Quote Originally Posted by EuroMom View Post
liquid supplements like that are not live. They immediately decay if not eaten and contribute to pollution while live phytoplankton (in theory)actually takes up some of the nitrogen or at least doesn't immediately decay.
Yep...I'm also not a big fan of adding supplements to the tank. I found it makes it difficult to keep a stable system inless of course you use a dosing system and keep it steady all the time.

I feed once a day...skim...use a refugium, top off water and change about 5 gallons of water a week. That's it. No fancy stuff for me. No UV, no reactors...no dosing....etc...etc... I went down that route once before and for me it was very difficult to keep a stable system. Something was always causing an inbalance. Some do it well...but it didn't work for me. Simplicity and consistency have been the best techniques for me personally.