help anyone

can i know which are the suppliments to get if i want one of these corals

button polyp.
colony polyp.
yellow colony polyp.
hairy mushroom coral.
green fluorescent mushroom.
regular pumping xenia.
kenya tree coral.
toadstool mushroom leather coral.

and what measurements should i take to ensure a long lived life

Jake, do think it matters what form the iodine is in (I2, I-, IO3-)?

**So watch the dosing of this and dont get to ambitious with it

so how much should i add in ? i've a 16 g tank. 3 chromis. 1 neon blue. i should probably get one or two of the above mentioned. so approx. how much should i add. and i heard about calcium and calcium reactor is essential for these corals. so should i include those in my shopping cart ?

nottinainthere wrote: and what measurements should i take to ensure a long lived life

If you are very new to this hobby, you might have a hard time getting a straight answer on this message board.  Everybody does their tank a little different.  Some people do water changes every week and add supliments every night while other just add tap water and some salt once in a while.

Here is what I have picked up during my short sojourn in the hobby.  For the coral you listed you really don't need to do anything except keep all the measurements as constant as possible.  But if you want to do everything possible.... if you want the best.  Well then there is just one simple rule.  Make your tank conditions as close to the ocean as possible.

I just did a search for ideal water parameters in a reef tank and found this link http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/waterquality/l/bltkitchartr eef.htm  maybe it will give you some definative answers.

Good luck.

Thanks for replying Jake.  I'm not an expert either.  I like to know what others are doing and why.  How much do you add in what size tank with what kind of corals/algae?  And what benefits do you attribute to this?  Do you test your water for iodine?

Mark Peterson wrote: I'm assuming you use Aragonite substrate.

thanks your help is really appreciated. this is the only forum that answer my questions enthusiasticly. thanks alot

Marcus,

You just said exactly what I was going to say.  Thought I too better go back and read again. 

nottinainthere- can you please tell us about your lighting one more time.  I'm not sure I understood what you just said.  If you are using one flourescent freshwater light, then I'm sure you will get replies here.  Is that what you just said?

Adam

OK, here it goes.  I have a 25 gallon tank with a 10 gallon sump/refugia.  I have had experience with small tanks and large tanks both commercially and personally.

I would add B-Ionic everyday.  This would help stabilize your pH and add crucial trace elements.  Especially since you do not have anything helping to keep your pH up at night.  Iodine is a great additive as well.  Your light bulbs may be too old to put out the proper color temp of light needed for these corals to grow.  They will grow under under temp of light but may or not gain the color and growth rate that you want.  Did you already state how many bulbs you had on the tank?  If not, how many?  What type of bulbs?  How much live rock?  Are you still using the under gravel filter from the fresh water tank?  What are you using for mechanical filtration?  Is the only thing that has died a neon blue goby?  If so, get used to it, fish die.  Hopefully, some day we as hobbyists can figure out the perfect environment to keep fish alive fo decades as they do in the wild.  Calcium is essential for both fish and corals, but the corals that you have to do warrant the expense of a reactor.  That is not to say that it would not help, but they are very touchy, especially with a small tank.