SPS Dosing: Ca, Alk, Mg and then what?

[fishcam]

I'm starting to put SPS in my 40BR, and while I'm used to the 2-part + Mg regimen (I use bulk reef supply's kit), I'm new to the  adding of amino's and other formulas to get color growth. Does anyone else use products like Red Sea's Coral Nutrition A+B or Coral Colors ABCD? What about the Balling method/brand?

 

Total new grounds here for me, so any info would be helpful!

 

My Tank:

40br+29g sump, reed breeders Photon 32, one birdsnest colony now, but hopefully a future of SPS and LPS.

[ridetheducati]

It is not required, but if you want something to play with, give it a shot.  Implement the Zeo system.

[Decadence]

In my opinion, you are beat off stocking your tank well with fish and giving them a good diet of various foods often. Ever since "overstocking" I have got nothing but the best polyp extension possible. Either way, I wouldn't even worry about it until you are rather heavily stocked with SPS. I wouldn't physically dose anything which I could not test for.

[YHSublime]

Why are you dosing off the bat? I don't think it's necessary, but then again, I'm no SPS master either. 

 

I would see how you do with just water changes, and then test your water regularly and go from there. I don't have much in the way of SPS in my system, and what I do is small (Aside from a huge cap) but I'm seeing great polyp extension and growth on what is in there, and I am not dosing anything, and maybe if I did I would see even better results, but I don't have a need atm.  

 

That being said, check out Brad908's build, He is doing the zeo dosing, and getting great results.

[fishcam]

Sorry for the slow reply!

 

Right now, I've stocked the tank, and have one SPS, a pink/green birdsnest. In the past I have done bulk reef supply two part alk and ca with dosing pumps, and manually adding mg as needed. This was on an LPS/SPS 55gallon system. 

 

I want to focus on SPS in this tank, and the guy at my LFS said that with LED's they've been seeing better tissue growth with "Restor" by brightwell aquatics. I had never heard of it, but googled around and also found the Zeovit, and Coral Colors products. 

 

I think you're all correct - for now, I dont need to do anything but water changes - but wondered what other folks do. Zeo seems pretty expensive, and the other products seem on the gimmicky side.