Does anyone dose strontium?

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Recently I was told that dosing strontium is good for acros and that it's virtually impossible to overdose. This was the first time I'd ever really heard anything about watching or dosing strontium. Can anyone share what it's value is, and how (or if) it should be dosed?

 

[mcarroll]

Not likely to ever be necessary if you do water changes since it is barely taken up at all by corals. And it's the longest (and one of the most expensive) test procedures from Salifert I've seen - basically a full calcium pre-test then the additional steps for Sr. Not worth the expense or trouble IMO.

-Matt

 

[CUNAReefer]

Recently I was told that dosing strontium is good for acros and that it's virtually impossible to overdose. This was the first time I'd ever really heard anything about watching or dosing strontium. Can anyone share what it's value is, and how (or if) it should be dosed?

I dose it and test for it on a regular basis. If I remember correctly, Strontium is ~1% of the coral skeleton make up.

Here is an article for you
Aquarium Chemistry: Strontium and the Reef Aquarium ? Advanced Aquarist | Aquarist Magazine and Blog

 

[davocean]

If you are trying to boost coraline it definitely helps

 

[DaveMorris]

I am dosing it as part of the overall BioKit Reef package from Prodibio. Part of what you dose with the Prodibio system is Strontium and Iodine.

 

[aquariumworks]

It depends on the metabolism of your stony corals...
Also the size of the system and number of stony coral colonies...
For most only a bio kit type supplement is needed..
I care for a 1100 gallon system volume mix reef(primarily SPS) and Sr, Mg levels are tested weekly; WarnerMarine liquid Strontium is doesed at 100 ml weekly, and warner magnesium is also dosed at 300ml weekly..
The Skeltons of these SPSs are like that of wild colonies I remeber getting in the 80's bleached for decor...
I have trouble fraging out of this system because of the skeletal strength...
I'm only able to frag the tips...
So I would say that Sr supplementing is only required for the most advanced situations,
Where efforts to monitor the parameters of all three of the primary skeletal building blocks (Calcium, magnesium and strontium) are going to be made...
If any one of these three are too far out of spec, they can cause a ion balance nightmare...