Adding to nutra seawater

[oconn21]

First I measure the salinity and its 1018 in my tank and fresh from jug so could be instrument. Out side of the salinity is there a need to add anything to the water for reef tanks. I have 2 clowns, torch coral thats doing great, a zoa that doesnt look so hot but i think my crab is going after it, and a bird nest that has good and bad days. I have them in a Waterbox 15 penn Have an AI nero3 wavemaker and a kessil A160WE blue tuna light. I feed reef roid 2x a week. Any other recommendations to get my other coral to thirve?

 

[sde1500]

Understanding and tracking the chemistry in the water is a good start. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/randys-reef-chemistry-articles.174821/ lot of good articles covering it here.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Nutri seawater the commercial product?

It's the laughingstock of the chemistry world. Truly pitiful nonsensical description. I gave them the ridiculous web site of the day award a while back:

Ridiculous Hobby Product Web Site of the Day: Nutri Seawater

http://www.nutriseawater.com/ Seriously? Take a look at the composition, along with the claim that it has a specific gravity of 1.027 and has elements in their natural concentration and is unchanged by them. 2000 ppm Mg 29,000 ppm chloride 16,000 ppm sodium Forget everything else, those add...

www.reef2reef.com

Hopefully, it is not anything like they actually claim. lol

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

But randy! It was on Tanked! Say it ain’t snake oil, it can’t be!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

But randy! It was on Tanked! Say it ain’t snake oil, it can’t be!

It's most likely not anything like the web description, so is OK. lol