| ok, here is the deal.
first of, dont ad anything you dont need to add. how do you know you need to add? test for it. test your calcium Alkalinity, magnesium and so on. you will find that you probably dotn need to add all this stuff. adn you "may" be doing more harm than good. so when it comms to supplements "dont dose what you dont test"... most of your trace ellemnts and stuff, will actually be replenished with regular water changes. at least until your consumption rates increase. and if this is the case you will know when you do testing.
as for other treatments, most of them you really dont need. dont add anythign just becuase its label says you should. do research on the product, and make sure is doing somethign that you really need it to do.
as for food, the phyto, this stuff is good food for coral. there are ways to decrease your cost if you want to culter it your self, which is easy. but either way, this is important, and you shoudl continue.
now for flake foods and stuff. you should pay a bit more attention to the products... many flake foods contain "bad" stuff. personally i recomemnd formula 1 and formula 2. formula 2 has more "veggie" for you herbavoires if you have lots of them. and this product is very healthy and free from alot of the bad stuff. you can also look at many frozen foods, like frozen formula 1, mysis shrimp, enriched brine shrimp (regular brine has almost no nutritional value, and should only be feed as treat), table shrimp, clam, squid, etc... many of this stuff you can even buy vry cheap from a market, like an asian market.
also Dried nori sheets and products such as seaweeds selects are great for the tangs (and other herbavoires)
hope that help, if you need further information, or clarification just let me know
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