supplements

[jond]

I wanted to get some opinions on supplements. I have a 37gal. with 45lbs of live rock. My corals are: brain, starpollip, and frogsqawn. Two anemones, long tenticle and bubble. I use kent marine calcium, strontium and Iodine @ 1/2 teaspoon a week and Coralife smorgasborg(?sp) @ 1 teaspoon a week.
What do you think?
Thanks

 

[nacl-h2o]

Depending on how often you do water changes you may need to add a trace element supplement. If you don't do a lot of water changes it will replace depleted elements.
[ May 01, 2001: Message edited by: DAN THE MAN ]

 

[jond]

I do a water change every two weeks. (5 gal.)

 

[ironreef]

http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish/data/foods.asp if you feed good food do regular water changes it should take care of the trace. Keep you calcium,alk and ph up to par

 

[jond]

I feed frozen brine every other day with a few shrimp pellets for the starfish and other inverts. Maybe once a week I will hatch some live brine shrimp and put in the tank.

 

[ironreef]

read the link. brine shrimp has little nutritional value. I would feed better food or soak it in selcon.

 

[jond]

I have not had time to read the link yet, but I will. What do you feed with?

 

[ironreef]

I make my own fresh food mix and freeze it. I also mix with fomula1&2 I feed dry foods also= a good mix is best this way you feed everything. read the link

 

[nm reef]

That a excellent link ironreef.....thx....I got that one just lurkin back here.....never know what ya might find........:{}

 

[jond]

I was told that Omega One was a great flake to use and then just suppliment with fresh or frozen fish. What do you think of flake?

 

[ironreef]

frozen is better than flake= more nutrient and less phosphates. But I feed flake ,frozen and fresh

 

[adrian]

Try B-ionic or Kalkwasser and feed lots of quality foods. HTH