Posted by dcw1sfu

Running All in One Bio-pellets and results have been great. Nitrates around around .5-2 and phosphates staying .01 (hanna checker) feeding super heavy.

Growth coloration and polyps on my sps have been fantastic since staring these 4-5 months ago and i only have to clean the glass maybe once a week.

[Steve...]

Thanks Kein! Do you do anything else with your tank? Your corals always look great with crazy colours. How often are you changing your water?

Originally Posted by kien

If bioPellets are still considered carbon dosing, then I've been doing it pretty much since I started my tank 5 years ago. I don't really have anything else to compare it to other than the fact that my nitrates go up when I run out of bioPellets and forget to top it up for a while.