Randy Holmes-Farley
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So you’re saying in your opinion the food we feed to our tanks has enough of all the trace elements necessary for the health of coral?
I guess in the future I can run an experiment with two tanks. Same lighting, same corals, etc. just no trace element dosing to see if I really notice a difference.
Enough is a loaded term. More than water change and likely more than reactor media for some trace elements, yes.
The problem is no one does the sort of experiment you propose since it is tedious and expensive. Not even the supplement manufacturers (at least not that they ever show).
This has an iron comparison, water change to foods:
Reef Chemistry Question of the Day #298: Where are those trace elements coming from?
Reef Chemistry Question of the Day 298 We all know that organisms from bacteria to whales require many different trace elements for the biochemical processes of life. One of the things we don't always have a good handle on in a reef tank is where they are coming from and where they are going...
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