Potassium

[jvu61]

I dose potassium in my 300 gal I think about 20ml per day. in that way I know its in there and I test for it every now and again to be sure levels are ok

 

[duke62]

Rich saliferts takes 3 minutes

 

[ValorG]

Are you running biopellets?

I am yes. Biopellets can cause this?

 

[ducati335i]

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that a medium-sized fresh banana that's between 7 and 7 7/8 inches long contains approximately 422 milligrams of potassium"

Somehow this can be figured out mathematically Damned if I know how to though


FYI, I started feeding a little banana here and there. The fish love it! Maybe I'll do a K test later to see if my levels have risen. Seriously takes 30 mins on a red sea kit though. So annoying.

thanks! so I guess it may benefit the corals? idk

 

[jackson6745]

I am yes. Biopellets can cause this?

It's the only time I ever saw weird gray damage to caps. IMO yes, biopellets are your cause. Pull them off, do a larger wc, and I would bet money your caps return to normal.

 

[frag apple]

I'm only dosing potassium when orange caps and orange milli's are not looking as vibrant as they should be! I've have nailed down my dosing to 150ml di to 1 teaspoon dry potassium once a month! never tested the level but after a hour or so of dosing they are back to having vibrate colouring! fyi heavy wet skimming will deplete k levels quickly!

 

[mellotang]

My fish get constipated when I feed them bananas no joke

 

[tunicata]

did anyone see the dosing tablets from the Zeo folks? BRS has a video on it. It leaches out over time (up to 4 mos depending on uptake). They have a K tablet among others.

Which you'd have to monitor to see how soon it finishes for you. But you wouldn't have to hand dose/whatever you do on a daily/weekly basis.

Looks like 4 tabs for $25+ of various elements, etc.


No information on what the tabs are made of and the impact the inactive ingredients could have, or info on quality assurance that each tab has however much active ingredient necessary to be useful, etc.

 

[vio]

Potassium is extremely important for SPS Reefs. I consider it another trace element. Potassium is responsible for the vivid coloration of SPS corals.

+1, I had potassium issues when I used , Reef Crystal salt or use Zeolite, i go back to ESV, use Salifert test , i keep 400-410 ppm, ad some time ......http://brightwellaquatics.com/products/potassion.php....... works for me.