Kind of. Think of it this way. You eat food to survive but you put lotion on your skin to stop it from drying out. Do you also eat the lotion? I hope not. But the aminos are not just food for the corals. They help add to color and help replace some lost nutrients.
I dose in the morning before my MH come on usually or if its a weekend and i dont wake up early i does after they have come on. Oyster eggs is feeding the corals and dosing aminos is replacing some of the stuff taken out during skimming
There isnt a need to turn the skimmer off according to the bottles but it can't hurt. I think it's funny that in this thread of people using them we all have the Red Planet!! Mine is midway in the tank and it is completely red. I haven't had green since i brought it home. I thought it was...
O & A was a lot better than listening to the crap on z100 and now 92.3 has completely copied z100 and even bashes them in their ads. Its pretty pathetic and sad that they cant have their own identity and need to try and be more of a z100 type. I put 92.3 on yesterday morning not knowing about...