Randy's Elements to Dose

[Anxur]

Hello @Randy Holmes-Farley

What do you think about the elements they used to produce these products?

Boron: E284 Boric Acid Solution
Potassium: E508
Strontium: Strontium Chloride
Iron: Iron Citrate E330
Manganese: mangan sulphate
Iodine: potassium iodide

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Those chemical forms are ok, though I’m not sure I’d use a calcium strontium mixture for strontium

I don’t believe the claims attributed to the elements, and I’m not convinced strontium is useful for most tanks. :)

 

[Anxur]

Those chemical forms are ok, though I’m not sure I’d use a calcium strontium mixture for strontium

I don’t believe the claims attributed to the elements, and I’m not convinced strontium is useful for most tanks. :)

I believe the bottle contains only strontium. Right?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Yes. Sorry, I misread one of your bottle pictures as already being a mix instead of a description of what could be made from it. .

 

[Michael Hughes]

@Randy Holmes-Farley This is a fascinating read!

I'm curious to hear your thoughts on using Ecosystem Aquarium's Miracle Mud for supplying trace elements as a sort of lazy approach to adding some elements this way (instead of none at all).

Let's go on the naive assumption that it's probably beneficial to include in a system. To what extent are trace elements in a sediment like this (in a refugium) likely to become bioavailable to organisms in the display as opposed to remaining "stuck" to the sediment particles themselves?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

@Randy Holmes-Farley This is a fascinating read!

I'm curious to hear your thoughts on using Ecosystem Aquarium's Miracle Mud for supplying trace elements as a sort of lazy approach to adding some elements this way (instead of none at all).

Let's go on the naive assumption that it's probably beneficial to include in a system. To what extent are trace elements in a sediment like this (in a refugium) likely to become bioavailable to organisms in the display as opposed to remaining "stuck" to the sediment particles themselves?

There are a lot of unknowns about what is added and how much. I personally would not use a product like this for purposes of adding trace elements.