Triton VS ATI Essentials Pro

[klisby]

All,

Have just restarted my aquarium and had somehow decided on full Triton. Mainly due to the "No Water change" Only problem is, that it is a rather big investment to go Triton in my case and then we have the whole availability issue in the US. Browsing around I then saw that ATI has come up with an Essentials Pro with 2 part dosing. The 3 part seems to be pretty well recieved, and there are a few good cases out there using the new 2 part PRO version.

I have 4 small kids, travel with work, so a simple system with a little maintenance is for me the way to go!

So... my question is, are there any other pros/ cons than listed underneath:

Triton:

• Pros
  • Like the nutrition export with refugium. A good refugium will allow heavy feeding which will benefit both fish, critters and corals.
  • Simple, and well proven results
• Cons
  • Somehow big investment for me to enter (new skimmer $ 500, sump $ 700 (need a customized sump due to stupid measures of the sump compartment in my RSM S-500 (29!! wide), DOS dosing $ 300, fudge light $ 100) $ 1600 USD
    • Avalibility

ATI Essentials PRO:

• Pros
  • Cost to enter $ 500 for new skimmer.
  • 3 part dosing of essentials seems to generate great results.
• Cons
  • Nutrition export ??? It seems like ATI is fully dependent on Skimmer. Means less feeding our introduction of further nutrition exsport such as bacteria, carbon dosing, ROWA, etc)
  • Avalilibility - ATI essential Pro should be avalilble in the US between 60-90 days from now. If not, I'll have to invest in one more doser.

If you have more to add to my pro/ con section let me know and I will add this. Help me decide :-D

Much salty love to everybody!

 

[teller]

In my opinion you can go either way.
For refugium there are products available for healthy macro algae.
Like two little fishes Iron Concentrate, Kent Iron & Manganese, Brightwells ChaetoGro, etc.
By the way along with ATI Essencials Pro there is also a CNP product, basically an organic carbon and nitrate and phosphate dosing. Triton has already announce a similar dosing system to be introduced in the next months.
I do believe in both macro algae and carbon dosing system altogether, as long both can co-exist, I mean not "overdose" any. @Randy Holmes-Farley was doing both.

 

[marinesnow]

You can run a refugium with ATI essentials. I run mine in chamber 1 of my sump(just like triton suggests with their method). I rarely ever trim it; and with daily pellet/mysis feedings, my nitrates hover around 5.

 

[haidalangara]

You can run a refugium with ATI essentials. I run mine in chamber 1 of my sump(just like triton suggests with their method). I rarely ever trim it; and with daily pellet/mysis feedings, my nitrates hover around 5.

Do you also have a skimmer along with your refugium?