wheresnemo Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 What do anyone use to dose if any for there aquariums? 40g and up please with a skimmer. I was looking at a few dosing options for SPS and LPS. Link to comment
proraptor2 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 buy yourself some ESV bionic 2 part calcium/alkalinity follow the directions on the bottle, test your water, thats it Link to comment
sprite Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 i dose this..Randys diy 2 part http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php Link to comment
wheresnemo Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 Yea, that is all I have. What about the Stortium and other stuff? Link to comment
Chupacabras Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 buy yourself some ESV bionic 2 part calcium/alkalinity follow the directions on the bottle, test your water, thats itThat's it. A way heavily stocked SPS tank may benefit from strontium, but I have serious reservations about dosing anything else if you maintain a semi-regular water change schedule. Link to comment
wheresnemo Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 I see so I am taking it that all the other supplements sold by KENT MARINE are just "gimme your money" type stuff. Has anyone done force feedings? Do you just turn off your skimmer and let all the pumps run for an hour or so, and turn it back on? Link to comment
Chupacabras Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 ...Weeeeeell... Let's just say that the proof of those supplements doing any real good is nebulous at best (with a few exceptions). Link to comment
Phixion Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I think using stuff like Kent's Zoo Plex, or Coral Vite or any of those "food" suppliments is benificial to a degree, but don't expect anything significant from using them. I definitely notice my corals feeding when I dose Zoo-Plex along with Cyclo-peeze and Reef-Roids, but they aren't growning any faster than they were before, they just look healthier and/or inflate larger. if there's one single most recommended food, it's either DT's Phyto or Reef-Roids. Link to comment
reefman23 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I would say flat out... dont dose anything that you dont or cannot test for... simple as that. If you are testing Ca, Alk, pH, PO4, etc and they are not were they should be, then dose for those. Otherwise, dont add it. Jesse Link to comment
Gwoardnog Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 dont dose anything that you dont or cannot test QFT that said, I haven't dosed anything in over a year other than some baking soda every once in a while as my salt (Oceanic) is typically high in calcium and rather low in alkalinity. Link to comment
wheresnemo Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 QFT that said, I haven't dosed anything in over a year other than some baking soda every once in a while as my salt (Oceanic) is typically high in calcium and rather low in alkalinity. wow interesting. What does the baking soda do? I just need to know if I should stop dosing all the other things. I know Strotium helps with the coral growth but I do dose calcium and AK. and do the DT's dosing every other day for the corals. I have been getting good results but need to cut back because it's beginning to hurt the pocket. I want to be as minimal as possible and keep healthy corals. Link to comment
Chupacabras Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 What does the baking soda do?It's just a cheap way to increase your alkalinity. I believe the consensus in this thread has been to get off of everything but two-part. Link to comment
wheresnemo Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 What are your measurements on that? If thats the case, I will just dose the reef complete and introduce the baking soda while I mix my salt. Link to comment
proraptor2 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I used to spend money on all the high priced foods like oyster eggs, zoo plex etc etc...The corals would show a response and my params would suffer....I never noticed any increase in growth when feeding though so I figured it was a waste of money and a little risky when it came to my params.... That bing said I just keep dosing the 2 part calcium/alk and my corals (especially my SPS) are growing like crazy! Getting high priced crazy color corals to grow really isnt the issue....The real issue is to try and get them to keep that crazy color...Especially with SPS Link to comment
Phixion Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Is it as risky when running a protein skimmer?? =/ Link to comment
reefman23 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 QFT Sorry... waht does "QFT" mean? Jesse Link to comment
wav3form Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Sorry... waht does "QFT" mean? Jesse Quite f*cking true I think. Link to comment
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