Simplified Reefkeepings Reef Keepers Survey
Simplified Reefkeepings Reef Keepers Survey |
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Table 1 -Table 2 - Table 3 -Table 4 -Table 5 - Table 6 - Table 7 - Results - Acronyms - The Form
1. What size tank in gallons and aprox LxW 42 hex
2. Age of tank. 10 months
3. Amount of liverock aprox. lb. 45 lbs FIJI or 1.07 lbs per gallon
4. Substrate Y/N lb. amount, thickness, type. Y 1" fine sand
5. Sump Y/N size in gallons Y, 20
6. Do you use a prefilter Y/N Y only used when doing tank cleaning, for 24 hrs.
7. Do you use a cover for the tank Y/N if Y what type? N
8. Aprox amount of evaporation 1.2 gallons/day
9.Frequency of water changes and amount changed 10%/2 months
10. Preferred salt mix Hawian Marine mix +bio-elements
11. Preferred additives, KI, Kalkwasser, Strontium,
12. Preferred test kits none
13. Method of adding calcium drip kalkwasser, CaCl2 boost as needed
14. Aprox water turnover X times per hour 12X
15. Type of lighting i.e.: MH, FLO, NO, HO,VHO, PC
250 W MH pendant,
40W FLO, 13 W PC
16. Type of bulbs- 5500K MH, pure actinic for FO, daylight for PC
17. Aprox wattage per gallon 7.5
18. Duration of lighting cycle daily hours per day
10hrs MH, 14hrs
actinic
19. Do you use timers Y/N N
20. Do you use TWP? (tapwater purification RO/DI) Y/N and type Y DI
21. Aprox number of fish 4
22. Aprox number of corals 8
23. Aprox number of inverts 14
24. Do you feed your corals? Y/N and what Y,
ground squid/shrimp/nori mix
supplimented with Boyd's Vita-chem
25. Estimated cost of your tank complete 600.00 or $14 per gallon
26. What you feel is the biggest challenge in keeping
a reef tank-
Finding good specimens
27. What has been your most useful method in acquiring
information? List
in priority
