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12-26-2004, 03:20 PM
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What do you add??
Hello all,
I was just wanting to see what different people use for additives. I have been looking at alot of tanks with beautiful growth and every LFS you go to pushes their own supplies, but, how many of them have tanks at home that looks like some of yours? Any info will be appriciated...
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12-26-2004, 03:29 PM
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I think its a money making thing Quinster, I always only used Kalk and a 2 part if i didnt have a reactor. I let the natural way take care of it self ,because every tank will be differnt as you already know.
people will say you need MAGnesium and stronium and all the other ones lots of them are for people who dont require reactor. oh ya its going to depend on the corals that you have placed in your tank certain corals and fish need certain ones. its going to depend on what the buyer has read up on to see what their tanks need. mike
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12-26-2004, 04:00 PM
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I add topoff water.
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12-26-2004, 04:55 PM
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A calcium reactor and water changes.
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12-29-2004, 07:11 PM
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I add (but not often) CA+ if it has dropped between water changes. I add a general trace element solution that focuses on Magnesium and Strontium but haven't really noticed any positive effects from it. I'll most likely discontinue usage after the bottle is done. I also add the 2 part kalk when my Alk is low. Other than that I've learned that water changes give my tank everything it needs.
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THE BARQUARIUM: 55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's. Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=55041
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12-29-2004, 10:54 PM
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Liquid Reactor (Ca, Mg, Strontium) & diluted Lugol's Solution (I). Plus I feed my corals/anemones regularly & add rotifers/phytoplankton in every night. Mostly softies & LPS with 2 clams & several anemones.
I found the growth really took off (especially my Derasa) once I started using Liquid Reactor instead of Kent's Calcium.
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12-30-2004, 02:26 PM
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Who makes liquid reactor? I'd like to take a look at some of that stuff.
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THE BARQUARIUM: 55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's. Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=55041
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12-30-2004, 02:34 PM
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I do add a tiny bit of iodine to my kalk drip water topoff - but only because I have a bottle left over from my days of purchasing whatever LFS employees told me I needed (I've got about six different bottles of stuff
 ).Now I believe that water changes are the most important thing. - Chad
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