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1. What size tank in gallons and aprox LxW 90gal, 48x18x24

2. Age of tank. 1.25 years

3. Amount of liverock aprox. lb. 120# Fiji

4. Substrate Y/N lb. amount, thickness, type. Y 3" Aragamite/Livesand mix

5. Sump Y/N size in gallons Y 20

6. Do you use a prefilter Y/N N

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

8. Aprox amount of evaporation 1.5 gpd

9.Frequency of water changes and amount changed 25% Month

10. Preferred salt mix Instant Ocean

11. Preferred additives None

12. Preferred test kits Lamotte

13. Method of adding calcium Calcium Reactor and Kalkwasser

14. Aprox water turnover X times per hour 13 ( 600 GPH Main and 5 powerheads on a wavewaker)

15. Type of lighting i.e.: 80w NO, 440w VHO, 500w MH

16. Type of bulbs URI 50/50 and 03 and 6500K MH

17. Aprox wattage per gallon 11.3

18. Duration of lighting cycle daily hours per day 12 hours

19. Do you use timers Y/N Yes 3 separate staggered systems (80W of NO actinitcs for 15 min each of Sunrise and sunset, 440 W of VHO for 11.5 hours, 500 W MH for 10 hours)

20. Do you use TWP? Y 60 gpd Spectapure RO/DI

21. Aprox number of fish 7

22. Aprox number of corals 30+ (20+ SPS, 5 LPS, 5 Soft)

23. Aprox number of inverts 1000's (only a handful of crabs, 25 assorted snails, 2 cleaner shrimp, 1 CBS, 3 peppermint, 2 Mithrox crabs, hundreds of worms and pods, hundreds of Zoanthid Anemones, etc. etc)

24. Do you feed your corals? Y/N and what Yes, LPS shrimp, squid, form 1, SPS and Soft cyro plankton and dried plankton

25. Estimated cost of your tank complete $4500 (I have no Idea, lost count long ago!!)

26. What you feel is the biggest challenge in keeping a reef tank. This is my first reef, it has been quite the educational experience, there are many things I've learned that I will do different in the next system. Probably the biggest beginner's challenge is allowing the system to mature a long time before adding any livestock, and getting proper advice.

27. What has been your most useful method in acquiring information? List in
priority: email lists, the Web, Books

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