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[neumahrs]

if anyone uses supplements...what kind do you use? I been using these sea-lab formula 28 blocks for all calcium and trace mineral replenishing. Just curious to see what other people are using

[Sahin]

I use Kents Liquid Calcium mid-week and weekends dose C-balance. I dont add anything else, water changes should take care of all other trace elements.

[Dave ESPI]

DO A SEARCH !

 

DAYUM ! there is like 10 threds on this....... sheesh... newbies...X)

[tinyreef]

suave suave. nothing wrong with asking, more wrong in not asking and then doing. (btw, the search button's in the upper right)

 

b-ionic is a good two-part calcium and additive supplement. c-balance with combisan is ok too. kent's is also ok but gets expensive to dose every little element.

 

oh btw, that was dave's obligatory welcome!

[DaveESPI]

Nothing but the finest foods available and ESV B-Ionic:)

[Strife]

if i may recommend something!!!

 

invest your money in a good test kit and test water before and after water change. that will give you an idea of what your tank needs..test for calcium. etc. ...

its not a good idea, just adding supplements if you dont even know your water parameters

 

good luck,

mike

[Sahin]

Stryf3 is very right there. You first need to test the paramters to figure out just how much you need to add.

[neumahrs]

the sea-lab formula 28 is a block of minerals and calcium that is released as needed..And yeah i do have a test kit for calcium and i was at 220...after 2 days with the block its been held at 440-460. My corraline is taking off and the eelgrass as well as some of ther other macroalgae has grown really nicely since the addition. My shrimp molted a day after i added..i'm thinking the additional iodine/iodide from the block helped this.,,but you are right..a good test kit is more essential then adding supplements..especially since you might not even needed.

"Dave ESPI DO A SEARCH !

 

DAYUM ! there is like 10 threds on this....... sheesh... newbies..."

 

yeah i'm a newbie to this site so ppppppppppppbbbbbbbbbttttttttttt.....lol

[tyoberg]

I use B-Ionic for calcium and alk. FWIW, Combisan was the center of quite a scandal a year or so back. Dr. Shimek had a batch tested and found it was essentially water with almost nothing in it.

 

http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish/data/foods.asp

 

The label says that the contents should total about 2400 ppm. The tested samples are around 150. So these samples had roughly 1/16 th the amount of material in them that they should have.  

 

And nobody noticed ????

 

Those results were confirmed in a second independant study (my link is broken and I'm looking for where it went)

 

Ty