HIGH END Tenuis Hoarder

mattdumitrescu · Oct 29, 2021

quick question, I bought some tenius from the last sale and was wondering what parameters I should be concerned about for coloring the frags up. PE is great on all the frags so I know there doing good but I’m looking for some more color, is it a matter of time with stability or more of a certain parameter that plays a role of the coloring.
thanks!

SBB Corals · Oct 29, 2021

mattdumitrescu said:
quick question, I bought some tenius from the last sale and was wondering what parameters I should be concerned about for coloring the frags up. PE is great on all the frags so I know there doing good but I’m looking for some more color, is it a matter of time with stability or more of a certain parameter that plays a role of the coloring.
thanks!

It is a matter of time with more Stability and also you need super clean water. RODI filters changed every 2 months and membrane changed every 3 or 4 months.

Also would help to send in a Triton ICP test kit to see where all your parameters are. Like for example what is your Iodine? Strontium and Molybdenum?

mattdumitrescu · Oct 29, 2021

SBB Corals said:
It is a matter of time with more Stability and also you need super clean water. RODI filters changed every 2 months and membrane changed every 3 or 4 months.

Also would help to send in a Triton ICP test kit to see where all your parameters are. Like for example what is your Iodine? Strontium and Molybdenum?

these are icp results from a couple months ago
Iodine-18.58ug/l (started dosing after I got the results back so it should be higher)
Strontium-9 mg/l
Molybdenum-15.8 ug/l

SBB Corals · Oct 29, 2021

mattdumitrescu said:
these are icp results from a couple months ago
Iodine-18.58ug/l (started dosing after I got the results back so it should be higher)
Strontium-9 mg/l
Molybdenum-15.8 ug/l

Iodine was to low IMO that can be a big issue. Our tagget Iodine is 90

Charlie’s Frags · Oct 29, 2021

mattdumitrescu said:
these are icp results from a couple months ago
Iodine-18.58ug/l (started dosing after I got the results back so it should be higher)
Strontium-9 mg/l
Molybdenum-15.8 ug/l

What’s your lighting?

mattdumitrescu · Oct 29, 2021

Charlie’s Frags said:
What’s your lighting?

2 xr15 over a 65 gallon 3 ft long and almost 2 feet deep running them at 75% slowly going to 100

mattdumitrescu · Oct 29, 2021

SBB Corals said:
Iodine was to low IMO that can be a big issue. Our tagget Iodine is 90

I’m gonna send another icp test in the next coming weeks since I just switched salts and I’ll see what the iodine is looking like then thanks for the help!

Charlie’s Frags · Oct 29, 2021

mattdumitrescu said:
2 xr15 over a 65 gallon 3 ft long and almost 2 feet deep running them at 75% slowly going to 100

Should be good there if you have the correct par range and spectrum . Did the frags lose color over time when you put them in your tank?

BAUCE · Oct 29, 2021

SBB Corals said:
Hello Everyone,

we would like to discuss the topic of Iodine. We feel this is an extremely important Element for Tenuis Corals.

the biggest problem we are having is that all the test kits for Iodine are just terrible. we can't even get a baseline to use with these handheld kits.

we are Relying on Triton ICP test for Iodine. We like to keep Iodine at 90. when the Iodine drops under 30 we notice our Tenuis do not look great and have much less PE. Then we dose it up again and the next day we notice more PE..

The problem with the Triton ICP is that it is now taking up to 2 weeks to get the results back and it seems our corals suck down iodine at a rapid pass so whenever the test comes back it shows like 20 and then we dose it up again and then its fine.. we then send another test and wait for the results and then Iodine goes back down.. now we are getting better at dosing it daily to keep up with the demand but it seems the corals just eat it up....

anybody else having this issue?

has anybody found a good test kit to actually get a baseline reading?

@Randy Holmes-Farley any thoughts on this?

SBB Corals · Oct 30, 2021

mattdumitrescu said:
I’m gonna send another icp test in the next coming weeks since I just switched salts and I’ll see what the iodine is looking like then thanks for the help!

Maybe the switching salts also threw off the parameters and caused the coral to color down.

SBB Corals · Oct 31, 2021

Anybody else test for triton ICP and have low Iodine?

Hydrored · Oct 31, 2021

SBB Corals said:
Anybody else test for triton ICP and have low Iodine?

Yes, every month. That’s with even doing a small daily dose

I just ordered a years worth of ATI ICP test, I’m not happy with Triton right now

SBB Corals · Oct 31, 2021

Hydrored said:
Yes, every month. That’s with even doing a small daily dose

I just ordered a years worth of ATI ICP test, I’m not happy with Triton right now

What does the reading read for iodine how low are you? And when you dose it up does your tenuis look better with more pe?

Hydrored · Oct 31, 2021

SBB Corals said:
What does the reading read for iodine how low are you? And when you dose it up does your tenuis look better with more pe?

Recommended is a daily dose of .22, I dose .10 and this is my last test result.

PE is is better once I dose it back up, I notice with higher iodine test the greens in the coral are deeper along with more pinks show through. I can tell my iodine is low right now just by how light the greens are in my walt, HW, and SBB Mellow Yellow

For my new 300 build I’m going pretty much all tenuis and will be following the moonshiners method

SBB Corals · Oct 31, 2021

Hydrored said:
Recommended is a daily dose of .22, I dose .10 and this is my last test result.

PE is is better once I dose it back up, I notice with higher iodine test the greens in the coral are deeper along with more pinks show through. I can tell my iodine is low right now just by how light the greens are in my walt, HW, and SBB Mellow Yellow

For my new 300 build I’m going pretty much all tenuis and will be following the moonshiners method

Most people think iodine is not a big deal but for me my corals look way better in range of 70-90. When it drops to 20 I think it can actually kill coral.

ScottB · Oct 31, 2021

SBB Corals said:
Anybody else test for triton ICP and have low Iodine?

Yes. ATI and Triton both.

Do you have the math on your mixture handy by chance?

SBB Corals · Nov 1, 2021

Which mixture ? We have been dosing 5ml of reef iodide In our 560 tank and this has been keeping it stable. but we have to adjust each week

ScottB · Nov 1, 2021

SBB Corals said:
Which mixture ? We have been dosing 5ml of reef iodide In our 560 tank and this has been keeping it stable. but we have to adjust each week

Right. Sorry I forgot your source. I have potassium iodide crystals. Pretty sure I saw solution ratios in RHF's chemistry forum and will google that.

SBB Corals · Nov 2, 2021

ScottB said:
Right. Sorry I forgot your source. I have potassium iodide crystals. Pretty sure I saw solution ratios in RHF's chemistry forum and will google that.

The seecheam reef iodide seems really good and a cheap source. Maybe try it

James_O · Nov 2, 2021

SBB Corals said:
I hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween Weekend. We haven't shared any new pics lately so figured its time to share a few. Enjoy the photo Dump!

Which one is your Favorite?