Salifert Trace Soft 500ml - 6004
By Trace Elements we usually mean elements that are present in natural seawater in a concentration lower than approx 1 mg/l or ppm. Some of these elements are essential to make many biological processes possible. Manganese for instance is essential for photosynthesis and many biochemical reactions associated with it. Some organisms require iron to absorb essential nutrients. Cobalt is essential for the formation of several coral pigments. Zinc is, like manganese essential for photosynthesis and is also essential for the formation of calcium by corals. These are just a few examples.
Salifert's research has shown that some trace elements are depleted very fast (Manganese) while some are depleted very slowly. An example of a trace element hardly depleted is molybdenum. Despite this many trace element supplements contain significant amounts of molybdenum. This results in far too high molybdenum concentration stimulating undesirable Cyanobacteria growth.
Salifert Trace Soft has sufficient trace elements to make coral thrive yet avoiding overdosing. The largest difference between trace elements usage is between hard corals and soft/leather corals and coralline algae. Salifert have therefore designed a trace element mix for hard corals and one for soft/leather corals. Both can be combined according to the approximate ration of the aquarium inhabitants. In this way, a very close to perfect formulation of trace elements for different aquarium inhabitants have become available.
Directions:
Dose 5ml per 100 litres (25gal) once a week. When combining with Trace Hard the total dosage (ml Trace Soft and ml of Trace Hard) should not exceed 10ml per 100 litres (50gal)
