Don’t Dose Me Bro!

I’ve been running into a lot of saltwater tank owners recently who are having phosphate and nuissance algae issues. When I ask them what they are dosing their tank with, I usually get a laundry list of additives and supplements all that are supposed to be benefitting their tank.

My advice to them is simple – STOP!

I’m a strong believer that less is more and this especially holds true in the salt water tank world. Your tanks is not the ocean, so whatever you put in your tank can’t get it out unless you do a water change. So as you add more and more additives and supplements to your tank, they have no where to go so they end up feeding nuissance algae and fueling phosphates.

The simple solution is to stop dosing your tank. Other than kalk, calcium, magnesium, alkanity and iodine, our tanks will survive fine without turning them into a cauldron of supplements.

And you won’t have to spend your spare time fighting nuisance algae and wondering why your corals aren’t happy.

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