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My take, would be to just stick with water changes, no dosing on a newer tank, and I would get more rocks. What is the flow, if not addressed?
Edit: My tank has been doing awesome. I run this strategy currently:
Water-changes every 2-3 weeks, but 20% or so
Heavy filtration and low bio-load (Algae scrubber, Ozone, UV, 400g rated skimmer for 140g tank, filter socks, lots of rock, lots of flow, bare bottom
I don’t dose because I don’t test my water. If my corals don’t have the polyp extension I’m use to seeing, I do a water-change.
I tested Calcium one time this year, and it was 440-450 about a week after a water-change.
I had Kalkwasser in my ATO reservoir but saw no changes so I stopped using it.
I think there are “scientific” approaches to keeping a reef, as well as methods of using common practices and watching and taking a reactionary approach based on what the tank inhabitants do.
I think I will actually start this as a new tooic also, to see if anyone else does this, or if I’m just crazy/lazy
Edit: My tank has been doing awesome. I run this strategy currently:
Water-changes every 2-3 weeks, but 20% or so
Heavy filtration and low bio-load (Algae scrubber, Ozone, UV, 400g rated skimmer for 140g tank, filter socks, lots of rock, lots of flow, bare bottom
I don’t dose because I don’t test my water. If my corals don’t have the polyp extension I’m use to seeing, I do a water-change.
I tested Calcium one time this year, and it was 440-450 about a week after a water-change.
I had Kalkwasser in my ATO reservoir but saw no changes so I stopped using it.
I think there are “scientific” approaches to keeping a reef, as well as methods of using common practices and watching and taking a reactionary approach based on what the tank inhabitants do.
I think I will actually start this as a new tooic also, to see if anyone else does this, or if I’m just crazy/lazy
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