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  1. 1. Which brand of trace elements do you use / recommend?

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i was not aware sea chem has trace elements thanks for the input so how's the results with sea chem?...colour booster? i heard the aquaz trace element is similar to zeobak....brings colours to an a

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I use Redsea/Seacham supplements

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Me changing 20% every week without fail.Thats coz I don't run my skimmer liao.

that's risky! :lol:

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I'm changing 5% everyweek and I find that it is good enough. I have a 100 gallon tank so 5 gallon water change every week using the red pail. Stop the skimmer and let the excess water flow into the sump and just suck from the sump or the main tank. I don't switch off any of my return pumps, so no problem with forgetting to on chiller later. :lol: Clean the skimmer cup and off we go. However reefers with bigger tanks or very small sump will have problem doing it this way. You will have no choice but to switch of your pumps. If you change 5% only, you must be hardworking and change every week in order for the water change to be effective. Cannot skive. B)

Run a good skimmer, suitable in comparison with your livestock. You don't have to overkill your skimmer if your LS do not need such low nutrient water.

I feel that water change is more for replenishing the trace elements on top of reducing NO3, PO4 etc. I have undetectable NO3 and PO4 but still do weekly water change to replenish the trace elements. Major elements such as Ca, Mg and Alk need weekly monitoring, sometimes water change not enough to replenish them so dosing or a well tuned CR is required. Also suggest test your major elements weekly. Use RO/DI or distilled water for water change so as not to introduce unwanted components into your tank. Untreated tap water can be troublesome.

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I'm changing 5% everyweek and I find that it is good enough. I have a 100 gallon tank so 5 gallon water change every week using the red pail. Stop the skimmer and let the excess water flow into the sump and just suck from the sump or the main tank. I don't switch off any of my return pumps, so no problem with forgetting to on chiller later. :lol: Clean the skimmer cup and off we go. However reefers with bigger tanks or very small sump will have problem doing it this way. You will have no choice but to switch of your pumps. If you change 5% only, you must be hardworking and change every week in order for the water change to be effective. Cannot skive. B)

Run a good skimmer, suitable in comparison with your livestock. You don't have to overkill your skimmer if your LS do not need such low nutrient water.

I feel that water change is more for replenishing the trace elements on top of reducing NO3, PO4 etc. I have undetectable NO3 and PO4 but still do weekly water change to replenish the trace elements. Major elements such as Ca, Mg and Alk need weekly monitoring, sometimes water change not enough to replenish them so dosing or a well tuned CR is required. Also suggest test your major elements weekly. Use RO/DI or distilled water for water change so as not to introduce unwanted components into your tank. Untreated tap water can be troublesome.

thanks scarab for your input

thanks VERY VERY much! :)

i will take this advice well. :)

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hm..i have this bottle of Seachem..don't know if its the correct trace element lei...it states there flourish trace:trace elements for the planted aquarium...me last time use it to keep freshwater plants..can it be used too?

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Hi I am new here, had been using kent and it seems no much result. Also do a 10% water change bi-weekly. I am using fan and water evaporation is high so top up about 4 litres a day. My tank is 4x2x2.5, 150g, and top up with RO water, even i do a 10% weekly, RO water does not contain minerals. So what is the best advise?

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Hi I am new here, had been using kent and it seems no much result. Also do a 10% water change bi-weekly. I am using fan and water evaporation is high so top up about 4 litres a day. My tank is 4x2x2.5, 150g, and top up with RO water, even i do a 10% weekly, RO water does not contain minerals. So what is the best advise?

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Firstly, consider using a chiller to keep your temperature more stable. You tank not small so to maintain temp using fan will have very high evaporation rate.

Secondly, the trace elements come from your salt not from your RO water. So when you do water change the replenishing of trace elements is due to your salt you mix into the water you change. Topping up water with RO has no trace elements, purely water (H2O), nothing else.

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Just bought a beckett skimmer and FR, now no budget to buy chiller. The electric bill will make my wife :angry:

Since topping with RO, have to add trace element weekly. If change water bi-weekly about 10% can I stop dosing. Taking in consideration of using RO daily

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Bro, don't understand your 'have to add trace element weekly' . How do you know you have to add? You test for trace elements?

You top up water to cater for evaporation. Depletion of trace elements depend on your coral take up. Both of these are totally not connected. Your water evaporate, doesn't mean your trace elements also evaporate bro.

Really suggest you don't dose anymore trace elements as since you can't test for it, you won't know how much is enough. Your weekly 10% water change should take care of the trace elements replenishment.

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I will stop adding trace element immediately. Tks scarab for your timely adviced. 1 question to ask, if I change water weekly or the most bi-weekly on 10%, will the corals had enough elements?

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Suggest you pay more attention to the major elements like Calcium and Alkalinity (kH) and maybe Magnesium. Don't worry too much about trace elements. You know what are the levels of Ca and Alk to keep, right?

10% water change very good already, even fornightly. I know a lot of reefers don't even change water for months.... :lol::lol: ........ but to each his own. Everyone have their own prefered reefing method when it comes to water change.. :peace:

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sorry newbie here.. can pm me what is RO/DI or distilled water. water left overnight is called what?

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bro. where can buy those vit. i looking for it ? :thanks:

you can try petmart. i used to buy those from them until i switch to selcon and kent's zoe from RD. the 2 forms a great team.

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