Strontium

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I'm dosing Calcium Chloride and Magnesium Chloride at the moment. Should I use Strontium Chloride or Sulphate?
Will Chloride produce too much ion imbalance?

 

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[baruchbl]

You can use Strontium Chloride with no problem. I dont add Strontium at all.

 

[jim48442]

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i use stroniun 2 times a week

 

[reefer44]

i generally dont advise to dose strontium to a tank... during skeletogenous corals lay down there skeletons with calcium carbonate in the form of argonite or calcite...when you dose strontium it can compete with calcium in skeletogenous and make a much denser therefore slower growing (as far as volume not mass) corals. But i do recommend weekly or bi monthly water changes which replenish strontium levels (as it is essential just not needed to be dosed....especially good for coral in the right concentration)

Brad