reefer916 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I started using the brightwell Coral Amino's in my 24 gallon Aquapod mixed reef and everything's doing great. Everything has brightened up from my acros to my acans. I would recommend using this product. Link to comment
bird Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I saw another thread about this roduct but can't find it now. Went something like 'smells really strong' or something to that effect, but mine does not. Wonder if I got a bad batch? Mine I got from Marine Depot a couple weeks ago and it does not have a strong odor at all. Kind of vit smelling is all I can think of. Link to comment
cheryl jordan Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I started using the brightwell Coral Amino's in my 24 gallon Aquapod mixed reef and everything's doing great. Everything has brightened up from my acros to my acans. I would recommend using this product. Use it and love it, I have noticed increased growth, since using it. I posted that it smells, mine does any way. Link to comment
bird Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Use it and love it, I have noticed increased growth, since using it. I posted that it smells, mine does any way. where is the thread/post? I am wondering if I may have gotten a bad batch. What does it smell like to you? Link to comment
cheryl jordan Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 where is the thread/post? I am wondering if I may have gotten a bad batch. What does it smell like to you? It smells like fat to me. I have been using the same bottle for months on three tanks, with no adverse reactions, just the opposite. I did not start the thread, but it was about a month ago, that someone posted Dosing with Amnio Acids. Link to comment
bird Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 It smells like fat to me. I have been using the same bottle for months on three tanks, with no adverse reactions, just the opposite. I did not start the thread, but it was about a month ago, that someone posted Dosing with Amnio Acids. OK, after re-smelling it it does resemble fat. For some reason it had gotten into my mind that it smelled rotten or something foul. This odor is not that bad, not that I would want to walk around smelling it all day though. How about fatty medicinal smelling? We should have a contest to best describe its odor. lol Link to comment
ss21 Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Any of you using this with a 2 part? Link to comment
bird Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Been using it for about 2 weeks now. Approx 5ml daily split up, once in morning and once in evening. Coral growth and coloration is amazing. New zoanthid polyps are appearing daily and once they spring up it takes no time for them to get to full size. SPS are coloring nicely too. Had a new PPE polyp pop up about 2 weeks ago and noticed it is full size tonight. I'm really happy with this product. Here is a pic of it. It is the bottom right polyp. Swear it just popped up not 2 weeks ago. Slowest growing zoanthids I have ever seen, but a polyp every 2 weeks is nothing to complain about. Now if more would just appear. Link to comment
nanoreefer21 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I was wondering how you guys were dosing this? I just picked up a bottle to start using and have started with the spot feeding method. I wasn't sure if anyone had any better or worse results using the broadcast method. Link to comment
Mike HArrington Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I was wondering how you guys were dosing this? I just picked up a bottle to start using and have started with the spot feeding method. I wasn't sure if anyone had any better or worse results using the broadcast method. I broadcast feed in my big tank and I have had nothing buy positive results with it. I turn the skimmer off for an hour after I do this. Link to comment
nanoreefer21 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I broadcast feed in my big tank and I have had nothing buy positive results with it. I turn the skimmer off for an hour after I do this. That's what I was thinking of trying because it seems like more work individually feeding that it would be worth. Thanks for the advice! Link to comment
reefer916 Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 The broadcast feeding seems to be working fine. I love the stuff!!! I actually started using it at the beginning of December and so far all of my corals colored up. I bought a few bleached out corals a Sunset Monti and I was given a Rainbow Enchinata frag that was completely bleached out. They're both colored up now and it only took the SM 2 weeks and the Rainbow about a month. Pretty cool, because they looked like they were on their death bed. I'll take some pics and post them Link to comment
disaster999 Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 just bought a bottle to try out. see if it helps in aiding my SPS recover and grow. its not cheap at 17 bucks a bottle for 30ml which will be gone in 2 weeks if i follow their dosing instructions for broadcast dosing. sure hope this works Link to comment
MyHorseZip Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 just bought a bottle to try out. see if it helps in aiding my SPS recover and grow. its not cheap at 17 bucks a bottle for 30ml which will be gone in 2 weeks if i follow their dosing instructions for broadcast dosing. sure hope this works I got the 30mL bottle at MarineandReef.com for $10.29 - I don't know what shipping would be, but I ordered a bunch of stuff so I got free shipping (good possible excuse to buy some new stuff? I'm always looking for one...) Link to comment
reefer916 Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 The stuff definitely isn't cheap. I only use it in my 24 gallon AP with all of my SPS and higher end corals. It'll be too expensive to do it in my 95 gallon. I've noticed that everything has colored up even more over the last week. My Acro's, Monti's, LPS, everything seems to have been growing like weeds. I bought a ORA Blue Voodoo mini colony a month ago and it's branches have grown over an inch. Polyp extension has increased as well. I also had a heater malfunction last week and my tank reached almost 90 degrees, which is over 10 degrees higher than normal. I usually keep it at 79-80. Came home on Friday and noticed that my tank looked a little funny and checked my temp. My heater stayed on all day long with the lights on. I brought it down naturally over a 8 hr period, but I was worried because one of my acro colonies started to show some white spots. I added a few more drops of coral amino and let it be over night. The next morning all of the polyps were ready for another dose and I haven't lost a coral yet:) I believe it's a combination of things, but the aminos seem to boost the immune system and increase tissue growth. I believe it must be similar to how amino acids work in humans. I used to work out 6 days a week in college and I was stuck at 160lbs, but could bench 275lbs. However, I couldn't get past that mark, so I decided to start taking some amino supplements. I increased my muscle mass and it allowed me to work out longer and harder. I got up to 175lbs and was 10 reps with 347lbs. I believe it works the same in corals regarding tissue growth. I've noticed that the tissue on my sps corals seems to be fuller. Anyways, I should start taking some more picks to show a timeline. I've been using the stuff since early December and I've only used a little more than half of a 2oz bottle. Good luck guys and I hope you get the same results as me. Link to comment
disaster999 Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 im dosing this in my 100gal system so yes...this will get expensive really fast. instructions say 1ml for 50gal for 4 weeks, so what happens after 4 weeks? Link to comment
PODPIMP Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I just started brodcast dosing this yesterday. Hopefully I can see a change in my SPS and it's not some witch oil. Link to comment
shan Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I just started brodcast dosing this yesterday. Hopefully I can see a change in my SPS and it's not some witch oil. I just started the same! we will see!! I just hope it doesnt bring my crazy algae back! Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Has anyone had an increase growth in Nuisance Algae since using this? For the ppl that are using this, how long have your tanks been set up? Link to comment
nemmy Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Has anyone had an increase growth in Nuisance Algae since using this?For the ppl that are using this, how long have your tanks been set up? no bad algae at all in my tank, so no change in growth of it :-P tanks been up 6months but transferred from a 1 year old tank. Still have yet to see anything worth the price tag, nothing changed in my tank. two weeks in i would say Link to comment
reefer916 Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Has anyone had an increase growth in Nuisance Algae since using this?For the ppl that are using this, how long have your tanks been set up? Very little algae increase and it's only on my powerheads. My 24 gallon has been setup for 10 months, but it was a previously established system that was up for 2 years before I bought it. I just got into SPS 3 months ago and that's why I started dosing the stuff. My LFS swears by it and they dose it regularly in all of their display tanks, which are very nice and grow like crazy. You could check out their site their called Aqua Life in Rocklin,CA. I also trust them because they've talked me out of buying corals if they weren't sure they were healthy. Honesty goes a long way for me. Link to comment
PODPIMP Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 So how many drops do you dose (broadcast) in a 34 solana? Link to comment
disaster999 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 bottle say 1ml for 50gal...around 20 drops is 1ml. you need 0.68ml for a 34g tank so 14 drops Link to comment
disaster999 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 so last night after i got home, i checked my tank to see how everything is going. i find the few sticks of acro milli isnt this pale pink anymore, but the color got darker. seems like it gained some color. my mind instantly tells me its the amino stuff thats working...but improvements after 1 day? that seems a bit extreme. one other explanation i can come up with is because my Mg level was extremely low (900ppm), i got some brightwell aquatics Mg powder supplement (great product also btw, might write a review for it later) and added 1/3 the amount needed to raise my mg up to 1300ppm and the Mg level in my tank is already at 1230ppm. so it could be that my corals are reacting to the increase of Mg levels as well Link to comment
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