Coral Essentials Coral Power Liquid Supplements

Product overview

The Coral Essentials 50/100 ml liquid range is a set of reef supplements, made in Brisbane. Each bottle is a dropper. One drop is 0.05 ml. Dose from an ICP test, or start at 1 drop per 100 litres and adjust for the amount of coral you keep.

Key features

• 50 ml dropper bottles (some have a 100ml range too)
• 1 drop = 0.05 ml
  

Water and system compatibility

Marine/reef only. Coral Power FW Dip is a rinse used before a coral goes into the tank. It is not a display-tank dose.

Need to work out your tank's water volume? Use our volume calculator.

Coral nutrition

• Coral Power Amino: Amino acids for tissue repair. 1 drop per 100 litres a day. Store in a cool, dark place, or in the fridge.
• Coral Power Gro: L-lysine and vitamins. 1 drop per 100 litres a day. Store in a cool, dark place, or in the fridge.
• Coral Power Bio Clean: Inorganic liquid clay that binds organic waste and particles, for use with a protein skimmer.
• Coral Power FW Dip: Rinse for corals before they are added to the tank.

Skeletal builders

• Coral Power Strontium: 50,000 ppm. Used with calcium. Target 8–10 ppm in the tank. 0.1 ml (2 drops) raises strontium by 0.05 ppm per 100 litres.
• Coral Power Potassium: Potassium chloride, 100,000 ppm. 0.1 ml (2 drops) raises potassium by 0.1 ppm per 100 litres. Used for red and pink colour.
• Coral Power Boron: For buffer capacity, pH, and the coral skeleton.
• Coral Power Fluoride: Sodium fluoride, 30,000 ppm. For zooxanthellae, calcification, and blue and violet colour.

Trace blends

1 drop per 100 litres a day. Store at room temperature.

• Trace A: Strontium at 50,000 ppm, plus barium.
• Trace B: Chelated iron at 100,000 ppm, plus zinc, copper, manganese, chromium, cobalt, and nickel.
• Trace C: Potassium iodide and sodium fluoride.

Single elements

1 drop per 100 litres a day, or dose to your ICP result. Store at room temperature. Match natural seawater levels.

• Iodine: Potassium iodide, 10,000 ppm. Used for blue and purple colour.
• Reef KI3: Iodine and potassium iodide. For soft corals, gorgonians, and macroalgae.
• Bromide: Sodium bromide, 50,000 ppm. Replaces bromide removed by skimming and ozone.
• Iron: For green colour and chlorophyll.
• Manganese: Listed for light stress and tissue loss (RTN/STN).
• Molybdenum: For bacteria that process nitrate, and for zooxanthellae.
• Cobalt: For vitamin B12 synthesis and tissue respiration.
• Lithium: Trace element for coral metabolism and colour.
• Rubidium: Trace element used alongside potassium.
• Nickel: For urease and nitrogen use in stony corals.

Dosing

Test regularly and change the dose for how much coral the tank is growing. Strontium and potassium can also be dosed from an ICP result: 0.1 ml per 100 litres raises strontium by 0.05 ppm, or potassium by 0.1 ppm.

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Always follow directions on product packaging.