My macro algae grows very fast and it's quite obvious after it consumes all of the trace elements it needs to grow. This is when it starts to deteriorate. When I dose small amounts of ChaetoGro, it perks up the next day.
I want to start using activated carbon to remove odor and possibly toxins from corals. But will carbon media also soak up the trace elements from ChaetoGro? Will it also remove organics that the filter feeding hitchhiker and corals eat?
Chemical composition of ChaetoGro:
I want to start using activated carbon to remove odor and possibly toxins from corals. But will carbon media also soak up the trace elements from ChaetoGro? Will it also remove organics that the filter feeding hitchhiker and corals eat?
Chemical composition of ChaetoGro:
- potassium (1.3%)
- boron (0.009%)
- carbon (0.005%)
- calcium (0.14%)
- chlorine (0.39%)
- iron (0.32%)
- magnesium (0.4%)
- manganese (0.0475%)
- molybdenum (0.004%)
- cobalt (0.0004%)
- nickel (??)
- sulfur (0.16%)
- zinc (0.002%)