Dosing

[sraber1978]

Hi everyone i have a 30 gallon tank with a 10 gallon sump. The tank has been upand running for about 4 months and all is pretty well. I have two clowns and about 200 zoos in my tank, i dose calcium, coral accel , pro buffer dkh, liquid reef, tech m do you guys reccomend anything else. All my levels are pretty good except my calcium but im working on that . Any advice would be great

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

i dose calcium, coral accel , pro buffer dkh, liquid reef, tech m do you guys reccomend anything else.

Less, actually. I'd stop the liquid reef and the coral accel. Calcium, alkalinity and magnesium (if necessary) are the biggies.

These have more:


The “How To” Guide to Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners, Part 1: The Salt Water Itself
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-03/rhf/index.php

The “How To” Guide to Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners, Part 2: What Chemicals Must be Supplemented
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-04/rhf/index.php

The "How To" Guide to Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners, Part 3: pH
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-05/rhf/index.php

The “How To” Guide to Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners,
Part 4: What Chemicals May Detrimentally Accumulate
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-09/rhf/index.php

 

[snorvich]

I agree with Randy (of course one would be foolish not to on matters of chemistry) that there is no reason to dose anything other than calcium, magnesium, and alkalinity. I personally prefer making my own because it is less expensive.

 

[jph]

if i only had zoas in my tank, i'd just do my weekly waterchange and not dose anything besides ro/di water for top-off.

that's what i do in my 5G nano that has a few mushrooms/zoas/palys in it, and they all seem to be doing just fine.


J.