Amino Acids and Their Benefit in a Reef Tank

Amino Acids are quickly becoming one of the mostphosphates and nitrates. This is where the Amino
popular additives to any serious reef keeper's arsenal.acids come in handy. By dosing high quality products
There are many different reasons why they aresuch as Zeovit Amino acid concentrates you are
being used and many why I suggest everyone shouldintroducing the correct proportions of amino acids
use them. Many vitamins and proteins are including infound in coral skeletons. This is helping to create the
one easy dosing supplement to provide your coralsnatural living conditions found in a wild living coral reef.
with much needed elements they would notHigher end amino acids on the market are supplying
otherwise get in a closed aquarium environment.up to 17 important amino acids essential to stony
In Nature corals will receive these proteins viacoral growth. These supplements also help coral utilize
plankton, micro plankton or even bacterial plankton.the absorption of calcium seen in their natural
However in a close aquarium environment these areenvironment and increasing your coral growth in the
normally absent. Zooxanthellae which live symbioticallyaquarium. From our experience you will also notice
in many corals "excrete" these acids which in turnincreased polyp extension during their "daylight" hours.
feed the coral along with many other substances. InThere are many options on the market for amino
most aquariums the activity of these symbioticacids but really there are only a few that aren't using
algaes are greatly reduced in which the corals arepreservatives which decrease the quality of the
only "Surviving" and not "Thriving".product. Some are Zeovit Amino Acid Concentrate,
Indirect and Direct feeding's are generally not theZeovit Amino Acid Concentrate for LPS. Elos OMGEA
best method to approach feeding your corals as itand Selcon.
generally results in increased nutrient levels such as