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How to start using coral-shop products? |
Congratulation to your decision to start using coral-shop preparations!
We would like to offer you a brief itinerary, as before switching to
our products, you need to take some important measures: |
Make sure that the following is in good order: |
- Spectrum and intensity of lighting
- Flow rate of water between the aquarium
and the sump.
Optimal rate is approximately tenfold volume of the aquarium
per hour
- Water current inside the aquarium,
needed to eliminate dead
spots, where impurities could accumulate
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Remove from your system: |
- All sorbents for removing phosphates or nitrates,
zeolith and similar
materials, filters with active carbon
- Sea muds and doped live sands
- Chemical
reactors for removing impurities (sulphur- and vodka-reactors etc.)
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Make sure your system is equipped with: |
- First-rate mechanical pre-filtration of organic and inorganic particulate
impurities
- Nitrification filter, whose performance corresponds to the
amount and types of animals
in the aquarium, which is equipped with a
first-rate medium for nitrification bacteria.
The more powerful filter
the better
- Satisfactory amount of live stones for biological denitrification.
The more the better.
- Skimmer, whose performance corresponds to the size
and animal population of the aquarium.
Both weak and too strong skimmer
cause difficulties
- Change one-time approx. 30 – 50% of the total volume
of water in the system.
Use CS Marine Salt for the seawater make-up
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Your system is now ready for transition to the coral-shop reefkeeping
concept. First of all it is necessary to replenish the depletions of
essential elements and substances. All offered conceptions of additives
are mutually compatible; it all depends on the approach which suits you
the best. In case the first choice may be wrong, you can switch to another
conception at any time. A Ca- reactor is not needed, in case the system
is equipped with, all conceptions can be adequately adjusted.
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1 - Apply regularly preparations from selected conception
of additives |
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Another key area of seawater care is the removal
of unwanted matter. While removing phosphorus and nitrogen compounds
can be carried out in a controlled manner, a regular exchange of water is
very important to ensure the removal of many other unidentified impurities
that cannot be eliminated in any other way. |
2 - Regularly exchange water
and remove phosphates and nitrates in
controlled manner |
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As same as saltwater fish and crustaceans, corals are also animals
and need to be fed. Although it is possible to decrease the portion of
macro-particulate organic nutrients, needed for the total metabolism of
the animals, by using suitable DOM additives - and thus lower the rate of
the contamination of the aquarium - there is a large number of important
substances that cannot be replaced. |
3 - Regularly feed saltwater fish and invertebrates |
CS CoraTroph Reef is a complete food, containing all needed ingredients
in dissolved, colloidal and particulate form.
 
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Always use CT TEST kits (or other exact tests)
and coral-shop online
dosing calculators to ensure exact doses. |
4 - Test the water regularly for the concentration of important
elements |
Test the seawater regularly using our tests CS TEST (Ca, Mg, Alkalinity,
Chlorinity and other tests, which will be launched soon). Keep checking
also on concentrations of phosphates, nitrates and possible other
impurities. We also recommend to check concentrations of Sr, B, I and K.
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Some important information and comments |
Apply coral-shop preparations regularly – it is
better to apply them in smaller amounts more often than less frequently
in larger quantities. Whenever possible, prefer application of the preparations
though the dosing pumps. |
In the coral-shop product list you will also find
the preparations for exceptional situations. Use CS DeChlorAmm if you
import fish and invertebrates, in case of overfeeding or animals kill –
simply always when there is a measurable concentration of ammonia in seawater.
CS CoraSound Multi is used for prevention and cure of parasitic, bacterial
and viral diseases of fish and invertebrates. In case you observe a low
pH while reading correct alkalinity (or KH) level, use pH-Buffer. |
You can apply quality bacterial cultures regularly,
although it is not necessary if there is a sufficient amount of live
stones in the aquarium. On the contrary, do not apply sea mud and live sands,
usually overabundant with unicellular and other lower organisms. |
Try to avoid the combination of coral-shop preparations
with the products of other manufacturers! They may not be mutually compatible
and, in addition, you lose the chance of shared solutions of any possible
problems with coral-shop specialists. |
We wish you many vital, fast growing and properly
coloured animals! |
| Neither the whole nor any part of this articel may be distributed, reproduced
or published in any form without the prior written consent of coral-shop
company |
Document B_01_51 - III/2010 - F. Floder |
