Additives???

[nyfireman3097]

i Add the follwing to my tank:

CORALIFE
Marine trace elements 2.5 teaspoons 2x a week
Reef stimulator 2 teaspoons 2x a week
Liquid gold plus 1.5 teaspoons every other day

KENT MARINE
Liquid Calcium 1 teaspoon everyday
Coral Accel 2 teaspoons every otherday
Garlic Extreme dose with food which i feed 2x a week and also 5 drops everyday by itself to help prevent Ick
Stontuim & Molybdenum 1 teaspoon every 4 days
Iodine 1 teaspoon a week

Araga Milk 1/2 teaspoon everyday

Combo Vital 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon every other day

I was told these are good to help my tank grow. I also heard that Luogul's was also good and reef vital from weiss too can anyone please tell me about there uses of additives. If you wanna see pics of my tank go to rate my tank its Nick's 55 gallon
Nick

[rememberme]

Wow, thats a lot of stuff to add!! Well played :o

I add Kent TURBOcalcium and TURBOstrotium on water changes with some tropic marine additive for my RO water (sucked into buying it wen I started)... I dose Kent Kalkwasser when I can b bothered (no proper dose machine) and that is about it!! :(

[nyfireman3097]

yeah i dose it with kaulkwasser also with an auto top off machine its great this machine, heres the website
http://www.innovativeaquatics.com/Pages/products.html

[Mike O'Brien]

You are adding way too much to your tank
I think you should get a two part calcium additive . that will give you calcium alkalinity and trace elements. right now you are dosing at least 5 things for trace elements. ever wonder why they call them trace elements?
then use the Iodine, garlic, and the combo vital. throw away the agramilk, addition of solid CaCO3 is not a good idea and will only lower calcium alkalinity,magnesium and PH.
Most important of all is to test for all these things before adding anything.There is a delicate balance going on in a reef.

[nyfireman3097]

yeah you think so everything is going great soo far in the tank ill definitviely keep in ind ... Please can more people give me therre take also

[DubReeferK]

if my calcium level is over 500ppm and i add calxmax, what will happen? will this bring my magnesium levels higher? i dont have a mag. test yet..or alk... how can i bring the magnesium level up?and also lower calcium level?

[Mike O'Brien]

without a test kit , how do you know your levels are low? you should not add calcium without an equal part of buffer, or without testing first.

[DubReeferK]

i actually did have an alk test.. i used the Tetra test (KH) and i added 7 drops after the 1st drop to the vial untill it changed colors.. does this sound right? so is it 7 or 8 dh? And what can i conclude after this test?? I just want my coraline to start growinggg!!!

[Bald Eagle]

nyfireman3097, wow, thats a lot of tespoons, how do you keep track.?? IMHO you would be better off trying the 2 part additives. I have used them for yrs. and the work great. :D :D :D

[DubReeferK]

^^ bump^^ can anyone give me advice on my alk/calcium/magnesium levels?

[Mike O'Brien]

I would say with calcium at 500 ppm your magnesium level is fine. Have you been using the calmax? that probably has magnesium in it. I use B-Ionic and magnesium is the third ingredient in the calcium part. I would just wait for the levels to fall naturally, then you can test weekly to figure out the dosage for the calmax. Probably less than you have been using.

[Sandworm]

Can anyone give me advice on my alk/calcium/magnesium levels?

Alk=8-14 (11 is optimal)
Ca=350-500 (above 400 is best)
Mag=1000-1400 (1280-1300 Optimal ,in nature its@1300)

[nyfireman3097]

Please let me know what you guys are using in your tanks. I would like to find out what are the best things to use and best product names too use
Thanx,
Nick