catmel
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I was wondering how many of you add some sort of suppliment to your tank and what it may be? I add calcium every once in a while ( when tests show its getting low). I know some people i've heard add trace elements and such.. but I'm wondering if it does anything?
I try and do pwc once a week. usually 10-20 gallons ( I have a 55 gal tank). Ive added on a HOB fuge with algae and its finally ( though I still have a bit of hair algae growing) getting things under control better.. I have less hair algae than I did before.
I have some coraline.. only part of it is purple. Coraline on pumps , some small amt on rock is purple, the rest on the aquarium is green. My corals seem happy, but they're not growing.. still. I'm wondering what I should do. I didnt know if suppliments would help at all to help them grow better. I'm wondering if my nitrate was too high before and may have inhibited coral growth.
with my current situation ( see below) should I add a suppliemt ( trace elements, coral accell etc) ? or is something still out of wack with my water you think?
green star polyps and watermellon mushrooms
2 x 96 watt pc 50/50 bulbs
0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, about 10 or less nitrate( hard to read) - was closer to 20 before improvements trace phospate ( less than 0.1 ppm) calcium about 400-420ppm, ph 8.4 roughly, salinity 1.023, temp 78
I try and do pwc once a week. usually 10-20 gallons ( I have a 55 gal tank). Ive added on a HOB fuge with algae and its finally ( though I still have a bit of hair algae growing) getting things under control better.. I have less hair algae than I did before.
I have some coraline.. only part of it is purple. Coraline on pumps , some small amt on rock is purple, the rest on the aquarium is green. My corals seem happy, but they're not growing.. still. I'm wondering what I should do. I didnt know if suppliments would help at all to help them grow better. I'm wondering if my nitrate was too high before and may have inhibited coral growth.
with my current situation ( see below) should I add a suppliemt ( trace elements, coral accell etc) ? or is something still out of wack with my water you think?
green star polyps and watermellon mushrooms
2 x 96 watt pc 50/50 bulbs
0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, about 10 or less nitrate( hard to read) - was closer to 20 before improvements trace phospate ( less than 0.1 ppm) calcium about 400-420ppm, ph 8.4 roughly, salinity 1.023, temp 78