Can you overdose Acropower (or aminos)?

HM3105 · Sep 17, 2021

Hi all,

I did some searching but didn't really find an answer. I am currently dosing probably around 10x-20x the recommend dose per the instructions from the manufacturer. I've been doing this for probably 2 months at this point and haven't really seen anything negative*. Does anyone know what the effect of dosing essentially aminos at a much higher dosage than is recommended ?

* while I can't point to the Acropower as the source, some of of my SPS are pale but mostly it's blue and pinks that are pale specifically. There could be any number of reasons for this including trace element issues, lighting type, etc.

Dolphins18 · Sep 17, 2021

Why are you dosing that much? Trace elements usually contain metals, they often also contain copper. You may want to get an ICP test done.

watdachuck · Sep 17, 2021

If you watch Julians video explanation on its use he says you cannot overdose it. However, he does say to limit using after signs of cyano or other algae’s.

That being said using that much over the instructed volume would not be recommended.

HM3105 · Sep 17, 2021

Dolphins18 said:
Why are you dosing that much? Trace elements usually contain metals, they often also contain copper. You may want to get an ICP test done.

Acropower doesn't contain trace, it's amino acids.

LAX Noob Reef · Sep 17, 2021

HM3105 said:
Hi all,

I did some searching but didn't really find an answer. I am currently dosing probably around 10x-20x the recommend dose per the instructions from the manufacturer. I've been doing this for probably 2 months at this point and haven't really seen anything negative*. Does anyone know what the effect of dosing essentially aminos at a much higher dosage than is recommended ?

* while I can't point to the Acropower as the source, some of of my SPS are pale but mostly it's blue and pinks that are pale specifically. There could be any number of reasons for this including trace element issues, lighting type, etc.

just algae boom, if you have enough CUC don't worry about it. But I would cut back on it.

Dkmoo · Sep 17, 2021

Corals can only absorb so much, probably most of what you overdosed got pulled out by skimmer or decomposed to simpler N, C and P compounds and got processed out by your normal biological filtration