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06-20-2008, 09:56 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Anyone have a good and trusted list of chemicals? I know most of you guys and girls have a wide assortment of chems. I'm looking for a good list along with maybe some scenarios that these chemicals may be used in? Thanks for the help everyone. _________ Supposably Is a word in the American language that is often wrongly confused with the word 'supposedly'. 'Supposably' can be used only when the meaning is 'capable of being supposed,'"She was supposably going out to the windswept steppes with her friends, but she's really cheating on me."  | 
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06-20-2008, 09:58 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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I dose kent liquid calcuim,(personal preference), coralife liquid gold, and kent superbuffer... But only after checking my parameters.... _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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06-22-2008, 05:39 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: paoli, pa
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i don't dose anything, and i don't recommend dosing anything without making absolutely sure your system is lacking of it. _________  | |
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06-22-2008, 07:15 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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With the large assortment of soft corals that I have, I do dose Lugol's iodine. I also dose kalkwasser due to the stony corals and inverts that require it. I try to maintain my calcium level at 500ppm. With doing this though, you must check your pH, magnesium and alkalinity levels, as they counteract with each other.
Purple up is a great product that has offered myself, as well as countless others, great success.
Having said this, by performing a weekly water change regimine, you will be offering your inhabitants a continueous amount of beneficial salts and essential traces that would cost an arm and a leg if you were to dose each one separately, not to mention the amount of time that would entail.
Skimmers, carbon and livestock will deplete many beneficial nutrients and other key elements, therefore it is adviseable to replenish these on a weekly basis, hence the small weekly water changes. Not to mention the other important implications brought out by doing water changes!
best of luck! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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06-22-2008, 09:00 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Just to add on what CR stated already, It all depends on how old your system is and what you want to house in your tank. As mentioned below, never add anything without testing for it. By doing weekly WC's, your replacing everything you need back into the tank. The only time that you need to add or dose any other element is when your comsumption rate is greater than your weekly WC can replenish. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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06-22-2008, 09:16 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Originally Posted by mr_X  i don't dose anything, and i don't recommend dosing anything without making absolutely sure your system is lacking of it. | DITTO!!! --- Use a common brand salt mix, and it will take care of all the chemical contents, adjustments you need.
With the exception of maybe a calcium supplement if you are keeping a large population of LPS/SPS corals...all else not needed, or recommended.
Ignor all those nice "snake-oil" advertisements on gazillion of products. Mixing them up in tank can be very risky...
IMHO _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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06-22-2008, 12:18 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA
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so less is more? That's almost the reverse of what I was thinking, with the intense subculture of fancy gizmo's that you see for sale. Thanks for the help. I'll be doing a w/c today and removing some rock (too crowded.) | |
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06-22-2008, 12:43 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Maumelle, AR Age: 34
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Originally Posted by lunatik_69 Just to add on what CR stated already, It all depends on how old your system is and what you want to house in your tank. As mentioned below, never add anything without testing for it. By doing weekly WC's, your replacing everything you need back into the tank. The only time that you need to add or dose any other element is when your comsumption rate is greater than your weekly WC can replenish. Luna | Just a question, but wouldn't this be a sign that you have too large of a bio-load on your tank, or that you're adding too much too soon? | |
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06-22-2008, 01:04 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Originally Posted by Boredm so less is more? That's almost the reverse of what I was thinking, with the intense subculture of fancy gizmo's that you see for sale. Thanks for the help. I'll be doing a w/c today and removing some rock (too crowded.) | More, in my opinion, will get you into more trouble! Abrupt water parameter changes and human error are more evident if you start adding unecessary and too many supplements etc. | |
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06-22-2008, 01:08 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Originally Posted by ssgheislerswife Just a question, but wouldn't this be a sign that you have too large of a bio-load on your tank, or that you're adding too much too soon? | No!
water changes are an ideal and effective way to reduce disolved organics, pollutants, toxins, carbon dioxide, tanins and other negative variable that can plaque and alter your water quality, thus, ultimately effecting your livestock. Water changes will also replenish important salts and traces that are quickly depleted through respiration, skimmer, carbon and other livestock! | |
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