Simplified Reefkeepings Reef Keepers Survey
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the criticHere critic lists 3 tanks
1. What size tank in gallons and aprox LxW 85 gal (5' x 16") 60 gal (4' x 15") 125 gal (6' x 18")
2. Amount of liverock aprox. lb. 85 - ~1.3 lbs/gal 125 - ~1 lbs/gal 60 - ~.5 lbs/gal (I like running lower lbs/gal) :
3. Substrate Y/N lb.amount, thickness, type. 85 - Jaubert, argonite/crushed coral plenum, aragonite/LS top 125 - 1.5" live sand/aragonite 60 - Jaubert, same as 85
4. Sump Y/N size in gallons 85 - 20 gal 125 - 30 gal 60 - 10 gal
5. Do you use a prefilter Y/N N, N, N
6. Frequency of water changes and amount changed Every month-2 months, 10%
7. Preferred salt mix Instant Ocean
8. Preferred additives Iodine (Kent/Lugols), Strontium (Kent), Combisan
9. Preferred test kits Lamotte, Hach
10. Method of adding calcium Kalkwasser, occasionally B-Ionic
11. Aprox water turnover X times per hour 85 - 13x 125 - 9x (in the process of changing to 16x) 60 - 10x
12. Type of lighting ie: MH, FLO, NO, HO,VHO 85 - 175 watt MH, NO actinics 125 - 250 watt MH, VHO actinics 60 - 8 NO bulbs
13. Type of bulbs 85 - 10KK Halides, Actinic 03/GE blue NO bulbs 125 - Iwasaki 6500K halides, URI actinics 65 - 3 GE Blue, 2 Phillips Actinic 03, 3 GE Chroma 6500K
14. Aprox wattage per gallon 85 - 5 watts/gal 125 - 8.6 watts/gal 60 - 5.3 watts/gal
15. Duration of lighting cycle daily hours per day 7 hrs halides/10 hrs actinics
16. Do you use timers Y/N Yes.
17. Do you use TWP? Y/N and type Sometimes. Mostly just tap water treated with kalk.
18. Aprox number of fish 85g - 4 125g - 6 60g - 2
19. Aprox number of corals 85g - 20 soft, 1 hard 125g - 4 LPS, 14 SPS 60g - 7 LPS
20. Aprox number of inverts Tons of little hermits, Astrea snails, Cerinth snails in all tanks. All tanks have 2-5 large echinoderms and the 85g and 125g have 2 cleaner shrimp each.
21. Do you feed your corals? Y/N and what Y, LPS coral I feed. Frozen plankton.
22. Estimated cost of your tank complete $40/gal for 125g and 85g, $25/gal for 60g
23. What you feel is the biggest challenge in keeping a reef tank Properly placing coral, maintaining truly low nutrient levels.
24. What has been your most useful method in acquiring information? : List in priority
1. Internet, WWW (archived internet postings) 2. The few decent reef books out there. You know which ones I mean ;)
