Its_cchan Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Hey everyone, so I need some advice on dosing Reef Roids. How Much? How Often? Best time of day? Mix with water? What other things should I look for after I dose ( parameter wise)? Did it ever increase your Nitrates/Phophates considerably and cause Dino/Cyano? Just give me the full details on how you go about it and what sort of benefits or downsides you got because of it. My tank info 60 gallon cube w/sump. Currently have a refugium with no protein skimmer. I have a skimmer in the sump, but don’t operate it anymore because i try to maintain a dirty tank, which is hard to do when I have it operating. Parameters Nitrate: 1 PPM Phosphate: 0.058 PPM pH: 8-8.15 Calcium: 465 PPM kH: 10.2 Magnesium: 1350 PPM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 It'll depend on what's in your tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I used to target feed with Reef Roids in my Reefer XL 425 (88 gal display) once per week. I mixed about 1/2 teaspoon of Reef Roids with about 15 mL of tank water, and used a long Julian's Thing syringe to squirt the food right onto the corals. https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/julian-s-thing-multi-use-tool-two-little-fishies.html Here's a video where I fed a scoly, so you can see the amount and consistency of the Reef Roids mixture: I stopped using Reef Roids because it caused big increases in Phosphate levels which contributed to my battle with bubble algae. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrien.david.j Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 There was a recent R2R thread, poling about target feeding corals. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/are-you-direct-feeding-your-corals-in-2021-and-is-it-worth-it.798117/ A couple of posts in, I enjoyed this video. Realize, this in one persons method/opinion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 11 hours ago, obrien.david.j said: There was a recent R2R thread, poling about target feeding corals. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/are-you-direct-feeding-your-corals-in-2021-and-is-it-worth-it.798117/ A couple of posts in, I enjoyed this video. Realize, this in one persons method/opinion. That was the video I followed back when I started using Reef Roids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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