What supplements do you dose?

[jasond]

Originally Posted by JDigital

My bad... I meant Seachem Reef Plus: Concentrated Vitamins and Amino Acid.

Do you notice quicker growth with this stuff? I have heard a couple good things about it.

There are so many additives, it's hard to know which are worth the money, and which are a waste

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by jasond

Do you notice quicker growth with this stuff? I have heard a couple good things about it.

There are so many additives, it's hard to know which are worth the money, and which are a waste

I find I have gotten really good PE when using Reef Plus and Coral Vitalizer together.. And I could notice it after the 3rd or 4th dose.

[naesco]

Kalk through a reactor.
Unless your tests are out of wack, I wonder if there is any benefit to expensive supplements.
IMO quality food additions like, live phytoplankton, frozen cyclopeze and ultraclam (I have no clams but the product is really minute) is more important to coral growth and colour.

[fkshiu]

Aside from Ca/Alk stuff the only thing I dose is fish poo.

[jasond]

Originally Posted by naesco

Kalk through a reactor.
Unless your tests are out of wack, I wonder if there is any benefit to expensive supplements.
IMO quality food additions like, live phytoplankton, frozen cyclopeze and ultraclam (I have no clams but the product is really minute) is more important to coral growth and colour.

I feed coral frenzy and Catherine (Michika)'s homemade frozen food, but thats it. Perhaps getting my hands on some live phytoplankton/cyclopeze would be beneficial? I have never used either.

Thanks Jdigital...I think I might give the Seachem a shot

[Marlin65]

Phyto, Amino acids, Roti Rich, Plant Fuel, Kalk, and some clay based stuff can't remember the name right now.

[wickedfrags]

Try to maintain a consistent 450PPM Ca, 9DKH and 1400PPM Mg, and strong lighting. If I can not test for it, I do not dose it.

[mark]

I'll supplement my new SW with Mg and Ca then just rely on the Ca reactor the rest of the time.

Supplementing article

[Matthew N]

Originally Posted by jasond

Do you notice quicker growth with this stuff? I have heard a couple good things about it.

There are so many additives, it's hard to know which are worth the money, and which are a waste

I notice a BIG difference when I dose with it. Mind you I just have soft corals. But the difference is very noticeable

[jasond]

Interesting..thanks for the feedback!

I have to admit I dont keep the Ca/Mg/dKh as consistent as I would like, but I dont care to get a ca reactor right now, so I will just have to be more disciplined