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      March 3rd, 2007
what time of supplementation should I use for a 29g reef tank?

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      March 3rd, 2007
What is your system lacking?

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      March 3rd, 2007
Yep,you need to know whats low...

If needed I dose calcium,strontium,magnesium,iodine,buffer and trace elements but rarely.Regular water changes will replenish them.This is on a LPS/softies tank with no SPS.

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      March 3rd, 2007
well all my water parameters are looking good
Temp - 78.5(lights off) 79(lights on)
SG - 1.0235
ammonia - 0
nitrite - 0
nitrate - 5
pH - 8.4
dKH - 11.4
Caclium - 400ish
PO4 - .1 - .2

I guess I was really wondering more about trace elements.

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"If it ain't broke don't fix it" is the way I look at supplements. If you see something wrong with your tank or your animals then you may need to start adding things, but it is difficult to test for trace elements, so it's hard to know if you even need to add any. Plus, your tank can OD on additives.

 
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      March 3rd, 2007
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well all my water parameters are looking good
Temp - 78.5(lights off) 79(lights on)
SG - 1.0235
ammonia - 0
nitrite - 0
nitrate - 5
pH - 8.4
dKH - 11.4
Caclium - 400ish
PO4 - .1 - .2

I guess I was really wondering more about trace elements.
Looks to me like you really dont need at add anything.
Just do your regular water changes and you should be good to go.

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      March 5th, 2007
however if your going to grow corals you could benefit from kent marine reef starter kits they contain calcium, iodine, strontium, molybdemim, amonia ditox, and pro buffer dkh that should do.

 
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      March 7th, 2007
if you are going to add trace elements be sure that you have test kits for them. Too much iodine etc in the tank can cause a crash.

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      March 7th, 2007
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if you are going to add trace elements be sure that you have test kits for them. Too much iodine etc in the tank can cause a crash.
Is there a test kit for trace elements?
I look at it like this,calcium consumption goes with the depletion of other elements such as iodine,strotium.molybenum.etc.If and when my calcium was low then I would use supplements to replenish it and other elements.But like I said earlier that I rarely dose because water changes was enough to replenish those elements.

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      March 7th, 2007
There are test kits available for them. Iodine is one of those tricky elements where too much can be a very very very bad thing.

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