Suppliments

[Abel074]

Need some advice on what to dose on my reef tank.
I have been using Kent Nano reef part A & B. I been dosing this for a month and I don't see any changes.

 

[Tahoe61]

How old and how large is the tank, what coral types? What results were you expecting to see? Any current values for Ca/Mag/Alk?

 

[Abel074]

I would say about over a year but start with a few frags.
I have Zoa's, Xenia, Paly's and neon green polyps. I did try a few SPS frag but died within two weeks. Ca/Mag/Alk are okay.
I have ATI T5.
Not much growth for the time I have started.

 

[Tahoe61]

Well you're going to see your best results from properly dosing with skeleton building stony corals like LPS and SPS. You're also not going to see a lot of utilization of Ca/mg/alk with the corals you currently have. Levels of "ok" really tells us nothing sorry, values is what we need. You need to test prior to dosing everytime until you get a feel for the tanks usage. Water changes with a decent salt mix would probably be more appropriate until you start to add stony corals. You have great lighting though. Not sure what and how you feed your tank but that might be something to look into.

 

[shred5]

Do not dose anything without testing your water first... how do you know you need to dose or how much or if you are dosing to much without testing?
The 3 things that need to be tested, alkalinity, calcium and magnesium...

i am also not a fan of dosing a&b type supplements because some have stuff you can not test for in them and stuff you may not need and eventually build up...

 

[Abel074]

I do my regular 5% water change either every 2 to 3 weeks. The following day I will do my testing. Calcium and alkalinity has been dropping.