Red Sea Reef Coral Color Program

[Dilan Patel]

How do yall dose this program with BRS calc and alk mixture or some other mixture but not red seas. Also any results and tips are greatly appreciated. Pictures would be lovely as well.

 

[GoVols]

How do yall dose this program with BRS calc and alk mixture or some other mixture but not red seas. Also any results and tips are greatly appreciated. Pictures would be lovely as well.

I use them but not with BRS.
I use the Reef Energy with the Colors and I'm very happy with the results.
They are based on your cal intake.

I was not dosing anything like the colors before I started but I was dosing RE.
Saw a difference in two weeks and took about a month before seeing the full effect.

 

[GoVols]

Sorry for the picture quality... (lol) Very old cell phone shot.
Can you see the blues, greens, reds, purples, oranges and yellows?

 

[Southpawzzz]

Yes very awesome

 

[beyarbrough]

I use them but not with BRS.
I use the Reef Energy with the Colors and I'm very happy with the results.
They are based on your cal intake.

I was not dosing anything like the colors before I started but I was dosing RE.
Saw a difference in two weeks and took about a month before seeing the full effect.

Are you using the red Sea colors test kits?

 

[GoVols]

Are you using the red Sea colors test kits?

I'm holding 80 gallons total after displacement.
So I'm dosing the Red Sea ABC+ powder with colors C & D.

The ABC+ powder already has colors A & B in it.
I do not use their colors test kits.
I run a mixed reef and RedSeaKev told me you don't really need their test kits unless you run a all out SPS reef.

I do it to my cal intake per RedSeaKev's advise.
Since I started using the ABC+ powder my DOS pumps have not ran since last October.

I'm lucky because the ABC+ has kept my big 3 in check but I do dose up alk with Seachem "Reef Builder every couple of weeks.

This is the formula that RedSeaKev gave me.
For every 13.3 grams of the ABC+ powder you dose 1 ml of colors C & D.

If you dose to your cal intake then Colors A, B, C & D should be fine as my SPS have colored up too.

 

[Dilan Patel]

yes I can see the colors very nice. cameras just don't give the corals justice. How do you dose those supplements with the BRS I am having trouble trying to figure that part out.

 

[Dilan Patel]

Oh my bad read the first statement wrong haha. But anyone with experience with BRS and thsi product be awesome to share your experience and how to dose it.

 

[GoVols]

Oh my bad read the first statement wrong haha. But anyone with experience with BRS and thsi product be awesome to share your experience and how to dose it.

It's all good we must have been typing at the same time.
I'm using Red Sea dosing products so it's easy for me.
As long as your can figure out the conversion to the BRS cal intake then you should be fine.

 

[GoVols]

@Dilan Patel

See if RedSeaKev's response helps you out with dosing the RS colors.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2617180

"1ml of each Coral Color per 20ppm of Calcium replenished per 25gallon or 100 litres.

Just remember, we put our Strontium and Barium in our Calcium supplement (Foundation A) if you are not dosing Foundation A you will also need to supplement Strontium and Barium. "

 

[Dilan Patel]

yup thanks

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

FWIW, I wouldn't supplement strontium and barium in a normal reef tank. I don't think they are useful for all but a few organisms that reefers don't generally keep.

 

[GoVols]

FWIW, I wouldn't supplement strontium and barium in a normal reef tank. I don't think they are useful for all but a few organisms that reefers don't generally keep.

Lol,
I knew you would point that out but I left it in his quote.

 

[zchauvin]

Sorry for the picture quality... (lol) Very old cell phone shot.
Can you see the blues, greens, reds, purples, oranges and yellows?

Nice echinata, my lfs has one similar size and color but they are way overpriced, it still tempts me though.

 

[GoVols]

Nice echinata, my lfs has one similar size and color but they are way overpriced, it still tempts me though.

How much did they want for it?

 

[zchauvin]

How much did they want for it?

$300

 

[GoVols]

$300

That's way too high!

But... JMO.

 

[zchauvin]

I mean I think it's too high, especially when you can get elsewhere for $100 or more less lol.

Same guy has a red micromussa colony with green centers, maybe 25 heads (4x4") and super nice but he wants $600. I asked if he was serious haha

 

[GoVols]

I mean I think it's too high, especially when you can get elsewhere for $100 or more less lol.

Same guy has a red micromussa colony with green centers, maybe 25 heads (4x4") and super nice but he wants $600. I asked if he was serious haha

Who is the guy? (lol) Jason Fox...

 

[zchauvin]

Nah just the guy who owns lfs over here