Great video as always Logan! I have a love/hate relationship with carbon dosing. I love the way it decreases nitrates and phosphates, I hate the way it lowers my pH and increases the film on glass of my tank. I am using the Tropic Marin carbon dosing system, using Elimina NP when my phosphates are outta control (like now with a phosphate of 0.3), and switch to Bacto Balance when I am around a phos of 0.1. The product is not terribly expensive considering 1 bottle of each can last a year on a 90 gallon with moderate dosing.
It affects Po4 in the same way to a lesser degree, but it lowers it some also. There are better ways/medias for Po4 reduction like GFO, Rowaphos, and Phosphate-E. Thanks for watchin!
my corals are doing good right now at about 30 nitrate and .04 phos. I killed alot though because my phos was high and brought it down way to fast, so my sps is no more.
Update on my situation : My nutrient situation is somwwhat fixed, I was dosing sugar and nitrates were not coming down from 50, I tested phosphate and it was zero, then I did a 50% water change and started to dose a little bit of phosphate, and now after 3 days both nitrate and phosphate are near zero (No3 around 5, PO4 around 0.025) Probably would stop dosing sugar for few days
I can’t seem to keep any nitrate or phosphate. I feed frozen food and reef chili. I dose nitrate and phos daily and not sure if I should dose some vodka
@@reefrookies check out Sanjay and Palette. I believe mike has an article on reef to reef about it. It is easier for corals to absorb. He did a video with @AmericanReefChannel where he talks about it a little bit.
As always nice video with a lot of important information. Now we need a video on DIY C02 scrubber 😂
Actually that might be in the works.
That hair algae is wild
Im so tired man.... so tired!
Over 2k followers now, you deserve it , watching your video now and I know it will be great as usual
I appreciate that! Thanks!
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Thx fam!
Good to know
Glad it was good info for ya!
Great video as always Logan! I have a love/hate relationship with carbon dosing. I love the way it decreases nitrates and phosphates, I hate the way it lowers my pH and increases the film on glass of my tank. I am using the Tropic Marin carbon dosing system, using Elimina NP when my phosphates are outta control (like now with a phosphate of 0.3), and switch to Bacto Balance when I am around a phos of 0.1. The product is not terribly expensive considering 1 bottle of each can last a year on a 90 gallon with moderate dosing.
Very good choice of products! I dislike the downsides as well, but at least theyre manageable! Thanks for watchin!
I heard you cover the No3 but how does this carbon source affect Po4? Great video.
It affects Po4 in the same way to a lesser degree, but it lowers it some also. There are better ways/medias for Po4 reduction like GFO, Rowaphos, and Phosphate-E. Thanks for watchin!
It definitely works better for nitrate
my corals are doing good right now at about 30 nitrate and .04 phos. I killed alot though because my phos was high and brought it down way to fast, so my sps is no more.
Danng!
@@reefrookies Yea thats what i said when they RTN'd on me. My goni is doing great though.
Update on my situation :
My nutrient situation is somwwhat fixed, I was dosing sugar and nitrates were not coming down from 50, I tested phosphate and it was zero, then I did a 50% water change and started to dose a little bit of phosphate, and now after 3 days both nitrate and phosphate are near zero (No3 around 5, PO4 around 0.025)
Probably would stop dosing sugar for few days
Good catch!
I can’t seem to keep any nitrate or phosphate. I feed frozen food and reef chili. I dose nitrate and phos daily and not sure if I should dose some vodka
Wouldn’t recommend
With no nitrates and phosphates I wouldnt carbon dose. That would dampen them more, and thats when bad things happen!
You forgot about to add SUGAR to the list
0:23 seconds fam! Suggaaaaa
Ammonia dosing. There are other benefits to carbon dosing.
To my understanding ammonia dosing does the opposite of remove nitrates, unless Ive read and understood incorrectly its used to raise them.
@@reefrookies check out Sanjay and Palette. I believe mike has an article on reef to reef about it. It is easier for corals to absorb. He did a video with @AmericanReefChannel where he talks about it a little bit.