Simplified Reefkeepings Reef Keepers Survey
Simplified Reefkeepings Reef Keepers Survey |
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Table 1 -Table 2 - Table 3 -Table 4 - Results - Acronyms - The Form
1. What size tank in gallons and aprox LxW 180 gallons, 6'x2'x'2
2. Amount of liverock aprox. lb. 75 lbs figi, 50 lbs tufa, 75 lbs Florida.
3. Substrate Y/N lb.amount, thickness, type. Yes, 2-3" ontop of 1" plenum, aragonite
4. Sump Y/N size in gallons y 20 gallons
5. Do you use a prefilter Y/N Yes, course sponge
6. Frequency of water changes and amount changed 20% every three months or so
7. Preferred salt mix Reef crystals
8. Preferred additives Combisan Coral Vital 1 gallon Kalkwasser with 1/8tsp CaCl per day Turbo Sr Superbuffer DKh
9. Preferred test kits Only test Ca and hardness, use Red Sea
10. Method of adding calcium See addatives, I have a float valve on my sump fed from a 5 gallon tank filled with kalk w/ .5 tsp CaCl (Turbo Calcium)
11. Aprox water turnover X times per hour 4 times per hour through sump, another 6 times per hour via powerheads on a home made wavemaker (5 independent switching power heads)
12. Type of lighting ie: MH, FLO, NO, HO,VHO 3X175 Watt German MH, 2X140 Watt URO 03s
13. Type of bulbs
14. Aprox wattage per gallon 805 watts divided by 180 gallons 4.47 WPG
15. Duration of lighting cycle daily hours per day VHO's 12 hours a day, MHs 8 hours/day
16. Do you use timers Y/N yes
17. Do you use TWP? Y/N and type Yes, Kent Maxima RO/DI (50 gallons per day) (really 60 in summer, 35 in winter)
18. Aprox number of fish 8 fish (three tangs, 2 clowns, 1 cleaner wrass, 1 flame hawk, 1 royal gramma)
19. Aprox number of corals 50 (really)
20. Aprox number of inverts Of course corals are inverts, but in addition, 1 shrimp, 1 arrow crab, 2 sea cucumbers, 40 hermit crabs, long tenacle anemone, 1 seabae anemone.
21. Do you feed your corals? Y/N and what The LPS corals I feed small pieces of shrimp about once per month, soft corals and SPS get scraps left from feeding the fish every day.
22. Estimated cost of your tank complete $5000 (I did alot of DIY)
23. What you feel is the biggest challenge in keeping a reef tank Spending literally hundreds of hours doing research.
24. What has been your most useful method in acquiring information? List in priority 1. Martin Moe's marine aquarium book 2. Sprung/Delbeck reef book 3. MFM 4. Internet 5. FAMA
25. What type of protein skimmer are you using? CC / Venturi / Downdraft manufacturer? DIY Jumbo Turbofloator type.
