What is everyone useing for chemicals in thair reef tanks

[coral keeper]

I dose alk, cal, and iodine.

 

[cranberry]

Originally Posted by BTLDreef
http:///forum/post/3172019
What do you use for the buffer?
Seachem Reef Buffer...

 

[saltwaterri]

Originally Posted by cosmokramer
http:///forum/post/3172035
2 part, carbon, gfo, iodine.
Carbon? GFO?

 

[asharp13]

Once a tank is stabilized and calcium, magnesium, and alkalinity levels are optimal, is there a 3part additive that one can dose to maintain all of the levels in one quick and easy dose?

 

[kaingers]

I dose seachem calcium, builder, or buffer, depending on my weekly tests. I also alternate Vitachem and PhytoChrom weekly for my filter feaders
I found that adding buffer to my top-off everytime was excessive for the pH of my DT, so I test pH before I top-off my top-off. My bi-weekly water changes usually take care of my calcium levels.

 

[saltwaterri]

See what i started, My tank 155 gallon reef has ben haveing trouble with the kh and ph being low I add reef builder to my r/o but 1's a week for the last 3 weeks it drops Ph 7.8 and kh 6 drops ( 8 to 12 good) Everytime i check my calcium it is always good. What about chromaplex What is it for. I only do soft corals in my tank Mush, polyps, zoos, leathers. What kind of salt is everyone useing for and why?
Does anyone think that it could have ben a flower pot that has died on me.

 

[asharp13]

hey saltwaterRI, i have recently been battleing your pH problem also. check out this thread and all the knowledge bang guy drops!!!!!
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/368648/problems-with-ph-help

 

[saltwaterri]

Originally Posted by asharp13 http:///forum/post/3172088
hey saltwaterRI, i have recently been battleing your pH problem also. check out this thread and all the knowledge bang guy drops!!!!!
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/368648/problems-with-ph-help
SMART GUY

 

[geoj]

Originally Posted by asharp13
http:///forum/post/3172075
Once a tank is stabilized and calcium, magnesium, and alkalinity levels are optimal, is there a 3part additive that one can dose to maintain all of the levels in one quick and easy dose?
The answer is nope. They get used up at different rates. One will effect the other so you have to test to see what needs to be done.

 

[asharp13]

yea thats what i assumed but i just wanted a definite answer thx

 

[asharp13]

i have read pros and cons about dosing iodine. does anyone have any recommendations on that? the pros really excited me but i have seena lot of people say NO NO NO to it...y is that?

 

[reefkprz]

Originally Posted by asharp13
http:///forum/post/3172604
i have read pros and cons about dosing iodine. does anyone have any recommendations on that? the pros really excited me but i have seena lot of people say NO NO NO to it...y is that?
because there is NO proof that you need to dose iodine. there is plenty of proof showing iodine toxicity killing stuff.

 

[pbnj]

Once a tank is stabilized and calcium, magnesium, and alkalinity levels are optimal, is there a 3part additive that one can dose to maintain all of the levels in one quick and easy dose?
Originally Posted by GeoJ
http:///forum/post/3172258
The answer is nope. They get used up at different rates. One will effect the other so you have to test to see what needs to be done.
There is such a product, although I can't see using it for the reasons mentioned above:
Introducing Polyp Lab One
A revolutionary calcium supplement containing balanced levels of calcium, alkalinity and magnesium in a single bottle.

 

[asharp13]

i have read studies that say iodine helps macroalgae, zooxanthellae, and the vibrant coloration of many corals. are these studies wrong? also, what is the purpose of an iodine dip for corals? if it is so harmful, why do people soak their corals in an iodine bath for 10-15 mins?

 

[asharp13]

pbnj do you use polyp lab one? if so what have you noticed with the product?

 

[cranberry]

I use to dose iodine years ago. When I stopped I never noticed a change in anything.

 

[pbnj]

Originally Posted by asharp13
http:///forum/post/3172841
pbnj do you use polyp lab one? if so what have you noticed with the product?
No, I don't use it....just read about it.

 

[reefkprz]

Originally Posted by asharp13
http:///forum/post/3172839
i have read studies that say iodine helps macroalgae, zooxanthellae, and the vibrant coloration of many corals. are these studies wrong? also, what is the purpose of an iodine dip for corals? if it is so harmful, why do people soak their corals in an iodine bath for 10-15 mins?
people use iodine dips BECAUSE its poisinous to many things. a quick soak in iodine kills infections, hiking invertabretes, the resident bacterial colony on the surface of the coral. its used as a prophylactic treatment to KILL things that may be infecting the coral. so they dont go into the tank.

 

[asharp13]

if it is not hazardous to the corals during the dip, y is it so hazardous in your tank? can fish not tolerate it? inverts?

 

[saltwaterri]

So should we or shouldnt we use iodide. What brand of salt is everyone useing. What about chroma plex or stontium+molybdenum? what are they for