Best trace elements to dose? Any 1 bottle wonders?!

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Hi all,
My tank is 5 years old now, Im pretty much done adding things and just letting it grow. Its on dosing pumps for ca/alk, no pox, and an auto top off ect. After not testing or doing water changes for 5 weeks (usually on a 2 week rigid schedule!) due to travel and life- my tank does not appear to need a water change so Im trying to move away from them as much as i can. (Its 250G- water changes are a PITA). I was wondering- what trace elements do you use to dose? I have the red sea ABCD kit but I would need 4 additional dosing pumps to get away from manual dosing. Is there a "1 and done" type of bottle anyone likes or should I stick with the ABCD.
 
If it were that simple, then they would have stuffed everything into one bottle. Tropic marin split into two bottles. :)
 
On my 120 no scheduled water changes from day one.
I did one around 12 months, 9 gal, just because and one at 14 months, 12 gal, after a fluconazole treatment for hair algae.
I have run DSR ez trace from day one. Currently running 6ml a day.
This keeps mag, iodine, and k at desired levels. It has other trace elements too. I only test for those elements every few months.
I dose esv strontium once a week to maintain 8-10.
My carx runs manmade media so only replaces alk and ca.
Just started low dose of ez carbon which is vinegar, sugar, and iron blend, also a DSR productd.
Only 3ml a day as this is a strong carbon dosing product.
I am not using it to control anything just to feed the corals and im sure it helps keep no3 low as I run <10.
It does make my skimmate pretty nasty.
 
I dose Coral Essentials Black Label day and night. I’m not sure what would happened if I stopped, so I keep dosing because everything looks so good. Acropower has helped my SPS.
 

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