what Additives do u use, if u dont water change?

[natureAddict]

hi all,
Noticed my hardy zoas started closing , so i dosed iodine daily n they started opening, even those that i thought had gone started to open.

I feel that without WC (water change), trace elements, etc r depleted.

So, what other stuff do u guys dose?

Or what happens to the chemistry when an ATS is functioning well, n no WC done?

cheers

[RkyRickstr]

Kalk and two part. Ocacionnaly kent magnesium. I feed alot though... I dont know if thats the reason my zoos and lps are happy as can be.

[kerry]

I dose in my top off water as fallows, Kalk when my Calcium and ALK is low but only baking soda when the calcium is ok. I also dose Epsom salt when the Mag is low to.

[natureAddict]

Kalk and two part. Ocacionnaly kent magnesium. I feed alot though... I dont know if thats the reason my zoos and lps are happy as can be.

when was your last WC?
what do u do with the detritus build up?

[natureAddict]

I dose in my top off water as fallows, Kalk when my Calcium and ALK is low but only baking soda when the calcium is ok. I also dose Epsom salt when the Mag is low to.

Hi bro, how often do u do WC? what do u with the detritus build up? tks

[RkyRickstr]

I havent done a wc since i set up the tank 7mo ago.

I sometimes syphon it through a filter sock then dump tge clean water back in.

I used to have a powerhead in the sump.. but after thinking about if for a while i said i rather syphon it out on the sump than let it accumulate in the rock somewhere.

Although i have not seen a diference in nutrients one way or the other.

[natureAddict]

It Is interesting to note that the corals r happy with minimum additives n WC !!!

my routine is calcium, sodium bi-, magnesium every other day as a top up - according to Brightwell dosage n instructions.

I have tried potassium together with the above, but have noticed that K feeds the algae. so now i add it only once in a while

[kerry]

Hi bro, how often do u do WC? what do u with the detritus build up? tks

I have not done a WC in my 40G breeder tank in well over a year. I have a great clean up crew and done really get any build up as I have good flow in all areas of the tank. My other tanks I water change a couple times a year at max. I dont do anything with detritus as I dont have a tank that accumulates it.

[natureAddict]

I have not done a WC in my 40G breeder tank in well over a year. I have a great clean up crew and done really get any build up as I have good flow in all areas of the tank. My other tanks I water change a couple times a year at max. I dont do anything with detritus as I dont have a tank that accumulates it.

Kerry do tell us how u keep ur tank detritus free?
Also what clean up crew u have ?
Thanks for the excitement

[kerry]

I have many little brittle stars (hitch hikers from rock), many bristle worms (which are awesome cleaners and also hitch hikers), Hermit crabs some blue and some red legged, and snails that are turbo and Nassarius types. Most of the reason why I dont have detritus is because of the flow I have in my tanks. I dont have any dead spots on my sand bed so its all kicked up into the water column. There must be others out there too that have their tank set up like mine.