RedSea Colors program or Korallen-Zucht Coral System

[joeyhatch11]

Any potential threats of it causing a algae issues adding these elements?

Current tank parameter:
SG 1.025
Calcium 440
Alk 7 (API test kit)
Magnesium 1400
Phosphates .1 (hanna phosphorous checker)
Nitrates 0-5 (API test kit)

Running a refugium with cheato the size of two volley balls. A Marine Pure media brick with some live rock rubble and a SCA-302 skimmer rated for up to 180G tank. All corals are happy healthy and growing nicely, Im just looking to add some POP to the tank. From what Ive read this is a great/safe way of doing some.

 

[joeyhatch11]

Does the tank have to be sitting at a certain mark to be able to start the Coral Program? I read that with the Red Sea version they recommend certain tank parameters and I wasn't sure if this programmed required that.

 

[Zagreus]

Hey guys its been four months and i have decided to go back to red sea. Here is the update video

Thank you FishOfHex...great job.

 

[joeyhatch11]

Does the tank have to be sitting at a certain mark to be able to start the Coral Program? I read that with the Red Sea version they recommend certain tank parameters and I wasn't sure if this programmed required that.

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[Randy Holmes-Farley]

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You mean alk and calcium? I can't see why, if you have a different target level.

 

[NEFFx]

Just thought this was an interesting comparison that I was curious about.
I currently run Red Sea colors with some AF stuff and acropower.

Wanted to see overall what updates people had.

I think the main item in question that wasn’t brought up is the comparison of the ADBC vs KZ 1234 is that part 3 is amino acids… and ABCD doesn’t have aminos. So it’s not really an apples to apples just because there’s 4 parts in each. You would need to compare ABCD and AB+ to 1234. This also impacts the price argument.

Given additional granularity in the Red Sea lets you fine tune a bit more and also I feel aminos should be dosed far more than trace.

That said I would like to hear how the aquaforest set lines up to these. Specifically the ABEV system (apparently 4 parts is good marketing). They combined the amino and vitality into coral elixir. But overall similar? Not sure if trace elements are part of that.

Then you have the NYOS system which I believe is a 3 part.

Anyway. Curious on favorites. Also was going to add the flatworm stop x coral booster combo to my setup.