Post tank
Post tank please
u use any ICP test or is there something for this specific method
There are three tests through Moonshiner's but you can use any ICP test. Each brand has one or two elements the others don't. If you're looking to apply this method to avoid water changes then you should definitely go the with RM test. If you're seriously interested, go the the website and download the FREE handbook and dosing tool - Yes, FREE. In order to use up your remaining other-brand elements, you'll need to do some math to come to the correct recommended dose.
I'm about a month in using my recent ATI tests and the daily RM drops. I'm doing this on my two established 55 gallon tanks as well as my 150 that is 6 months old. I have not battled growth at all in the past. One millie in the 150 has gone absolutely haywire on coloration (in a great way) while the rest in that tank seem to be normal and happy. Only one species of zoa in a 55 have started showing bright gold and purple. Last, I had a dark green shaggy "volunteer" millie that was growing along and now has popped 5 new branches/heads and is now starting to change color showing some peach. This may turn out to be a Walt Disney. Who knows?
I jumped on board Triton and ICP testing for my 125 gal mixed reef tank as soon as it came out. Sound like the magic elixir. However due to the ICP expense I was only doing quarterly testing. The corrective doses were expensive and I never saw any significant improvements. For the last year I have been using Tropic Marin's dry powder All for Reef. Less expensive and more convenient but not a panacea and there still seems to be considerable deviation for the trace elements based on my tanks specfiic needs. I have recently come across the Moonshiners Method and am getting ready to embark on the approach. After reading the MM Handbook there are a few points of interest that may point to possible improvements. Some of the daily and broader corrective doses and targets seem to be slightly above natural seawater. I have continually seen iron and other deficiencies in my tank over time with All for Reef despite maintaining a steady dKh of 8.0-8.5. Yes I corrected the deficiencies each time and then even went proactive with partial doses each month of the commonly depleted elements. More effort but still no great improvement. Given my experience with both Triton and Tropic Marin's All for Reef, I can see the potential for the MM approach to provide a more stable and optimized trace element profile in my tank. What strikes me as promising is that with MM you are truly generating a tank specific trace elements dosing profile. I find this as much more credible approach vs a one size fits all. A bit more effort but anticipate that with a bit of experience, it could be efficient to do the "daily dosing". Will keep the forum posted on what I learn be it good or bad.
I been on the mm for a while now. I had many issues trying to get acros to grow even when stable. The minute I put mm in my tank within a week I seen color coming in and then growth. I will never go back to anything else. I still have yet done any icp after 3 months. I’ll do my first icp soon but I won’t be doing them monthly. As long as tanks doing great I don’t need every single thing in the green everyday.
