Amino Pikon Leaked MEGA FILES #8d1

While i have made many positive changes to my aquarium so far, i’m always looking for more ways to improve coral health and growth, and one that i know many people use is amino acid dosing

I’m curious as to the benefits of doing so, aside from being another nutrient source for the corals. Eight amino acids normally considered essential for animals were made by the five corals tested, although some of them were made only in small quantities These eight amino acids are valine, isoleucine, leucine, tyrosine, phenylalanine histidine, methionine and lysine. On top of this, zooxanthellae can also absorb amino acids as a source of nitrogen, which can be used to create biomolecules which get transferred to the coral and used for growth. Amino acid concentrate lps amino acid blend designed specifically for large polyp stony (lps) corals Increases coral growth coral tissue will expand immediately after dosing injured corals will regenerate faster positive impact on lps coral growth a high quality amino acid based food source for lps corals

Amino acids are especially useful if you are maintaining a very low nutrient aquarium as they can supply n to organisms that take them up I am not sure how beneficial they are to corals in higher n environments, but they may help bacteria and zooxanthellae in corals grow faster It was shown years ago that some amino acids are usefully gotten from the environment for certain hard corals. This suggests that some are used or removed more quickly than others Your tank already has background amino acids even before dosing, we found measurable concentrations. Amino acids aren't the most ideal nitrogen source for this purpose

They come with some carbon atoms and maybe other things attached which seem to favor the presence of cyanobacteria at least as much as they favor coral health.

For your coral selection i think adding amino acids could definitely be beneficial The softies will appreciate the dissolved organics and your goniopora in particular is known to respond well to amino supplementation Amino acids can worsen dinoflagellates issues Adding extra fish if your tank has the extra room, increasing the fish load can be a satisfying way to increase nutrients while simultaneously adding more activity and inhabitants If you don’t have many fish, adding excess food without consumption will increase the carbon and organic waste input. The first plot below is the amino acid pools separated into the concentrations of aspartic acid, glutamic acid and the other 17 amino acids

I thought it was interesting how similar the concentrations are for the amino acid pool after removing glutamic and aspartic acids.