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dobbs
08/17/2006, 03:03 PM
Hello all,

I'm starting to acquire a nice collection of corals. I just want to make sure that I'm testing and dosing for everything I should be.

If I'm missing a test kit or two - what brand/kit would you recommend?
If I'm missing an additive or two - what brand/kit would you recommend?

I do not have any dosing or dripping units.

I add Kalk to my RO/DI top off water.
I just started to add Seachem's Reef Builder (per Ed at OD)
I do a 7 gallon WC every week w/Reef Crystals & RO/DI

I currently test for..
Alk
dkh
Ca
Amonia
PH
Salinity
Nitrate
Nitrite

My current coral collection consists of the following...

Green Milli Acro (mtfatwork)
Bali tricolor Acro (mtfatwork)
Unknown tricolor Acro (mtfatwork)
Pavona (mtfatwork)
Pink Montipora Digitata (mtfatwork)
Orange/brown Zoanthids (mtfatwork)
Ultra purple Formosa (Graham)
Purple plating Monti w/bright purple polyps (Graham)
Frogspawn (Graham)
Green plating Monti w/purple polyps (Graham)
Multicolored teal Acro (Graham)
Purple tip Stag (Graham)
True blue Zoanthids (Graham)
Granulosa Acro (Graham)
Yellow Turbinaria (Graham)

Hot pink Milli (Clownnut) - P/U tonight 08/17
Yellow Milli (Clownnut) - P/U tonight 08/17

Plus an unknown premiun frag pack from Troy (Stuckey_T) P/U tonight 08/17...It's just like Xmas :) ;) .

Thanks again,
Dave

meschaefer
08/17/2006, 04:10 PM
The only other thing that I test for is Magnesium. The only thing I dose, is kalk water as my top off.

Maxxumless
08/17/2006, 05:22 PM
You can go to the SPS forum to get details on what people do to keep SPS.