http://brs.li/redseacolors Are you looking to enhance the colors of your corals in your reef tank but you really don't know where to start? There are several products out there that help with coloration but the dosing amount and frequency can be confusing thus deterring reefers from trying them. Red Sea has developed a system with four different products to enhance the reds, pinks, purples/blues and greens of your corals. Coral Colors A has Iodine and Halogens including Bromine and Fluorine to promote the increased production of pink chromo-proteins. Coral Colors B contains Boron and Potassium related to red chromo-proteins. Coral Colors C primarily contains iron but also has trace elements of cobalt, manganese, aluminum, zinc, chrome, nickel and even trace elements of copper - which are related to the green and yellow chromo-proteins. Coral Colors D has 18 trace elements including silver, gold, vanadium and tungsten which will promote the blue and purple chromo-proteins. There are two ways to dose these products. One way is to test the levels and determine a weekly or daily dose. Another way is based off the amount of calcium used. Red Sea has found that most corals utilize most trace elements in a ratio that is closely related to calcium consumption. While there are tons of accurate and simple test kits for calcium, the same thing cannot be said of trace element test kits. So matching the trace element dose to calcium dosed is really a great solution for many reefers. This is as easy as dosing one milliliter of each trace element for every 10 milliliters of Red Sea two part calcium solution dosed. You can use Red Sea Coral Colors with different 2 part dosing solutions. You may need to do some math and be sure that the two part solutions do not have added trace elements or you may overdose your corals. Let us know if you've tried Red Sea Coral Colors program and if you've had success.

• published: 24 Jan 2014
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