Trace element supplements?

[charlieborg]

Was thinking about adding some of these along with my weekly water changes. I don't have many hard corals as of yet, but would like to add more later. I was thinking of using CombiSan,Kent Marine Essential Elements,and maybe Reef Plus. What's your thought?

 

[darth reefer]

If you don't have a lot of coral in there soaking them up you should be fine on trace minerals just by doing water changes.

 

[ralph atl]

definitely not!

with few exceptions, add only what you test for! Get a great reef salt and change a bunch weekly!

 

[heathlindner25]

mysterybox;857327 wrote: definitely not!

with few exceptions, add only what you test for! Get a great reef salt and change a bunch weekly!

I like the way you think...lol

 

[nickg]

If you add to much you will only fuel algae growth. If you use good salt and frequent water changes, you should be fine. Just my opinion, and you know what they say about opinions...

 

[jeffmuse]

nickg;857359 wrote: If you add to much you will only fuel algae growth. If you use good salt and frequent water changes, you should be fine. Just my opinion, and you know what they say about opinions...

I use Aqua Vitro Fuel, but does is sparingly... I noticed a spike in algae growth when I used it multiple times per week.

 

[snowmansnow]

I've been using the RedSea line of trace elements for about 4 months, and my sps corals have actually regained some color they had previously lost.

That being said... for some reason..my sps corals grow pretty rapidly and they soak up stuff quickly.

B

 

[saltloco]

I dose aquavitro fuel for growth. That's it tho.