a few things to ask

[Lawnmower Blenn]

-1- whats should i be feeding soft coral i do the mag alk and cal so the coraline will grow should i be adding any thing else?


-2- how much flow do sps need if i add sps down the road and what do thay eat ?


-3- can you do sps lps and softies all in one tank ?


-4- i use io salt should i change salts? or is io on for softies or do i need more i will be doing sps and lps down the road .




thanks so much

[kfisc]

1) Depending on the soft coral (some, such as xenia, don't require spot feeding) Cyclopeeze, finely minced silversides, shrimp, other meaty foods, but sparingly, and I rinse it in tank water to rid it of phospates through a strainer and then use a turky baster to spot feed. A two-part such as B-Ionic could easily be all you need; don't get schnookered into adding a bunch of stuff.

2) SPS require lots of flow, lps and soft corals less so, they eat more/less the same, depending on species.

3)I sure wouldn't, soft corals especially will wage chemical war and make keeping SPS especially difficult/impossible; it's great fun to have a mixed reef, and many do very successfully, but better for the animals to keep them species-oriented as possible,

4) IO is just fine, but a matter of endless debate. Always test your parameters; they all have different base levels.

[Lawnmower Blenn]

thanks so much for the info is this Cyclopeeze what thay make it out to be at $ 12.99 a can i was going to try it so the trace elm and all that coral vite is a wast of money?

[kfisc]

Cyclopeeze is worth it, but the trick is to use it sparingly, and turn off the pumps/return in your tank or it will all end up in your skimmer.

Regular water changes with a good salt mix like IO and keeping your CA/Alk in check with a two-part is all you need. Good luck!

[Lawnmower Blenn]

thanks so much for all the great info