I want to start adding soft corals
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I doubt if you need any supplements beyond normal water changes, but alkalinity is the one to watch to see if it declines. If alk is normal, nothing else will be needed either. 
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I've been keeping soft corals for 20+ years and early on I thought I needed to use supplements. I mean all those sexy ads in the magazines told me I'd have the most beautiful reef if I just used their product.
I usually only added a food source for algae to grow.
I have found that regular water changes are really the only thing most soft corals need to grow.
I usually only added a food source for algae to grow.
I have found that regular water changes are really the only thing most soft corals need to grow.
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I've had my tank for 10+ years. It was FOWLR for the first 7 or so. I first added hairy mushrooms, once they were self-propagating, I tried more advanced species like a tree leather, (which didn't like my dirty husbandry). I then tried pulsing Xenia and they too began self-propagating. Depending on your water quality these two species can overrun your tank though. Now that I keep my nitrates in the under 10 ppm range the Xenia and mushrooms have slowed their growth and I've been able to successfully keep a purple sea whip and red gorgonian for a couple of months now. I recently added a hammer and torch coral to the tank and they too are seemingly happy.
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Tank size: 55 gallon rectangular
Parameters: pH 8.2; Nitrate 10 ppm; calcium a bit high 480; alkalinity a bit low 7 KH; Salinity 1.025.
Rena skimmer with maxi jet 1200; Rena Filstar canister filter; Hydor Smart wave with two 850 gph pumps; one 750 gph constant flow pump. 1" sand bed; at this point no idea how much LR lol
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Animals other than listed coral above:
I brittle star; several BLH; one peppermint shrimp; 1 cleaner shrimp; 1 pseudochromis; 1 Coral Beauty; 1 Yellow Tang; and old faithful "NEMO" the ocellarius clownfish; 3 large nassarius snails; 3 smaller species nassarius snails; bristle worms; tiny feather dusters and other hitchhikers and sponges...
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Tank size: 55 gallon rectangular
Parameters: pH 8.2; Nitrate 10 ppm; calcium a bit high 480; alkalinity a bit low 7 KH; Salinity 1.025.
Rena skimmer with maxi jet 1200; Rena Filstar canister filter; Hydor Smart wave with two 850 gph pumps; one 750 gph constant flow pump. 1" sand bed; at this point no idea how much LR lol
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Animals other than listed coral above:
I brittle star; several BLH; one peppermint shrimp; 1 cleaner shrimp; 1 pseudochromis; 1 Coral Beauty; 1 Yellow Tang; and old faithful "NEMO" the ocellarius clownfish; 3 large nassarius snails; 3 smaller species nassarius snails; bristle worms; tiny feather dusters and other hitchhikers and sponges...
