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Simon J Okeeffe of Australia

1. What size tank in gallons and aprox LxW >75gal 5'x18"x18"

2. Amount of liverock aprox. lb.>unsure on weight but a fair bit (bottom covered and about a third of the way up the tank)

3. Substrate Y/N lb.amount, thickness, type. >y aprox 1" of 5mm shells (like tiny snail shells)

4. Sump Y/N size in gallons >y 10gal or so

5. Do you use a prefilter Y/N >Y

6. Frequency of water changes and amount changed >5-10% weekly or biweekly

7. Preferred salt mix > I buy my water for 10c/l It is just seawater

8. Preferred additives>I use seachem reef pack and add about one eyedropper full /week

9. Preferred test kits > Ive only used seachem because that is what my local shop stocks.

10. Method of adding calcium >seachem reef calcium.

11. Aprox water turnover X times per hour >at a rough guess 2000l/h

12. Type of lighting ie: MH, FLO, NO, HO,VHO >NO fluro

13. Type of bulbs corallife 50/50

14. Aprox wattage per gallon corallife 50/50 40watt x3 =120 watt almost 2watt/gal

15. Duration of lighting cycle daily hours per day>14hrs

16. Do you use timers Y/N>Y

17. Do you use TWP? Y/N and type > I buy my ro/di water from the local shop for 20c/l

18. Aprox number of fish 8

19. Aprox number of corals >15 mostly small gonipora but a few large elgance and hammer etc

20. Aprox number of inverts >? mega amounts maybe 100 or so snails and hermits anemones etc

21. Do you feed your corals? Y/N and what > They get fed extremely sporadicly and they usually get mussel pieces

22. Estimated cost of your tank complete > I bought the tank second hand for $600 aust aprox $450US

23. What you feel is the biggest challenge in keeping a reef tank >getting up to date info regularly.

24. What has been your most useful method in acquiring information? List in priority internet books and friends. The LFS on the odd occasion has some helpful hints aswell.

25. What type of protein skimmer are you using? CC / Venturi / Downdraft manufacturer? I am using a non CC air driven skimmer.

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