Tank additives?

[hypermikie]

Iodine and Calcium.

5-10% weekly water changes in 24g.

 

[louist]

Seachem buffer, calcium and 30% weekly water change.

My system goes through around 20ppm of calcium a week.

 

[spsdude]

30 gallon---I use B-ionics and mag addivites. Also I drip kalk.

 

[steelhealr]

Yawn...more of the same:

Go icenine...DO NOT dose what you don't test for.
Strontium, molyd..uh...molyn...er...molyb...DOH.....totally unnecessary
Iodine, can be toxic.....most newcomers don't know that you must know all three phases of iodine in your tank to dose it correctly: free iodine, iodate and iodide.

Under 30 is a puny amount of water....DO CONSISTENT weekly water changes with a good sea salt and you won't need anything with the name on the bottle of Purple, strons....er....stromst...er...DOH....

SH

 

[flameangel88]

Very nice looking rock.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7164605#post7164605 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chocolateblnt
IceNine: I dose iodine because if added in large quantities as specified on the bottle it can become as toxic as chlorine to a reef system... but I still have to add Iodine to promote proper molting for inverts and crabs.

Magnesium and Strontium are elements found in my Seachem Reef Advantage Calcium that I dose in order to achieve dissolved calcium and not just calcium (Ca++ is what you're looking for, other wise your calcium could just deposit anywhere on your tank instead of being used up by corals and rock). From the look of my LR and tank I don't think I am doing anything wrong.

... "don't dose for anything you don't test for" You should be testing for about nearly everything everytime you make an addition/deduction to your tank because parameters DO change. So does this mean you don't test for Iodine levels because you don't dose it ?! How do you keep your inverts alive/protect them from improper molts and ensure your reef isn't being poisoned?! You also don't dose bad things like phosphates (unless you use tap water) but you still should test for it.