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1. What size tank in gallons and aprox LxW 90 gallon (4'x2') and a 55 gallon (4'x18") plumbed together

2. Age of tank. 3 years

3. Amount of liverock aprox. lb. over 100 lbs (between 2 tanks in system)

4. Substrate Y/N lb. amount, thickness, type. over 200 lbs (between 2 tanks in system)

5. Sump Y/N size in gallons Yes, 55 gallon tank being used as sump

6. Do you use a prefilter Y/N No, just overflow

7. Do you use a cover for the tank Y/N if Y what type? Yes, Optical grade glass

8. Aprox amount of evaporation 1 gal. per day

9.Frequency of water changes and amount changed bi-weekly (40 gallons at a time)

10. Preferred salt mix Reefcrystals

11. Preferred additives None.

12. Preferred test kits Lamotte

13. Method of adding calcium None - I change water instead, the way the ocean does it

14. Aprox water turnover X times per hour no clue really... maybe 100-200 GPH

15. Type of lighting i.e.: MH, FLO, NO, HO,VHO, PC 2x250 Watt MH + 2x110 Watt VHO in 90. 2x24 Watt NO in sump

16. Type of bulbs Iwasaki 6500K MH's, URI Actinic and Daylight for VHO's, Coralife 10K's
for NO.

17. Aprox wattage per gallon 8 Watts/gallon in tank (90 gal), ~2 Watts/gallon in sump (55 gal)

18. Duration of lighting cycle daily hours per day 14 hours for VHO, 12.5 hours for MH/NO.

19. Do you use timers Y/N Yes

20. Do you use TWP? (tapwater purification RO/DI) Y/N and type Spectrapure 60 GPD Hi-S RO/DI

21. Aprox number of fish 4 in 90 (2 tangs, 2 clowns) 7 in 55 (4 Yellow headed Jawfish, 2
firefish, 1 Blue Spotted Puffer)

22. Aprox number of corals 12 corals, 5 anemone's

23. Aprox number of inverts 2 CLeaner shrimp, 5 anemone's, 2 Cukes, Hermits and Snails, etc.

24. Do you feed your corals? Y/N and what Used to - Cultured Nanochloropsis... tank seems to be sustaining it now,
so I stopped

25. Estimated cost of your tank complete Ugh... $5,000+, but if I had to buy it all over again, could keep it
around $3,000

26. What you feel is the biggest challenge in keeping a reef tank Information vs. Mythinformation. Lotsa good stuff out there, and it is still evolving. There is a lot of *old* information out there, and a lot
of Mythinformation. Deciphering between the two is tough.

27. What has been your most useful method in acquiring information? List in priority 1. Reefkeeper's Mailing list.
2. Books 3 LFS

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

Was using an Airdriven (Americle. CC I think), been offline for 9 months now
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