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11 | 18.64% |
| Strontium |
  
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4 | 6.78% |
| Magnesium |
  
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13 | 22.03% |
| All of the above |
  
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15 | 25.42% |
| None - water changes only |
  
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30 | 50.85% |
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#1
06-22-2006, 08:58 PM
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Dosing supplements?
Who's dosing what? Or are you getting it with just water changes?
Iodine? Strontium? Magnesium? Are you testing? And what are your results like? I dose all 3 and test regularly to make sure I'm somewhere near NSW values. 10% weekly water changes aren't enough to keep the levels anywhere near NSW...
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06-22-2006, 09:13 PM
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Water changes and some mg when the coraline starts to recede.
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06-22-2006, 10:20 PM
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Having a bare bottom I do a 15G water change weekly anyways which I hope covers most of the bases. I did get some Seachem samples of each listed to try at some point last fall. I attempted to dose over the course of a month but since I don't really have the test kits (who wants to spend that much on test kits?
 ) I felt that really just pouring the stuff in there blindly wasn't making much sense (even though I was following the directions on the back of the bottle). Also the dosing regimen and lack of "noticeable difference" in any of my inhabitants were a deterrent to continued use.
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#4
06-22-2006, 10:28 PM
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I dose iodone right now.
I don't measure, I'm a baaaaaaad reefkeeper  If I haven't seen a shrimp molt in a while, I put in 1/4 the dose the bottle recommends. And usually I see a molt fairly soon after, so it works for me. 
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#5
06-23-2006, 01:21 AM
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I dose some MG if it tests low, but it hasn't since I got my CA reactor. I do water changes of 25 gallons every two weeks. I figure that should keep everything else in line.
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06-23-2006, 06:54 AM
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I dose Liquid Reactor every day or two & a few drops of Lugol's Solution (iodine concentrate) every week. Liquid Reactor has Strontium & Magnesium in it already.
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06-23-2006, 10:09 PM
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Magnium & iodine.
I had a plate coral that was almost completely white with no polyp extension. I started dosing iodine and it has 75% recovered now. I used to dose strontium but noticed negative effects, most likely because i wasn't testing me strontium levels. I've stopped an all is well.
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