kjord97
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
So hear i am talkin to my buddy at the LFS here in virgina. I ask him, how does his pom pom's xenia and all his leathers grow so fast and spread? I mean his saltwater show reef tank at the store is very beautiful, everything grows so fast and is so healthy. He said it is all about the way you dose your chemicals, and add your freshwater. Stated that xenia's will slow there growth down alot when there is a big change in salinaty if freshwater is added to fast. I told him about every 3 days i just dump a gallon of freshwater slowly over a powerhead. I here that is not good. I also asked about how he added chemicals. I told him i added my chemicals, ie. calcium, iodine, etc, by filling cap and dumpin slowly over powerhead every few days as needed. that is if you use liquid chemicals like i do. He said big no no again. Told me to get or make an aqua doser. Also to switch to powder chemicals, all i would need is calk and strotium. He said alternate them every week, calk one week and strotium the next. Also i can use the aqua drip to refil my tank everyday with freshwater. Told me to try it for a month, and i would see a wonderful difference. I was just cuiour how you guys add your chem's and do your freshwater adds. I know someone in our club has POM POM's in there nano, and they spread like crazy, i have the same POM POM's but they have only branched 2 or 3 times. Please let me know, and i am going to try the aqua doser way and see how it goes.