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Derek Walter - See my reef at http://www.homestead.com/canadareef/home.html

1. What size tank in gallons and aprox LxW. 70gal 4'3x16

2. Age of tank. 2.5years

3. Amount of liverock aprox. lb. 100lbs

4. Substrate Y/N lb. amount, thickness, type. Y. 3.5". Caribsea small grain, oolitic and various livesands

5. Sump Y/N size in gallons. n

6. Do you use a prefilter Y/N. n

7. Do you use a cover for the tank Y/N if Y what type? n

8. Aprox amount of evaporation 1.5gpd

9.Frequency of water changes and amount changed 25% ever 4-8weeks

10. Preferred salt mix .Instant ocean

11. Preferred additives. B-ionic, kalkwasser

12. Preferred test kits . different types

13. Method of adding calcium . Was strictly adding b-ionic, but I just built a kalk reactor for top-off

14. Aprox water turnover X times per hour. 10

15. Type of lighting i.e.: MH, FLO, NO, HO,VHO, PC. MH+NO

16. Type of bulbs. 2x175watt MH, 5500K. 4xNO actinic

17. Aprox wattage per gallon. 7.25w/gal

18. Duration of lighting cycle daily hours per day. NO actinics-12 hours, MH 10hours

19. Do you use timers Y/N. Y

20. Do you use TWP? (tapwater purification RO/DI) Y/N and type .Y Kent Maxxima
RO/DI

21. Aprox number of fish. 6

22. Aprox number of corals.20

23. Aprox number of inverts. If you include snail-100 if you don't-10

24. Do you feed your corals? Y/N and what Y. I mix cryopaste algaes, ESV Phytoplankton, Selcon, Vitachem, with various fres seafoods, flake foods, veggies, dulce, nori and blend it together and "feed the tank". LPS corals
and anemone also get direct feeding of the mix.

25. Estimated cost of your tank complete. $3000 CDN

26. What you feel is the biggest challenge in keeping a reef tank. Maintaining proper calcium and alkalinity. Proper coral placement.

27. What has been your most useful method in acquiring information? List in priority. Reekeepers, Reef-l, and (previously) Theil's mailing lists, books, internet (personal webpages mostly).

28. What type of protein skimmer are you using? CC / Venturi / Downdraft manufacturer? CC

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