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iron should it be added

#1 User is offline   ben 

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Posted 29 May 2008 - 03:07 PM

do any of you add it or do you think you should be? what are the benifits?
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Posted 29 May 2008 - 03:58 PM

I dose iron but in low levels it really does help to increase green acro's. You can tell if you have overdosed with yellow acro's as they develop a green tinge and algae growth continues
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Posted 29 May 2008 - 04:07 PM

do you test for it or just have a weekly amount you add?
is it only the green ones you notice or do you think it helps the others too?
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Posted 29 May 2008 - 04:56 PM

No i dont test for it, i normally judge by the look of the corals. With the Zeovit system you can alter the colours depending on the supplement. If i want to boost green then i use iron, if i want to enhance blue i use Pottassium iodine flouride etc.

It can brown out your corals also as it will increase the zooxanthallae also
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Posted 29 May 2008 - 05:30 PM

sounds like a risky addative
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Posted 29 May 2008 - 08:23 PM

It can really give you algae issues TBH Ben.
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Posted 30 May 2008 - 07:23 AM

cool , thanks for the warning
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