Softy tank owners - what are you dosing?

Haberdasher · Sep 8, 2020

Curious what other predominately soft coral tank owners are dosing into their tanks? Kalkwasser? Two part? Aminos? Vibrant? Any of the other myriad of products that are out there?

BlennyTime · Sep 8, 2020

I have mostly LPS with some softies, and dose kalk, 2 part, and AB+. I also dose live phyto I get from the LFS.

Mark · Sep 8, 2020

2-part mostly. I dose a little iodine once a month, and try to feed a lot.

Fishurama · Sep 8, 2020

I have LPS,softies, anemones with a single SPS. I run redsea AB+, Seachem reef builder, and soon live phytoplankton to support my copepod population(also for coral health) as i have a mandarin pair along with pod eating wrasse, the male dragonet is going on 2 years and the female one year, so i want to try something different instead of adding pods monthly, try to let them sustainably breed(closed system) so i can stop adding all together.
Other then that, normal feedings, weekly water change, and they seem to be happy

ReefKeeperElite · Sep 8, 2020

Haberdasher said:
Curious what other predominately soft coral tank owners are dosing into their tanks? Kalkwasser? Two part? Aminos? Vibrant? Any of the other myriad of products that are out there?

Seachem Reef Builder
BRS Magnesium Mix
Reef Energy AB+ (Every day)
Phyto Feast (2x per week)
Chaeto Gro (Every day)

mfinn · Sep 8, 2020

In my softy dominated tank, I don't dose anything. Just regular water changes.

smacbride · Sep 8, 2020

No dosing for me. Just weekly water changes.

KingTideCorals · Sep 8, 2020

Running a mixed reef, heavy on softie side and I dose All for Reef, mainly due to the clams intake though!!

Softies you can get away with just water changes in my opinion

Sleeping Giant · Sep 8, 2020

Water changes, not dosing.....yet, lol

Haberdasher · Sep 10, 2020

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I've get very little growth from my softies in my 8 year old tank. Tank is otherwise healthy. I used to dose 2 part a long time ago until it turned my substrate into cement. Can't seem to crack the code.