Supplement questions

I recently purchased some yellow polyps, pulsing Xenia, and some ricordea. For supplants would the seachem reef fusion 1&2 work and magnesium or should I go a different route

 

Softies dont really need any supplements.

 

+1,a good quality salt mix should have everything you need

 

Need to test for your current values of Ca/Alk/Mag and see if you truly need to dose any products. Soft corals are much less demanding, so much so that water changes with a quality salt mix should be sufficient. If you are not routinely testing the big 3 and are not deficient in those values I would not dose.

Congrats on the new stuff.

 

Unless regular testing with good test kits (Salifert, Elos, the new Red Sea high end kits etc., not API liquid kits which are for the basics and beginners) indicate you have a demand for a certain supplement and you know this supplement is actually being consumed and is needed for good growth, don't add anything to your tank period. Regular small water changes should provide everything you need and at the correct levels for a long time to come. Softies don't require much of anything and can live in some pretty nasty water conditions compared to LPS and SPS stony corals.

Concentrate on the basics like regular water changes, flow and lighting and leav the supplements on the shelf exactly where most of them belong. One day in the far distant future testing may show you have a demand and at that time you will add ONLY what is needed like calcium, alkalinity or magnesium, and individually in the correct amounts not in a "one size fits all miracle potion" in a bottle with who knows what mixed in it and at unknown amounts.

 

Thank you for all the responds!! Adding some more corals tomorrow any ideas!?

 

Some zoas or a leather of some kind might be good choices and add some color.Where in jersey are you located?

 

Yes.
Patience.
Slow down and add things one at a time, waiting days or weeks between each addition to monitor your system. Look for signs of pests, corals not friendly with each other and other changes. When you add multiple things in a short period of time you are not able to establish a timeline and have no idea which thing is causing problems.

Your tank needs time to stabilize between additions, especially things like fish that add a huge bioload or a small contained system, a glass box full of water. Your bacteria need to catch up, the initial cycle is just that, bacteria multiply according to the load placed on them, change that load and they need to adapt. Corals will place a demand on calcium, alkalinity and magnesium as well as other trace elements contained in a good salt mix so you need to monitor those levels over time to determine when and if you will need to dose or if your water changes are keeping up.

Only bad things happen quickly in the reef hobby, all good things take time. Take your time, use only RO/DI water and a good salt mix and stay away from additional supplements or additives until regular testing shows it may be necessary because water changes are not keeping up. It will pay off in the end guaranteed.

 

Sussex county

 

Your right ill slow it down!!!