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Absolutely!
Here’s one of my main sources:
OMG are you suggesting to not run a sterile tank???????????????
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Absolutely!
Here’s one of my main sources:
I’ll probly go to a tide pool for some sand , they are so many nems / hermits and other things. The nems are out of water for hours at a time and look like rocks lol they squirt water at you if you touch themThe mud where I collect fish and peps has the most life in between the jetty’s. However, it probably has the most pests too.
If I can keep Vermetid snails out.....OMG are you suggesting to not run a sterile tank???????????????
You're on the Pacific. Hawaii shares the same water. I'd collect there before I would here. It is possible to get some contaminates, but I've been collecting for years and a couple friends of mine and none of us have had issues. I haven't had anything crazy pop up on ICP yet. I try to collect where there's the least amount of people swimming or hanging around. Of course there's ships delivering into our port, but so far I've been lucky.I’ll probly go to a tide pool for some sand , they are so many nems / hermits and other things. The nems are out of water for hours at a time and look like rocks lol they squirt water at you if you touch them
I never quarantine. I don't dip corals, never had Vermetid snails. I don't run UV. I'm not going to run a sterile tank. I don't have a lid on my tank. I'm aux naturale. Healthy fish and corals have I.If I can keep Vermetid snails out.....
You have a pic of the tank?I never quarantine. I don't dip corals, never had Vermetid snails. I don't run UV. I'm not going to run a sterile tank. I don't have a lid on my tank. I'm aux naturale. Healthy fish and corals have I.
I see a Vermentid!
All joking aside, good looking tank and corals!
Might be. I'm not infested with them though.Sir may I ask what this is on the rock. ;Hilarious
What’s your primary method of supplementation?Might be. I'm not infested with them though.
Moonshiners. Calcium reactor. I dose iodine daily along with manganese. I dose cobalt, iron and chromium weekly. Only because it calls for such a low dose. .1 ml each Sunday. What ICP test calls for I dose according to the moonshiners calculator. Nothing more...... Nothing less.What’s your primary method of supplementation?
Nano/Pump version on the Cobalt, Iron, Manganese, Chromium, elements?Moonshiners. Calcium reactor. I dose iodine daily along with manganese. I dose cobalt, iron and chromium weekly. Only because it calls for such a low dose. .1 ml each Sunday. What ICP test calls for I dose according to the moonshiners calculator. Nothing more...... Nothing less.
I run a Calcium Reactor too. This goes back to what I was saying earlier. A CaRx isn’t the be all end all solution to dosing a reef tank like many people think. It definitely adds back more than most 2-part dosing, but there’s still elements that will be low or become depleted.Moonshiners. Calcium reactor. I dose iodine daily along with manganese. I dose cobalt, iron and chromium weekly. Only because it calls for such a low dose. .1 ml each Sunday. What ICP test calls for I dose according to the moonshiners calculator. Nothing more...... Nothing less.
Calcium high because the salt?Nitrates.....4
Phosphate....... 08
I try to keep my alk at....7-7.5
Calcium always runs a little high....around 450
Magnesium around 1300
I do keep strontium a touch higher.
Potassium I find is a key also. I adjust as the ICP results show. Sometimes add that before the test results come in.