HI Peter

To increase the neon glow add some of the Powertrace elements

50 % of Dosing Nr 1
100 % Nr 2
100 % Nr 3
40 % Nr. 4
Greets claude

Alright, I'm into UltraLith for another $120 for 4 x 500 ml of PowerTrace 1,2,3,4.

Based on the information you gave me and a system volume of 400 liters, 1 ml/100 liter volume of the PowerTrace additives, am I correct in these dosages?

50 % of Dosing Nr 1 = 2ml/day
100 % Nr 2 = 4 ml/day
100 % Nr 3 = 4 ml/day
40 % Nr. 4 = 1.6 ml/day

What about my other additives? Should I stay with 4 drops/day Bio, 2 ml/day of Bak and Min-S each?

Your feedback is appreciated.

Hi

Here is the dosing instructions for Power traces

1 – 2 ml per 100 L per day

Dosing for SPS dominated tanks and more extreme coloration. Slowly increase the dosing of solutions # 2 and #3, the exact amount has to be determined
individually as it depends on several factors like lighting, filtration, growth rates etc. Generally start with 25 % of the recommended dose and increase by max. 10% per week. Clear indications for deficient dosing are fading or pale colors, or dull brownish colors. In extreme cases the tissue at the basal disc may turn white and start to decay.

Clear indications for overdosing are very dark colors, turning into brown eventually. Also algae growth is enhanced. Yellow corals turn greenish and green corals (e.g. the Enzmann Acropora aka. “Green Slimer”) turns brown. You will eventually identify certain indicators or “Monitor Corals”, which will allow you to detect changes in your aquarium. In case of an overdose, decrease the dose by 50% immediately and exchange about half of the activated carbon until the corals turn brighter again and show better coloration.

In regards to dosing, if you are seeing results then please continue, please follow up in one week.

Yes, I read all that in the guide, but Claude came back with percentages. Sounded to me that is where he wanted me to start. Would like to get some feedback from him on what I calculated.

You didn't respond to my question re: Bak/Min/Bio. ???

When shall I replace 50% of the Lith? How important is presoaking it?

Thanks

My dosages are
5ml of PT 1
5ml of PT 4
10ml of PT 3
10 ml of PT 2
3ml of MinS
1ml of Bak
Based on 100 gal

Hi

I did respond to the dosing it is the last sentance in the reply ;)

Soaking is very important.

Your dont replace any media until you are up to max amount and at 6 weeks.

Please follow Claudes dosing, he will not be around to reply for a while as his wife gave birth yesterday.

Thanks Fencer! Have to find your thread on FM.

You can read my journal here

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=45707

Thanks. Didn't realize that comment applied to the Bio/Bak/Min. Thought you were referring to the PowerTrace. I will follow Claude's instructions and report back in 1 week.

Gotta say, the tank is is looking very good. Assuming the PowerTrace additives get the neon colors back it will be awesome.

I appreciate your patience. The purpose of my thread is to record my experience converting to FM ULNS. Hopefully it will be successful and serve as an inspiration to others to also try it.

I will continue to post the cost of the program as it was cost that prevented me from trying it earlier. This is not an inexpensive hobby but I am happy to pay for performance and results. If I get the results I hope for, the cost of FM will be minimal in the grand scheme of things.

Thanks Fencer! Just read your thread. Looks like you are getting good results. Hope I get the same.

Now I know where all the stuff about H20 salt came from! What did you end up going to? I just bought a box of RBS had been using H20 before that.

Coralife salt. I believe there is a link in my journal which compares the various salts. I was looking for potassium concentration in the salts

April 5 Update - End of Week 6

Test Results
Phosphate: 0.00 ppm
Nitrate: ~2 ppm
Calcium: 420 ppm
Magnesium: 1350 ppm
Alkalinity: 130 ppm
Salinity: 1.025

Dosing
UltraBio: 4 drops/day
UltraMinS: 2 ml/day
UltraBak: 2 ml/day
50% UltraLith Changeout
Cost/day: $1.19

UltraPowerTrace #1: 2 ml/day
UltraPowerTrace #2: 4 ml/day
UltraPowerTrace #1: 4 ml/day
UltraPowerTrace #1: 1.6 ml/day
Cost/day: $0.68

Changed out 50% of the UltraLith today, the end of week 6.

Started adding the UltraPowerTrace #1,2,3,4 six days ago. Definite increase in the pink color of the stylophora's. Blues and purple acros may be intensifying as well. Too early to tell but positive signs.

All cyano in tank is gone. Sand bed looks great. No more hair algae. Will probably have to return sea hare to LFS. Excellent water clarity. All SPS growing well.

Much better results than I had with RowaPhos and vodka dosing. Happy with results. :biggrin:

Will provide before/after UltraPowerTrace pictures at the end of next week.

So my change in dosing worked? ;)

Everything appears to be working well. :thumb:

right on man, good to hear that you had the same problems with your tank, the RED CYNAO I hope that i can get rid of mine too. im waiting on the rocks to come from Mike and then i will be in to it and once that is sorted out the POWER Trace will start once im in the 0 range....


good job on the progress too.

Ok so now you have changed the 50% media you are now on phase two.

After this initial phase, add 2 drops of Bio per 100 Liter every three
days, until the next exchange of the Ultralith filter medium

Bak:
after the nutrient levels start to drop decrease the dose slowly to 2 ml per 1000L per day. If nutrient levels are extremely low you can decrease the dose even further to 1.0 ml per 1000 L per day.

Min-S:
Ultramin S should be used permanently and dosed every day

I had cyano all over my sand bed and on some of my rock. Really unattractive and I was worried about it spreading onto my SPS. Had bubbles everywhere. It is all gone now. My sand looks super bright and just like new. No bubbles on the rock at all. The last bit of cyano on my frag station left this week.

Hope you have the same good results and btw, thanks for serving our country!

April 19 Update
 

End of Week 8

Test Results
Phosphate: 0.00 ppm
Nitrate: <2 ppm
Calcium: 430 ppm
Magnesium: 1450 ppm
Alkalinity: 135 ppm
Salinity: 1.025

Dosing
UltraBio: 4 drops/day
UltraMinS: 2 ml/day
UltraBak: 2 ml/day
1 liter UltraLith
Cost/day: $1.19

UltraPowerTrace #1: 2 ml/day
UltraPowerTrace #2: 4 ml/day
UltraPowerTrace #1: 4 ml/day
UltraPowerTrace #1: 1.6 ml/day
Cost/day: $0.68

Ultra Amin Special Mixture: 4 ml/day
Cost/Day: $0.40

Update
I have been adding the PowerTrace additives for 3 weeks. Although SPS colors improved a bit in the first week, not much changed after that. Maybe the purple acros were more purple, maybe the blue acros more blue.

Since my pink Stylo's were still fading, I resumed the additon of 4 ml/day of the Ultra Amin Special Mixture amino acids last week. The results were immediate. I am back to the neon pinks I had when I was doing this product before. :biggrin:

Phosphate and nitrate levels remain very low. Even more important than the test results is the total absence of cyano and hair algae. For me, this is a big plus. I have a lot of fish, they are all fat and happy and now I can keep my SPS under ideal conditions too.

I have removed my 2 anenomes, moved some SPS around and added 3 very nice new colonies, in addition to several browned out pieces from OA's 2 for 1 sale. They are all beginning to color up nicely.

I replaced 1/2 of the UltraLith 2 weeks ago, kept up my dosing regime to re-seed to the zeolite and now I am about to cut back on the UltraBio and UltraBak as recommended.

Here's a FTS from today.
http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/o...FTSApril19.jpg