Additives? Some Ideas

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sulp

New Member
Hi,

I'm still in the cycling phase of of JBJ 12g Nano (a little over a week now). I have upgraded the hood with the 3.24 Larnie edition. (2 24w JBJ 50/50, 1 24w Actinic, 2 10W T5 Actinic and the R2 moon light. 92w total) I know i'm a ways off but I wanted to start to learn about the different additivies you guys use. ie. Kalkwasser, B-Ionic, Stronium, Iodine, etc. What are "must use" additives and how much do you dose in a 12g Nano. I just hope to get some general information on the entire dosing subject. I'd like to have as much knowledge as possible as I get closer to adding softies and livestock. Thanks! I'm sure I'll get some educated responses from you guys/gals on this subject.
 
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cadeucsb

New Member
i would be interested as well as it seems we are in similar positions.. I have a 10g nano about a week into cycling and also plan to do some softies and a couple low bio load fish...
 
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cich1

New Member
I use kalk, kent liquid calcium and kent iodine, but before you dose anything you should be sure to test first.
oh yeah i occasionally have to add magnesium and baking soda.
as to how much that depends on how low your levels are to start with
 
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incysor

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Is there some reason this is in two forums? :lol:

I don't actually dose my 6g nano. However it does get some of what I dose the main reef system with through periodic water changes.

I usually change about a gallon out a week, but it's usually with water from the LFS. About once a month or so I use a gallon of reef water from the home tanks.

The home tanks get, calcium, iodine, strontium, magnesium, sometimes kalkwasser, through the top-off tank. I don't have a real strict schedule. I try to do a water test once a month as long as everything looks healthy/happy. I add stuff to the top-off water based on those readings.

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sulp

New Member
Incysor,

I posted it in the general forum and then I realized I wanted to post it in the beginners form. No big deal....right?
 
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incysor

New Member
sulp said:
Incysor,

I posted it in the general forum and then I realized I wanted to post it in the beginners form. No big deal....right?
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I wouldn't make a habit of posting the same thread multiple times...You'd be surprised how irate and picky people on RC and nano-reef can be. I actually got flamed early on for asking a question about keeping clams and posting the same question to three different boards. I posted it on RC, and hadn't gotten any responses in a few hours, so I posted it on nano-reef, and while I was at it posted it on reefs.org. I ended up getting flamed for the question itself on RC, and got flamed on the other two for posting the same question on the other boards. No, it's not a big deal, just trying to keep you from having the same kind of wonderful experience.

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cich1

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i should probably add that i only dose my 29g tank i feel that my 5.5g gets everything it needs from 1g weekly water changes
 
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skipm

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Staff member
What you dose with will depend on what your tank needs. You may be able to maintain perfect water parameters with water changes alone. I would wait until you have your tank stocked and do some testing before just randomly starting to add different supplements. JMO, Skip
 
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