Power-up your Acro's..........

[Maximus]

Haha no kidding, my bad. I read it fast and was like ****, that's a crap load of acropower!!

 

[zibba]

Not sure why, but I got a pretty good drop in alkalinity with this. You may want to keep an eye on your alk, maybe all that nutrition is being rapidly absorbed and the alK and Calcium get utilized in that process.

I noticed that too and did adjustment accordingly.

Just to chime in, I had a similar experience: My doser normally keeps alk around 8.2-8.5 and it stays very consistent with water changes (RSCP) every 10-days or so. After two weeks of dosing, I tested Alk and it was at 7.4. I manually dosed enough to bring it up to 8.2. Two nights ago (now 3-weeks in) I measured Alk at 7.9. I upped my Alk auto dosage from 30mL to 35mL/day. Hopefully that will keep up but I'm going to continue to monitor it closely.

PE is still ridiculous:

PE on Tenuis by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr


ORA Joe the Coral by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

Here are some time-frame shots -- some I can't tell a difference, while on others I can. I tried to get as close as possible with the color match, but be mindful of human error:

5-days into AP:

Cherry Blossom Acro by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

14-days into AP:

DSC_7035.jpg by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

5-days into AP:

Oregon Tort + RR Frogger Acro by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

14-days into AP:

DSC_7036.jpg by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

Pre-AP:

Red Dragon by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

14-days into AP:

WWC Red Dragon by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

Pre-AP:

RR Underwater Wonder by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

14-days into AP:

RR Underwater Wonder by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

 

[evolved]

I've noticed a considerable increase in Alk consumption as well. I've had to up the daily dosing 20-25% so far, and I'm still chasing it a bit.

Here's a progression shot of a pink milli I've been keeping tabs on. This has been one of the acro's showing the most improvement in my tank. I have done zero editing on both photos, and the camera settings were similar for each (WB and ISO were certainly the same).

Day 1 of Acropower:



Day 18 of Acropower:

 

[Mike S]

I've had to turn up my calcium reactor. I attributed this to increase growth.

 

[Diesel]

Just to chime in, I had a similar experience: My doser normally keeps alk around 8.2-8.5 and it stays very consistent with water changes (RSCP) every 10-days or so. After two weeks of dosing, I tested Alk and it was at 7.4. I manually dosed enough to bring it up to 8.2. Two nights ago (now 3-weeks in) I measured Alk at 7.9. I upped my Alk auto dosage from 30mL to 35mL/day. Hopefully that will keep up but I'm going to continue to monitor it closely.

PE is still ridiculous:

PE on Tenuis by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr


ORA Joe the Coral by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

Here are some time-frame shots -- some I can't tell a difference, while on others I can. I tried to get as close as possible with the color match, but be mindful of human error:

5-days into AP:

Cherry Blossom Acro by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

14-days into AP:

DSC_7035.jpg by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

5-days into AP:

Oregon Tort + RR Frogger Acro by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

14-days into AP:

DSC_7036.jpg by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

Pre-AP:

Red Dragon by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

14-days into AP:

WWC Red Dragon by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

Pre-AP:

RR Underwater Wonder by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

14-days into AP:

RR Underwater Wonder by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

That's so crazy looking.
Awesome to see that the product is working in short time.

 

[DrewBrees713]

On my 5th day and so far I noticed a little better PE on my red planet. Not sure if I could attribute this to AP or the Gfo reactor I installed. Both were introduced a day apart. Color is still subpar at this point. I know that's a lot to ask for but a reefer can dream little cant he?

 

[CoralShack]

Is the dosing amount based on water
Volume or coral load?

 

[DrewBrees713]

Base on total water volume though I'd highly suggest use way less than the recommended amount on the bottle. 2-3ml on my 90g daily seem to do the trick for me.

 

[Reef Pets]

Just to chime in, I had a similar experience: My doser normally keeps alk around 8.2-8.5 and it stays very consistent with water changes (RSCP) every 10-days or so. After two weeks of dosing, I tested Alk and it was at 7.4. I manually dosed enough to bring it up to 8.2. Two nights ago (now 3-weeks in) I measured Alk at 7.9. I upped my Alk auto dosage from 30mL to 35mL/day. Hopefully that will keep up but I'm going to continue to monitor it closely.

This seems like a great indication that your SPS are using up more alk because they are growing due to the AcroPower.
I just purchased some and plan to try it out on our SPS grow out tanks.

 

[Diesel]

This seems like a great indication that your SPS are using up more alk because they are growing due to the AcroPower.
I just purchased some and plan to try it out on our SPS grow out tanks.

Oh Boy, super power reef pets sticks!
Let us see some progress on that.

Btw, we don't tell Mike that your sticks are bigger and have more color, LOL!

 

[Reefltx]

I had to bump up my alk also to keep it at 8dkh, it dropped one point since I started using AP 2wks ago. I'm hoping this is a good thing and glad I'm not the only one noticing this drop.

 

[Rmorales13]

I've noticed a drop in alk as well, guess its just a sign stuff is growing faster... Though my cal isn't dropping at the same rate.

 

[evolved]

I've upped my alk about 35% since starting, but I think I've finally caught it again. It's been stable for a few days now.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Well I joined the club today got my bottle. But will not start dosing until my brightwell amino this finish.

 

[Bubblewood]

I have been dosing for the past three weeks. PE on my acros have been incredible. Growth has been steady. Looking forward to getting my new Radion pros up and running.

 

[DSP]

This stuff is the real deal guys! I just gave some to a friend so he could try it before he buys and he's hooked already to!

 

[Sahin]

Going to be really critical here, but apart from increased PE on the SPS what does this product do? So far any actual result is only that: increased PE. Maybe its a little too early but I see this product going the way of sooo many others; lots of hype at the start, but nothing that makes it stand out from anything else.

In my 15 years of reefkeeping, I've seen the same cycle that other products go through. I've come to the point where I am now VERY sceptical of most products out there.

I'll continue to follow the thread, but to be honest, I seriously doubt we will be seeing anything special from this product. However, I will give it the benefit of doubt and follow the thread till the end.

PS dont tell me off for making this post. :smile:

 

[DSP]

Going to be really critical here, but apart from increased PE on the SPS what does this product do? So far any actual result is only that: increased PE. Maybe its a little too early but I see this product going the way of sooo many others; lots of hype at the start, but nothing that makes it stand out from anything else.

In my 15 years of reefkeeping, I've seen the same cycle that other products go through. I've come to the point where I am now VERY sceptical of most products out there.

I'll continue to follow the thread, but to be honest, I seriously doubt we will be seeing anything special from this product. However, I will give it the benefit of doubt and follow the thread till the end.

PS dont tell me off for making this post. :smile:

Just try it out and you will see, Iv tried many different products as well but this is the only one that has made a difference, when I first heard people talking about it I was skeptical just like you but I finally tried it and I'm very happy I did, so get a bottle and test it! No harm in trying it out right?

 

[Bubblewood]

The other main thing I have noticed in my reef is the colors of my corals have been getting stronger by the week.

 

[jeremy]

I just started using this so we will see how it goes.