chemical/supplement add schedule

[rkunk]

Has anyone out there found a good, dependable, and consistent shedule
for adding daily chemicals/supplements? (Calcium, Strontium, Iodine,
Iron, and etc) I'm new into it and looking for input.

Example:

Monday = Calcium, Invert Smorgasbord
Tuesday = Calcium, and ???
Wednesday = ????
and etc........

Bob

[Phil Krasnostein]

Hi Bob

I'm also quite new, but I have been following a programme provided by my
"reef guru" that seems to work well. If you provide an email address, I'll
send it to you -- I have it as an excel spreadsheet.

Phil


"rkunk" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Has anyone out there found a good, dependable, and consistent shedule
> for adding daily chemicals/supplements? (Calcium, Strontium, Iodine,
> Iron, and etc) I'm new into it and looking for input.
>
> Example:
>
> Monday = Calcium, Invert Smorgasbord
> Tuesday = Calcium, and ???
> Wednesday = ????
> and etc........
>
> Bob
>

[Richard Reynolds]

> Has anyone out there found a good, dependable, and consistent shedule
> for adding daily chemicals/supplements?

Calcium
daily as needed to maintain levels

Iron
weekly or monthly as needed to maintain levels ( but only if required)

Strontium
Iodine
dont do these!!!


--
Richard Reynolds

[JT]

why not strontium & iodine? thought these were some very important
additives.

[Richard Reynolds]

> why not strontium & iodine? thought these were some very important
> additives.

nope waste of money :D

first *never* add anything you cant or dont test for, secondly there is enough iodine in
the food you feed to not need to add more. at least for a reef tank. you can read about
both by searching google or reefcentral both have plenty of information on them.

--
Richard Reynolds

[Ross Bagley]

rkunk > writes:

> Has anyone out there found a good, dependable, and consistent shedule
> for adding daily chemicals/supplements? (Calcium, Strontium, Iodine,
> Iron, and etc) I'm new into it and looking for input.

Set up a Nilsen reactor and add all of your top-off water through it.
If that's too complex, set up a kalk drip.

The rest of the trace metals you listed will be provided in the food
that you add to the tank. In general, unless you have a specific
reason to believe that you have a deficiency in one of those that's
not being met by the food you're adding, don't add more.

People who recommend that you add lots of supplements to your tank
tend to be either those who sell such supplements or those who take
the advice of people who sell such supplements. The first is usually
simple to determine, the second can be determined by asking them where
they got the idea to supplement in the first place (usually the LFS).

Regards,
Ross

-- Ross Bagley http://rossbagley.com/rba
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature...
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." -- Helen Keller

[Ross Bagley]

(JT) writes:

> why not strontium & iodine? thought these were some very important
> additives.

Adding almost any food adds more than enough of both of these to your
tank. To spend your money on a supplement is money that you could be
spending on something else with your fish probably happier in the end.

Richard's comment about testing is a very good point. If you don't
know how much is there and you don't know how much *should* be there,
how do you know how much to add? So then, why add?

Regards,
Ross

-- Ross Bagley http://rossbagley.com/rba
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature...
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." -- Helen Keller

[Phil Krasnostein]

I have to admit that at this stage I fit the second category.

Phil


"Ross Bagley" > wrote in message
...
> rkunk > writes:
>
> > Has anyone out there found a good, dependable, and consistent shedule
> > for adding daily chemicals/supplements? (Calcium, Strontium, Iodine,
> > Iron, and etc) I'm new into it and looking for input.
>
> Set up a Nilsen reactor and add all of your top-off water through it.
> If that's too complex, set up a kalk drip.
>
> The rest of the trace metals you listed will be provided in the food
> that you add to the tank. In general, unless you have a specific
> reason to believe that you have a deficiency in one of those that's
> not being met by the food you're adding, don't add more.
>
> People who recommend that you add lots of supplements to your tank
> tend to be either those who sell such supplements or those who take
> the advice of people who sell such supplements. The first is usually
> simple to determine, the second can be determined by asking them where
> they got the idea to supplement in the first place (usually the LFS).
>
> Regards,
> Ross
>
> -- Ross Bagley http://rossbagley.com/rba
> "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature...
> Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." -- Helen Keller

[Richard Reynolds]

> Richard, how about for SPS tanks?
> I wouldn't mind cutting these out if my SPS tank
> doesn't use them up at a higher rate than a LPS tank.

if you dont test for it DONT add it, doesnt matter what kind of tank it is.

you dont need to add strontium or iodine as long as you feed your tank

> I also do CoralVite (trace mineral/vitamin)
skip that too way to much $$ not enough gain.

--
Richard Reynolds