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Is that regular actinic from bio cube or led moonlights
Regular Coralife Acitinic bulb. That bulb can make some corals look pretty good under it. I was thinking of adding a LED strip to run during the day with the 10K and Acitinic to promote coral growth, but we will see.
Semper were you dosing your biocube with anything or feeding your candy cane anything on a weekly basis?
Earlier this week I picked up Kent Nano Reef Part A & B. Added about 3/4 of the recommended dose and within half a day my candy cane heads were twice as big as they were previously and were BEAUTIFUL under my acitinic bulb.
I don't want to get my parameters all out of whack, so I think I'll just dose the tank once a month during that weeks water change. I only have that one coral in the tank other than the polyps and can't justify spending $60-80 on a test kit just yet.
You may get blasted shortly by serious reefkeepers. One of the mantras is that you should not dose anything that you are not testing for.
Personally, I think Kent Nano A & B are easy and safe enough, just do not exceed the recommendation while keeping in mind that if you have a "28g nano" there may only be 20gallons of saltwater if you minus the rocks and the sand. Also, keep up your weekly water changes should help keep it in safe levels without testing. In general, corals respond very well to Ca and KH. Kent Nano A&B adds other minor trace elements to help.
I know you say that you were dosing monthly, but If you get tired of daily dosing with kent nano daily, I would recommend trying Seachem's reef complete--only need to dose 2x / week to maintain Ca, Mg, and Strontium levels (main stuff in nano A). I also use KH buffer by seachem (main stuff in nano B) that doesn't require daily dosing. Then, dose weekly with essential elements. (but, note Nano A&B has traces of more extra stuff)
Earlier this week I picked up Kent Nano Reef Part A & B. Added about 3/4 of the recommended dose and within half a day my candy cane heads were twice as big as they were previously and were BEAUTIFUL under my acitinic bulb.
I don't want to get my parameters all out of whack, so I think I'll just dose the tank once a month during that weeks water change. I only have that one coral in the tank other than the polyps and can't justify spending $60-80 on a test kit just yet.
You may get blasted shortly by serious reefkeepers. One of the mantras is that you should not dose anything that you are not testing for.
Personally, I think Kent Nano A & B are easy and safe enough, just do not exceed the recommendation while keeping in mind that if you have a "28g nano" there may only be 20gallons of saltwater if you minus the rocks and the sand. Also, keep up your weekly water changes should help keep it in safe levels without testing. In general, corals respond very well to Ca and KH. Kent Nano A&B adds other minor trace elements to help.
I know you say that you were dosing monthly, but If you get tired of daily dosing with kent nano daily, I would recommend trying Seachem's reef complete--only need to dose 2x / week to maintain Ca, Mg, and Strontium levels (main stuff in nano A). I also use KH buffer by seachem (main stuff in nano B) that doesn't require daily dosing. Then, dose weekly with essential elements. (but, note Nano A&B has traces of more extra stuff)
-KyleH
I dose about 75% of the recommended dose for 20ish gallons. I have a 29G biocube. Once I add a few more corals, or the next one, I'll invest in a quality test kit. I know prolonged dosing without testing will eventually end in disaster.
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