red sea reef care program

reefpeeper · Dec 20, 2011

does anybody follow this program? if so can you please share your thoughts. i am thinking about trying it.

CSJIII · Dec 21, 2011

I have been looking into this too. Haven't pulled the plug and would also love to hear any reviews or tips About this program.

Asonitez · Dec 21, 2011

i just ordered the supplements all of them. they are to be delivered Friday. however i have already started the program using supplements i already had and have seen excellent results.

westreef · Dec 21, 2011

I am interested also. I also have bought the multi test kits for Fe, I2 and K. This is the first time I test these para. I2 and K are quite hard to find the results. Anyone have any experience with this multi kit.

dallas reefer · Dec 21, 2011

No exp points here. Although I plan on getting that test soon. I've got the foundation tests now. And they're good.

Let us know how it does.

Asonitez · Dec 21, 2011

watch the videos. they are very good and show you the color your expecting.

westreef · Dec 21, 2011

Please give me the link of the video. Thanks.
BTW, have you used this multi kits?

my2girls · Dec 21, 2011

I use the entire line from salt to reef foundation to NO3PO4x to reef energy. My LFS carries it so it's easy for me to get. I highly recommend it.

brahm · Dec 21, 2011

Red sea can care for the reefs... ...starting with my reef by not selling me a poor salt that sent my tank into a spiral of doom. I've heard good things about the kits though, but I also head good things about RSCP. I bought a 200gallon batch it mixed to 16DKH, and even when used in small quantities so not to swing my alk it caused the majority of my sps to rapidly decline. The customer service was horrible when I tried to speak to them on the vendor forum on RC. Luckily DF&S is great and refunded me when Red Sea refused to.. I ended up with a 200gallon box of driveway salt to offset the cost of the acros and montis I lost, but that's just my experience.

keokea · Dec 21, 2011

i use there test kits, Here's the youtube channel explaining it all

RedSeaFish2010's Channel - YouTube

shred5 · Dec 21, 2011

I tried the Red sea reef foundation a,b,c + and had nothing but problems with my alk and calcium. Direction are a little confusing too.

I recently decided to try seachem 3 part
Reef Complete, Reef Carbonate, and Reef Plus and it is awsum. I like it better than bionic and tlf 2 part.

Also tried the reef foundation pro test kits. They are ok, I hate the way you read them by subtracting what you have used. They are the opposite of salfiert test kits.

dallas reefer · Dec 21, 2011

That's why my tests never came out right. The end color was off a touch.

I found the test vids after watching the first one. Thanks

dallas reefer · Dec 21, 2011

I went the cheap way on reef care. I do DIY supps.

westreef · Dec 21, 2011

keokea said:
i use there test kits, Here's the youtube channel explaining it all

RedSeaFish2010's Channel - YouTube

Thanks for the video link. I still have to work on it more, because the end points are still not easy to identify.

reefpeeper · Dec 21, 2011

So nobody has actual experience with the care system?

barndtman84 · Dec 23, 2011

I havnt tried their reef care suppliments but i will say i have their new foundations kit which tests for Cal, Alk, Mag, i have their reef colors pro test(i forget the exact name) that tests for iodine, iron, Potassium, and lastly i got their phosphate test kit and i was using API previously and salfert and so i dont have much to base my expierience with test kits on but the phosphate test isnt all that bad and i am hopefully not going to need it once i replace my RO/DI filters and membrane and i did not like the colors kit because it was just alot of work for a test besides thier iodine test which wasnt to hard and i just tested the foundations kit and it wasnt too bad and i usually only test for calc, and Alk as i have 2 sps dominent tanks and unfortunetly phosphates but I just got that PO4X4 phosphate remover and i must say it does work well since i had tested my 55 gallon frag tank 2 days ago and it was at 0.20ppm and i ran some in a TLF phospban reactor 150 and by the end of the day i was down to 0.04ppm now it could have been some of the poly filter pads i have but they were pretty old but the PO4X4 is way to small i have "the Bag" by seachem rubberbanded to the outflow tube so i dont have pellets loose in my tank..dont know if this helped but their tests work they are just a bit of work and i am gonna switch to some Hanna digital testers.

westreef · Dec 23, 2011

I love the redsea Ca test kit. The end point is very clean cut. I used to use Sailifert before. However, I still have problems on the I2 and K tests. On the I2 test, even the Fe test (which is slightly better), the directions of the light casting on the sample can affect the hue of the color. The end point of K test is hard to locate. It always have a tint of purple color in it. I worried that it might be my tank water. So I used RO/DI water and add K supplement to it, supposed have high K in the sample. Still, have the same end pt detection problem. Maybe I still have a lot to learn how to use them. The video makes it so easy.:squigglemouth:

By the way, reading through the Red Sea Reef Care Program info, I am impressed by it.