reef supplements

[jferrier]

Just curious to know what everyone adds to there tanks at least once a week as maintenance or food supplement or just general health? Have you had any bad experiences w/ a supplement.
kalkwasser drip
kent marine zoe (food supplement)
kent marine c (less often)
reef vital dna(seems to really enhance color)

 

[xxchris060]

I add the two part BIONIC and i belive nature reef liquid calcium. No problems but i don't grow alot of purple coraline but alot of green coraline but i am not sure why.

 

[simm]

I use reef vital DNA for coraline supplements. Started to see a bloom of it in a week.

 

[10k]

I'm glad to see someone having luck with Reef Vital DNA. For some reason, the only thing I can grow with it is Cyno. Go figure. Anyway, all that I add to my main tank (with calcium reactor) is, Kent Turbo Calcium, Kent Tech M (Magnesium), and Lugol's (Iodide). As for the others (no reactor), I add the same as above, plus Seachem's Reef Advantage Calcium, and Reef Builder. Reef Builder is an awesome coralline stimulant by the way.

 

[ironreef]

maintain cal,ph and alk. Feed good foods like formula 1 or homemade soak with selco or zoe if needed. The rest is a guessing game and a waste. good foods have all the trace

 

[josh]

I do top offs with Kalk in a dosing pump 24/7 and I add a half strength dose of b ionic daily.
I have heard mixed reviews of marc weiss products, I just wish the guy would post what the heck is in there......then I might try it.

 

[nm reef]

For establishing calcium and alkalinity I use Seachems Reef Advantage and Reef Builder...to maintain established levels of calcium and alkalinity I use daily top offs with kalkwasser...for feeding suppliments I use DT's phytoplankton 2-3 times a week and soak most foods in zoe and/or garlic...for maintenance of trace elements I try to do a 5% water change once a month.

 

[simm]

10k have you kept up with the daily doses of it? I add it every day.

 

[cobra2806]

Is it okay to use one of those bottle dosers that use gravity to drip in kalkwasser? If so do you use plain water and just let it drip 24/7?

 

[saltyrich]

I'll second the reef vital DNA. I really like it. I I know several folks that swear by it. It is not the DNA that is causing the cyno outbreak. I also dose the 2-part B-ionic. You raise calcium with a calcium chloride like seachem and then maintain it with something like a 2 part additive or kalk.