LPS steps by steps start up

[nivlahog]

Anyone can help to list down the steps and items for beginner? How to maintain calcium, mg, kh without going expensive equipment?

Maybe can provide any link or topic regard to this.

[kareen]

Anyone can help to list down the steps and items for beginner? How to maintain calcium, mg, kh without going expensive equipment?

Maybe can provide any link or topic regard to this.

1) Get a good salt mix (corallife etc) and do routine 10 to 20% partial water change every bi-weekly or montly. Take care of water parameter without hassle...

2) Keep fish load as little as possible. Fish tend to disturb the coral and hence spell some trouble...

3) Some wavemaker for circulation... key point, LPS do not need strong wave...

If you can fulfill these simple steps, ur corals should be alright... Do not temper with additives for CA, MG, KH... very often the noobies tip the scale and cause disaster.... remember it is easy to push up the values and MUCH, MUCH harder to push down the value especially in ionic balance manner.... leave these to the salt mix manufacturer...

[yongshun]

a gd salt u can consider using will be TM pro reef salt

[mecedesfish]

a gd salt u can consider using will be TM pro reef salt

Bro yongshun,

i will try to buy TM pro reef salt since i have run out of salt mix.

Anywhere can get cheaper than $135?

Thanks

[nivlahog]

1) Get a good salt mix (corallife etc) and do routine 10 to 20% partial water change every bi-weekly or montly. Take care of water parameter without hassle...

2) Keep fish load as little as possible. Fish tend to disturb the coral and hence spell some trouble...

3) Some wavemaker for circulation... key point, LPS do not need strong wave...

If you can fulfill these simple steps, ur corals should be alright... Do not temper with additives for CA, MG, KH... very often the noobies tip the scale and cause disaster.... remember it is easy to push up the values and MUCH, MUCH harder to push down the value especially in ionic balance manner.... leave these to the salt mix manufacturer...

Do you mean if i do water change regularly, I dont need to buy those additives for CA, MG etc....I am using ME rite now. So all I need to do is to provide them light, food rite?

[boxerz]

Do you mean if i do water change regularly, I dont need to buy those additives for CA, MG etc....I am using ME rite now. So all I need to do is to provide them light, food rite?

Yes for low coral quantity. When the corals get larger or there are more, they will consume more CA and kH. These will start to drop and doing water changes to keep replacing the lost element becomes non-practical.

IMO, ME is a rather good product but the downside is that the trace elements are not pre-mixed, they come in separate bottle. therefore, when doing water changes you need to know adjust how much to add (if you are not using the entire pack of salt)