Best Amino Acids | Reef2Reef
What is the most effective, non-refrigerated, Amino Acid supplement you have used specifically for nursing damaged coral tissue (e.g., frag healing/recession) while also supporting vibrant growth and color? Looking for the best budget per-dose option.

Amino Acids | Reef2Reef
Hey @Badger_Reefer! 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. As for which aminos - Brightwell's Aminomarine and Polyp Lab's Reef-Roids are good go tos.

Amino acids? | Reef2Reef
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.

Tropic Marin Amino Organic | Reef2Reef
Tropic Marin® Amino-Organic contains amino acids and other organic nitrogen compounds that stimulate the growth of soft and leather corals, as well as disc anemones and zoanthids. This results in greater absorption, by the anthozoans, of the phosphate available from the water, biologically reducing phosphate concentrations.

Amino Acid Dosing—which brand should I use? | Reef2Reef
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.

Amino Acids: Are They Worth It? | Reef2Reef
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.

DIY Amino Acid Dosing | Reef2Reef
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.

Which amino acid brand is king? | Reef2Reef
I’ve started dosing A4R and have it dialed in and now am in the hunt for some amino acid supplementation. I just am not sure on which brand to go with. My tank consists of mainly softies and LPS with a small bit of SPS. Is there a particular “all around” brand or are they pretty much all the same?

The Complete Guide to Raising Nutrients | Reef2Reef
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.

Best Amino Acids | Page 2 | Reef2Reef
If N is low AA might be helpful, but even then I would rather just dose Nitrates, better uptake, better control, fewer secondary blooms. I found AA did trigger cyano in my system, this was way back like 10 years ago , but the products are still the same.