Quick Chemistry: Trace Elements in the Reef Aquarium

[@bearclawws]

Looks like you have a lot of very informative video's. I will be watching and learning as much as I can. Been collecting things to get started again after years of being out of the hobby. thanks for teaching and sharing.

[@Coralust]

Love this video and I will be definitely going to go through the rest. I do enjoy all the information you give. I subbed you and thank you for your work.

[@JaySdt]

A good friend of mine works in a medical laboratory. I have never thought about having him analyse my water samples. I think he might also like to know what my water composition is. Thank you for the insight.

[@jluusaltwateraquarium8320]

Super fantastic video ....

[@oscarlover131]

how was that nem spinning?

[@silkscorpion777]

BayAreaAquatics "This anemone just decided to detach and lift off one day. The flow in the tank kept it suspended for over an hour." posted below.

[@BigLungzMusic]

great video! very entertaining

[@carsonanderson89]

That anemone is gorgeous is it for sale on your website?

[@saltyfarms]

Hey Than does carbon remove those?

[@SirSexyRob]

what I still can't figure out is a reliable way to test and dose trace elements. Everyone says they are so important but how can I manage them? I know what I should keep my Ca, Mg, and Alk at... however where should my iodine and strontium be? and everything else? how do I know what dosing these will do to other elements?

[@dantruong2582]

Rob Miller sorry for the necro, but no one seems to have answered this one. The most reliable way is to use send a sample to a lab for testing. there are some labs that service hobby aquarist. However, more cost effective way is to use a digital tester like Hanna Checker. To manage it, you pick one or two trace elements, normally Iron, Iodine, or Potassium. You measure each week till you have at trend line, then you dose trace as whole based on that consumption. Then once or twice a year, you lab test to see it anything built up or, like me, do a massive water change to rest the system.

[@santamonicahelpassistant418]

Very informative video. So the lesson I take from this is to test and make sure I don't have too much of one thing? would you say that's the lesson here?

[@AdvancedReefing]

Yes. You definitely do not want to overdose anything.

[@santamonicahelpassistant418]

great thanks!

[@landshark760]

so hate to be more interested in the video than the content but since your so good at filming hopefully that's a compliment. so my question is: how did you get it to spin???

[@AdvancedReefing]

This anemone just decided to detach and lift off one day. The flow in the tank kept it suspended for over an hour.

[@GENISIS1TWENTYONE]

great info

[@ReeferGil]

Than another great video! I have to say, after I started dosing trace elements, my coral coloration popped! I don't test trace elements, but rather I just visual watch for a reaction (good or bad). Not the best way to do it, but testing some of these is a pain in the butt. I dosed 1/2 the recommended dosage and increased it little by little after a couple of months till I got to the recommended dosages.

[@tristanbeligan6242]

Was that an anemone spinning?

[@jakecarpenter8209]

What is the coral spinning. How are you getting it to spin like that?

[@muffemod]

throw em up on the 22s

[@popmon2468]

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