What are the best additives to give a softie tank that has various zoos in it? I have a 30 gallon tank with various mushroom, rics and zoos and was wondering what I should put in the tank in terms of food (marine snow) chemicals (trace elements? strontium?). I would like to do an "œall in one" if possible. Also note that I do 5 gallon water changes about ever 2 weeks with reef crystals.
What are the best additives to give a softie tank that has various zoos in it?
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saltwaterpimp
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+1...On Waterchanges. A good brand of salt should have all the stuff you mentioned.
firebirdude
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agreed. Also maybe try cyclopeeze.
10001110101
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no on the iodine/additives.
most tanks have way too much iodine in them already.
just standard water changes, maybe some phytoplankton for the zoas (don't even know if they can process this TBH), if you have big palythoas you can feed them mysis/brine shrimp.
feed your ricordeas mysis, i've experimented with marine snow, i didn't notice anything with my corals really, but it seemed all the little tube worms, feather dusters, etc hithchikers on LR seemed to spread like crazy, increased pod growth as well.
now I use DT's phytoplankton it has a better effect.
oh and more light!
most tanks have way too much iodine in them already.
just standard water changes, maybe some phytoplankton for the zoas (don't even know if they can process this TBH), if you have big palythoas you can feed them mysis/brine shrimp.
feed your ricordeas mysis, i've experimented with marine snow, i didn't notice anything with my corals really, but it seemed all the little tube worms, feather dusters, etc hithchikers on LR seemed to spread like crazy, increased pod growth as well.
now I use DT's phytoplankton it has a better effect.
oh and more light!
carlosR
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I change two gallons every other day of water, have a protein skimmer and tiny hang on the back refuge. I add B-ionic every two days and feed the snockins out of my corals. I make a mix of cyclopeeze, reef snow, phytoplankton, frozen daphnia, cyclops and reef plankton. Fish go nutty too when I feed. But doing it this way I have to do water changes in my 75 gallon tank.
scuba guy ron
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I too would reccomend water changes. I have a 37 gal with a 10 gal sump. I do a weekly water change of 10 gal. I haven't dosed or added anything in 2 yrs since all the beneficial needs are received in the water changes.I however would suggest running carbon since softies tend to wage a lot of chemicle warfare
scuba guy ron
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Check out my page here if you are thinking about doing a sump for that size tank. I just added a fuge so I'll be adding the vid this weekend.
www.youtube.com/scubaguyron
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