Just thought I'd share with everyone here who hasn't heard of aquaforest. Well, many of you guys already know what is a probiotic system which involves adding a carbon source and dosing bacteria periodically to achieve ultra low nutrients. This makes corals pastel and subsequently coral additives are added to increase the corals colours making them richer and more vibrant. Sounds like a lot of work but really it only takes 2 mins every night before you sleep or every morning just before heading to work. Let me start by introducing the aquaforest line.
Bacteria source: Pro Bio S
Carbon source: Pro F or NP Pro (biopolymers)
That's basically the 2 main parts of the probiotic line. Next is additives
Coral A: Concentrated amino acids for richer coral colour development
Coral B: Its calcium carbonate thats finely grinded and mixed into a solution. Enhances coral growth as they absorb it and increases skimming ( something like KZ coral snow but much cheaper )
Coral V: Viramins for the corals which works hand in hand with Coral A
Coral E: Coral dietary supplement with copper sulphate added to strip excess zooxanthelle.
AND THATS ALL!
Personally i have used Zeovit and Fauna Marin and i can say they work very well helping me achieve quite decent results but after switching to aquaforest my colours really started popping. The added benefit of AF is the affordability, its much cheaper than Fauna Marin and Zeovit.
Here is some of my results
this was a loripes frag i got from GO that was really browned out. I was using Zeovit at this stage and i saw decent growth but the frag was still brown. I was able to bring out the purple tips though
this is when i transitioned from Zeovit to Fauna Marin. Growth was still there but i found that Fauna Marin stripped the water of too much nutrients and hence the loripes has a white body with lost its purple tips
Here it is now. I'm really impressed by the colouration but i find that growth is still pretty much the same. The loripes is currently 1.5 years old in my tank.
Just thought I'd share with everyone here my results that im really impressed with. Every reef tank has its ups and downs but with proper care and tweaking everything will turn out right in the end. I'm not paid to do this neither am i working with or even affiliated with aquaforest in anyway. Im just showing everyone a cheaper alternative that has similar or even better results than the probiotic giants.
More pictures from my tank : )
Enjoy!
reefing from pasir ris
