Stront moly and mag, thats about it.
Read an a few different articles on Iron and micro/macro algae. Seems the iron helps the growth and one article said that alot of the miricle mud breakdowns were due to depleted iron. Basically low iron =die off = algae...
Tell ya what I have noticed, my tank is way better off with my "nice clean hands" not in the tank. When I do have to go in I wear gloves or use tongs or scrapers with long handles or whatever.
Tank is doing much better for it.
So I guess this is more of my journal then I intended :) It looks like things are finally going well, I got my water parameters in line and I'm finding stuff that agrees with my lighting.
I got some great help from Wit a few weeks back, Thank you Wit and as usual the support of all you guys...
I use the Lamott kits and I LOVE!! em. I had some real water quality issues and since I started using their kits Alkinity Phos Trates and Cal my water is perfect. I use sali for stront and mag and thats cuz last I looked lamott doesnt make em for those. You pay more for the lamott's but they are...
Woody it's expensive to ship but worth every penny :) I drive mmmmm 400 miles to pick mine up. I make a day of it pack up the family and off we go.
Maybe we can ship some parcel post, it's slow but its cheaper. PM me if you want to talk about it.