Softies....dosing or no dosing?

[ichthyogeek]

Do soft corals need dosing of extra elements? I know that LPS/SPS need lots of carbonates, calcium, and magnesium, but unless the spicules are massive, I can't really see soft corals having that much of an issue with regular Instant Ocean and water changes, in addition to fish waste.

 

[Jovany Coronado]

This is a good question. I dose regardless to keep my parameters up to par. But I would assume they would need all the trace elements and stuff

 

[4tanks]

If your testing for calcium and kh and magnesium and they are low then yes if they are stable and your water changes are keeping up with them then no. I have a large hammer an elegance a smaller hammer some Duncans a couple of softies and a red plate monti if anything my calcium is high and I don't have to dose my water changes are keeping up so you need to be testing
I'd say no if softies only

 

[ichthyogeek]

Oh, this is more of a planning question than anything. I don't have LPS/SPS at the moment, but was curious if an all softy tank needed to get anything extra.

 

[andrewey]

When I've run softy tanks, I never dosed alk/cal/mag, beyond what was available in my weekly water changes.