Supplements

VITAMINS AND SUPPLEMENTS

For fish

• Vita-Chem (Boyd): multivitamin drops for water or food
• Vitamin C: important for herbivores and stressed fish; helps with HLLE
• Astaxanthin: enhances orange/red coloration (in Hikari Betta Bio-Gold, krill)

For plants

See Section 7.6

For corals

• Amino acids (Coral Amino, AF Amino Mix): stimulate growth and fluorescence
• Organic carbon (Vodka Dosing, NoPox, BRS 2-Part): feeds denitrifying bacteria → lowers NO3 and PO4
• Trace elements: already covered in the section on corals

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