Be careful with the iodine. Most salt mixes have plenty of iodine in them. It’s not a good idea to dose what you can’t test for. Your xenia should be ok. How old is your tank? What are your parameters?
My nano tank is 2 months old. I added soft corals, Xenia and GSP one week ago. I haven’t checked the water parameters. I have been using Petco ocean water from day 1 and do regular water change. I also added API quick start for immediate start aquarium cycle. I don’t have any fish added to my aquarium
I would buy instant ocean and either distilled water or RO water from Walmart until you get your own RO/DI unit. That ocean water is ridiculously expensive. There’s also no way to know what’s in it. And chances are that ocean water sat in a warehouse for six months before sitting on petco’s shelves for another two. All the bacteria in it are likely dead which can spike ammonia, nitrates, and phosphates. You’ll have more control over your water quality and it will be much cheaper in the long run to buy the salt and even the RO or distilled (best choice) water since you have a nano.
I think he means used.
I know it gets expensive but I don’t have experience mixing salt and water. Since I’m new I didn’t want to risk it. I will use the store water for couple of months and then switch to making my own RO water.
Thanks buddy. I was really worried about my Xenia. It started to pulse again since yesterday. Few polyps broke and attached to rock. I see tiny ones growing now.No, it is just going through a slump right now.
