Blue ricordia
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gtstylez87
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Ricordias are usally very easy to keep. as long as you add the required amounts of iodide, strontium, calcium, magnesium, and all the other trace element it will be fine its just like any other coral. Feed them once no more than twice a week. to much coral food will cause phosphate and nitrates. for best results target feeding would do you good. Any type of phyto or zooplakton is good, but once in a while some mysis could hurt. with your lighting middle up upper will be fine. moderate lighting & flow will keep them happy. like i said it an easy coral to keep. i sometime recomment as a starter coral to some of my customers. its very hardy.
sassafrass
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I haven't added ANY supplements in 3 years besides calcium and alk . I believe that you shouldn't add anything to your tank that you can't measure (any supplement in a high enough concentration can be poisonous to coral) Most reefers I know realize that regular water changes will take care of supplementing micro-nutrients .My personal belief is they are only good to make someone rich on another's ignorance,
Lee
Lee
gtstylez87
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iodide is important from tissue health. i not only learned that with working with coral but also in marine bio class (yes i still remember everything i only graduated 3 years ago) i loved that class. since is a soft coal and supports itself with water filled bladders. you would believe need some type of iodide for the ricordia to do good.
Dustin1300
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I add iodide...Only other real supplement I add for the reason that it seems to make many corals happier? If my corals are happy, I AM!
phish guy
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i agree with only add what you can test for . . . but i do add Lugols once a week and dont test it. seems to do good.
when i first started reefing, i dosed stronium, essential elements, blah, blah. now (thanks to RC)... calcium / ALK supplements and, as i said, Lugols; is all i add to my thank.
when i first started reefing, i dosed stronium, essential elements, blah, blah. now (thanks to RC)... calcium / ALK supplements and, as i said, Lugols; is all i add to my thank.
Chad Vossen
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if you do water changes, then dont worry about doseing anything other than what gets used up rapidly such as CA and Alk, sometimes mag.
your artificial salt contains all the micro nutrients you'll ever need, and some are higher than natural saltwater concentrations.
your artificial salt contains all the micro nutrients you'll ever need, and some are higher than natural saltwater concentrations.
gtstylez87
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i disagree with that. yes water changes do add elements to you tank, but its not enough. most salt mixtures only contain calcium, strontium, and SOMETIMES magnesium. artificial salt does not contain no where near as much nutrients and natural salt water. natural saltwater contains all the elements needed to for healthy coral, but it depends when and where you get it. iodine is found in nature as a solid and threw a process called sublimation it will turn into a gas usually given the normal atmospheric pressure and temperature. you have got to remember that in a (aq) solution iodine(s) is mixed saltwater (and the many other elements that make up your tanks water). now not all the iodine is use up by your coral some is lost by evaporation (if your wondering how it turns in to a solid see a phase chart). also salt creep will also contain more than just salt. it can contain bicarbonate, strontium, magnesium, and many other minerals that are in salt form(which is all mentals salts that are added to supplement your tank water). all the level you are testing of are based on ocean water. now iodine see that it evaporates from water says at a equilibrium some how in the ocean. thats why you have to add every week or sometimes even more. now why buy the salt and try to get the levels right when you could buy natural ocean water thats already leveled. BUT it does have a shelf life of about 2-3 weeks before in loses some of its elements. you only want to get water from far off shore of in a clean inlet (not one where boats pass through).
ricordeanut
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Ricordea is about the easyest coral out there. Just use a real good salt and the trace ele. in the salt is fine. If I ever do any additives its reef plus by seachem. Most of the additives listed above are for LP'S and SPS's. Softies need very little additives.
ricordeanut
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Ricordea is about the easyest coral out there. Just use a real good salt and the trace ele. in the salt is fine. If I ever do any additives its reef plus by seachem. Most of the additives listed above are for LP'S and SPS's. Softies need very little additives.
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