who adds IRON to there sps tank?

[Hendersonracing]

who all adds IRON in to there tank??? seems here recently more & more people have added this???

[Hendersonracing]

also do you test for iron?? Salefert

[DrBDC]

There really isn't a useful test for iron but it's a very large range of safe levels. Here is an article on it:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/aug2002/chem.htm

I add it only to boost the growth of my cheato to help with my overfeeding and big fish.

[jeffbrig]

I dose iron periodically. My iron "test" is the color of my chaetomorpha. I have had issues with it not growing and turning yellow. Adding iron fixed both problems. If I notice it turning yellow again, I add a small amount of iron supplement. If it's green, I don't.

[Canarygirl]

I've dosed iron once or twice, trying to get a yellow-green coral to be more yellow and less green (iron supposedly can do that).

I stopped dosing iron though because I'm having nuisance algae issues and iron can make that situation worse.

[Hendersonracing]

Originally posted by DrBDC
There really isn't a useful test for iron but it's a very large range of safe levels. Here is an article on it:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/aug2002/chem.htm

I add it only to boost the growth of my cheato to help with my overfeeding and big fish.

great!!!! how much do you add???? and have you had any issues from dosing? I don't want to mess things up in the system!!

[Hendersonracing]

Originally posted by DrBDC
There really isn't a useful test for iron but it's a very large range of safe levels. Here is an article on it:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/aug2002/chem.htm

I add it only to boost the growth of my cheato to help with my overfeeding and big fish.

I have some big fish too & feed alot....How does your cheato grow?? mine is a pretty slow grower!

[RokleM]

Personally, I think you missed the two main groups you'll find:

e) Why would I add Iron?
f) I don't test and/or don't need to.

[bogg]

I do add it but on rare ocassions, only when everything is getting a washed out look. little goes a long way.

[DrBDC]

When I add I just give a quick "glug" of it. That's on about 350 gallons of water though. I'm no where near even the bottles regular dosing level and I probably only use 1 big bottle per year. If you go on a strict dosing schedule, test it though.

My cheato grows great but I have a 400 watt Iwasaki 6500 bulb hanging over a stock tank full.

I keep a fair amount of flow in there too. My main return pump is pulling about 1500 gallons/hour and I have a mjmod at the return area that blows at the intake for the return pump to help keep cheato from going in it. So that's about 3500 gph in a 110 gallon stock tank so ~34X turnover.

I pull and shake it around 2-3 times per week.

[Hendersonracing]

I don't shake mine afraid Id lose to many pods?

[five.five-six]

not on purpose, but it just gets out of my GFO reactor