strontium

[roka64]

I have been looking at corals and some of them require strontium, is this something that can be replenished in PWCs or is it a suppliment that needs to be added to the water? Sorry for all the coral questions but I am taking the plunge into reefing (I never thought I would say that)!

 

[melosu58]

Congrats on the plunge. I knew you would be saying it sooner or later LOL. Strontium is a trace element that is covered with frequent PWC`s. I cant speak for SPS corals but my soft and LPS corals have done great with no supplements and only PWC`s.

 

[roka64]

Ok, cool. I was reading up on the test kit and the drs site said the old tests used to take up to an hour to complete!

 

[tecwzrd]

petstore.com has instructions for the Salifert Strontium Test Kit and says it takes 12-15 minutes but is a fairly time consuming process.

Unless you have a heavy SPS load depleting Strontium/calcium I think regular pwc should be enough to maintain it. A lot of the foods we feed also have trace amounts of Strontium so more then likely it's higher than nsw anyways. (7 - 9 mg/L)

 

[roka64]

Cool, that's kind of what I figured, I just wanted to be safe and informed.

 

[schulze]

Kent Marine has a Strontium & Molybdenum supplement that I use in my tank.

 

[melosu58]

Kent Marine has a Strontium & Molybdenum supplement that I use in my tank.

What do you have in your tank that you have to dose for?

 

[schulze]

Kent Marine has a Strontium & Molybdenum supplement that I use in my tank.

What do you have in your tank that you have to dose for?

After replumbing my tank I had a problem where some polyps were falling off the rock they attached to and I read somewhere that strontium will help with that. I also bought a turbinaria that was in bad shape so i supplemented that for a while to help with its skeleton and with my trial of sps, which is going well.

I also read that it might help with coralline, but it hasnt seemed to work.

I dont dose very often and am actually slowing stoping becuase it is possible for strontium to be toxic in the aquarium if over used.

 

[melosu58]

I dont dose very often and am actually slowing stoping becuase it is possible for strontium to be toxic in the aquarium if over used.

Thats why it`s important to test first to see if you need it. Ok thanks for the answer.