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[midasblenny]

Hi all,

For those with SPS in your tanks, do you dose Potassium Chloride?

If yes, how much of this salt should be added to how much DI water and how should it be added? By dripping slowly? At what drip rate? How often should potassium chloride be added and is it even useful in enhancing SPS colouration?

Thanks for your advise!

[scarab]

Bro gotta be real careful with this stuff. The issue here is don't dose if you can't test and the KZ potassium test kit is a real test for the eye, at least for me.

It is believed that potassium levels are generally low in our salt mix and it causes some of the monti to lose its base colouration like rainbow monti and superman monti base not blue etc. So, increasing the potassium level in your tank water supposed to take care of that. Key thing here is you cannot be really sure of your potassium levels unless you really can read the potassium test kit accurately.

I think I overdosed coz I can't read the test properly and it wiped out my entire fish population.

[midasblenny]

Bro gotta be real careful with this stuff. The issue here is don't dose if you can't test and the KZ potassium test kit is a real test for the eye, at least for me.

It is believed that potassium levels are generally low in our salt mix and it causes some of the monti to lose its base colouration like rainbow monti and superman monti base not blue etc. So, increasing the potassium level in your tank water supposed to take care of that. Key thing here is you cannot be really sure of your potassium levels unless you really can read the potassium test kit accurately.

I think I overdosed coz I can't read the test properly and it wiped out my entire fish population.

Hi Scarab,

Thanks for the advise. I'll be careful from now on. Besides, monti, does potassium improve the colouration of acropora?

Sorry to hear that your fish stock was wiped out. So the corals were unaffected or?

[scarab]

Hi Scarab,

Thanks for the advise. I'll be careful from now on. Besides, monti, does potassium improve the colouration of acropora?

Sorry to hear that your fish stock was wiped out. So the corals were unaffected or?

Ya, my corals were generally not affected by it other than the fish die off cause some of them to STN.

I think it is use mainly to improve the colouration of montipora, not so much for acropora.

Again, I must stress that this only happen to me, due to my " lao pa che" eyes. If you are confident enough with the test kit, the KCl might do you some good. I know someone here still dosing it diligently..

[Tang Master]

Better dun play with 'fire'...avoid at all cost. BE SAFE NOT SORRY !

Hi all,

For those with SPS in your tanks, do you dose Potassium Chloride?

If yes, how much of this salt should be added to how much DI water and how should it be added? By dripping slowly? At what drip rate? How often should potassium chloride be added and is it even useful in enhancing SPS colouration?

Thanks for your advise!