How will it affect the color of SPS if p04 = 0

[xpert1974]

look guys this is not a debate whether what works, don't think fr my replies, I have provided any slightest hint on what worksMY objective is whether I can dose sugar with zeovit and see VISIBILY if my algae situation got any better. I am still on zeovit with Vital Bacter dosing zeobak and zeofood 4 drops per 100 gallon once weekly now. Why I am using Marc Weiss? because I want to try it out. To me both zeostart & vital Bacter seems similar in functionality, I can switch to Zeostart NP. It might help but nobody knows for now..

It might be true my LR is leaching P, I dunno as I can't measure P with definite results with Salifert. But one thing is true, my macro algae is flourishing and sps colors looks good as well. Have posted a few pics of my corals for swops and stuffs like that before in this forum and defintely my sps are not brownish for that matter.

Anyways, its been 18hrs since I started dosing 1/2 teaspoon of sugar into my 600L display tank. Notice nothing exept that skim mate has darkened considerably. I will try to post any significant 'discoveries' separately.

Cheers

Danny Lim

[weileong]

Dunno man, I never tried but I think the Tried and Tested method of dosing Zeostart is a better option. 

At least we get a Zeovit guide to let us know what to expect.

For Sugar, I dun think SIS or any sugar manufacturer ever printed guides on reefing let alone intructions on maintaning great parameters with sugar dosage.

got lah, if you overdose sugar then in the long run you might get diabetes...

Alfa, didn't know there is a stage 20 in zeovit, someone invented that recently?? But very very nice photos of your hyanchitus from the photo of your tank last nice

Danny, zeostart does more than just bringing down N & P, continued dosing (at the right amount) in conjunction with AAHC and with zeostart2 gives you metallic colored acros while zeostart1 gives pastel colored acros.

[AlfaRomeo]

If your SPS is not brownish, then its all good! The macro algae will start to die off once your nutrients are eliminated.

Do keep us up to date on your findings

[AlfaRomeo]

got lah, if you overdose sugar then in the long run you might get diabetes...

Alfa, didn't know there is a stage 20 in zeovit, someone invented that recently?? But very very nice photos of your hyanchitus from the photo of your tank last nice

Danny, zeostart does more than just bringing down N & P, continued dosing (at the right amount) in conjunction with AAHC and with zeostart2 gives you metallic colored acros while zeostart1 gives pastel colored acros.

Weileong, stage 20 is just an exageration lah just to prove a point. So far, I have heard of only stage 4 which you have succeeded in establishing beautifully. Congrats on such a beautiful tank. 2 thumbs up

My recent photo dunt have the hyacinthus wat.. which photo r u referring to?

[weileong]

The two colonys on the left side hill of the photos aren't they hyanchitus? Can see they are nice only the photo a little underexposed.

[AlfaRomeo]

Dunno if they are hychinthus or not. The top-most is a table acro which we bought last yr during the buy1get1free offer. My pink hyacinthus cannot be seen in dat photo cos its at the other side of the barrier.

[AlfaRomeo]

Weileong, you referring to this table-top? Dunt know if its a hyacinthus or just an ordinary table acro

[weileong]

Yeap, this is the one, ah now the photo is much better, you should redo your whole tank shot

[alanseah]

today when light just on I quickly shoot some photo.. at least the light not so glaring yet.. and able to show the color out abit more..

[alanseah]

now some few closer shot..

still cant get better shot cause the light too strong keep reflecting on the sps end up it look all white for those sps start to have pastel color..

[alanseah]

for this one.. i think only off light then i see the purple color.. it's still slowly getting more deeper purple..

[alanseah]

some left shot...

[alanseah]

another side..

[weileong]

for this one.. i think only off light then i see the purple color.. it's still slowly getting more deeper purple..

Wow looks pinkish purple, chio lei.

[alanseah]

my oldest sps.. brought it super brown now with water param so much better..

soon it will color up to the whole body..

[minsmarine]

Danny,

Love the way you handle

The most important is your mind, not us.

Respect your decision, and your courage.

IME, Sugar is just to make a cup of COFFEE, Definately can't compare with full range of zerovit at all.

And sugar method needs a lot more skill than zerovit, especially if you had not equipments to test out, only your eyes and mind. Like every1 here said, zerovit has proven and come with guide.

For sugar, come on man, the whole year of dosing sugar, cost less than 1S$, who the hell going to write guide. Even if every reefer ( in the world ) buy suger from the person who will write guide, he will die from hunger befer he able to finish the guide.

So please these 2 things are not compareable at all.

White elephant and micky mouse is not much. May be I should had used as

White elephant and mouse in the rice field.

So let this thread clean ( It's clean anyway ), not to discuss or compare this two.

Please do keep us inform about ur experimental.

Happy Reefing.

PS. If you failed, you could claim because you have no guide to read JK

[alanseah]

after trying hard to raise the p04 yesterday, finally manage to raise it to 0.03... which is a gd range..

but then this morning measure again, p04 drop back to zero. sianz...

now throwing in all kind of high nutrient food into the tank to make my p04 raise..

[blueheaven]

This is the 10,000th post in SPS/Advanced forum

Hey Alan, when you raise the PO4, did you notice any colour changes to the SPS?

[weileong]

BH, changes takes time and not immediate. You'll need few weeks to see the changes. Sometimes it's so gradual and you won't notice it unless you keep a photographic record.

[blueheaven]

Hmm yeah didn't think of that

Really want to see how PO4 can affect SPS colours

[weileong]

Actually color is not the right word to use. Darken tissues should be the correct word

You'll know when you are there

Go see my sps photos when I had DSB and when I went BB then you tell the difference.

[alanseah]

Some photo...