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[jft]

Lost faith in alot of snake oil products including seachem, What products to dose Calcium and Iron Randy do you recommend brand etc for I am interested in soft corals, gorgonians and macroalgae, Thanks so much for your expertise.

 

[lapin]

I use Red Sea ; Trace Colors+Iron
For Calcium my reactor takes care of that

 

[jft]

I use Red Sea ; Trace Colors+Iron
For Calcium my reactor takes care of that

Thanks I will check it out

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Lost faith in alot of snake oil products including seachem, What products to dose Calcium and Iron Randy do you recommend brand etc for I am interested in soft corals, gorgonians and macroalgae, Thanks so much for your expertise.

This is my DIY iron dose using Fergon tablets from a drug store:
Take 1 tablet and dissolve in 100 mL RO/DI (overnight soak). Let the solids settle out and use the liquid. Then I dose about 1-5 mL to my 200 gallons (dose is not critical) occasionally.

One tablet is 27 mg iron, so that dose comes to about 0.3 to 1.4 mg.

Put into 200 gallons, that's about 0.4 to 1.8 ppb.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

For calcium and alkalinity, I'd use limewater (kalkasser) or a DIY two part made from either my recipe, or my recipe and using Tropic Marin part C in place of my magnesium part.

 

[jft]

For calcium and alkalinity, I'd use limewater (kalkasser) or a DIY two part made from either my recipe, or my recipe and using Tropic Marin part C in place of my magnesium part.

Thank YOU