Am I overdosing elements ?

I wouldnt add anything your not testing for. Testing for the vital elements will tell you if your overdosed or not.

 

exactly what i was about to say testing should always be used when dosing

 

you know if it wasent that I have seen a visual difrence from using this product but besids a nitrate problim i had thats gone now i havent even lost a fish in 6 months my corals doubblded there size I just dont know

 

were are just giving you guesses based on are expierences and what we have read. to really now if your over dosing you must test.
theres is quite a bunch of reefers out there that don't believe in dosing, just quality salt mix and frequent water changes.

 

tell you what i neaver even thaut about it till i read all that s**t i was putting in my water thats why i posted today but they dont have test kits for all of them I mean i would neaver thaught i was putting gold silver and tin in my water

 

personally i don't dose but i have in the past. for trace element i would just do water changes, and i would only dose the macro elements like cal mag, strontium, etc. the macro's you can find seperately.

 

Like the C+ 3 product i mentionded above that all I used for a will till the guy at the pet store talked me into this marine trace stuf well im going to need more test list that was the oblivius anwser but thank you for the input

 

The way I see about dosing is as follows, and is my opinion,
The only time to dose is when your tank is over stocked and the WC are not enough. In other words, the corals are consuming alot in between the WC. OR you dont do regular WC and need to keep the elements up. I myself dose extra Mag, Cal and Dkh b/c Im not doing reg. WC as I used to and I have alot of corals. If you only have fish, WC are enough, even if you had some corals. Luna

 

Amen!

Never just go off a bottle and start adding chemicals to a tank. You should test and then if you need the elements then add, if not then leave it alone. This is most of the problem people have before they crash their tank. I never add anything unless I test and know I need it. Once you have let the tank run a while you will learn how it runs because no two tanks are the same.

The only things I put in my tank without testing for is Essential Elements, & Strontium every two weeks because I don't do water changes.

 

well im alittle lazy on the water changes and have fish and some coral but plan on getting more thanks Luna for the post and others as well