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View Poll Results: who adds Iron to there SPS tank??? | |||
I use IRON all the time I love it | 7 | 18.92% | |
I use IRON sometimes | 13 | 35.14% | |
I never use IRON it causes problems | 12 | 32.43% | |
Im not sure? | 5 | 13.51% | |
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who adds IRON to there sps tank?
who all adds IRON in to there tank??? seems here recently more & more people have added this???
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also do you test for iron?? Salefert
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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I have some big fish too & feed alot....How does your cheato grow?? mine is a pretty slow grower!
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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.
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I do add it but on rare ocassions, only when everything is getting a washed out look. little goes a long way.
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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.
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I don't shake mine afraid Id lose to many pods?
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not on purpose, but it just gets out of my GFO reactor
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