Amadeusb12
Experienced Reefer
- Location
- Montgomery, Orange County NY
well I'll have to admit that I am pretty new to reef keeping, here are a few questions that are probably pretty dumb. I started with a nano, moved up to a 30 with 20 sump, and then to current tanks, 120 and a 55
Anyhow, here goes.
120h with 35 gal custom sump/fuge. UV ster and remora skimmer.
2 250 w Ushio 10K + actinics and moonlights. I have mostly softies, colt, shroom, rics. I also have an acro that has grown from a 1 1/2 inch frag to a 3x4 piece in 8 months. I have 2 sun polyp colonies, dendrophillia, cynarina, a sea whip and a squamous clam that has grown from 3 to 5 inches over past 6 months. There is approx 170lbs live rock covered in corraline algae. Misc reef cleaners, RBTA which has split with a pair of maroon clowns, a mated pair of jawfish that are expecting!!
My parameters are good though my phosphates could be lower. I have no algae problems and everything looks happy and healthy. Here's the issue. I don't dose calcium everyday. I use purple up every 3 days, essential elements kent as per instructions on box, same goes for stronium, iodine etc. I do not use a 2 part buffer or anything else.
My tank runs are 78-79 degrees without chiller (I have one but haven't hooked it up yet. I run a wave maker with seios and a custom flow system which the uv is plumbed into.
Anyhow, the more I read, I wonder if I am doing okay. Should I add 2 part buffer, or reactor?? Do i need to dose differently?? I do not use RO water, I have a clean deep well that tests fine. I am not sure if I should switch to RO water....I am hesitant because everything is happy. I have tons of pods and brittle stars etc, the fuge is teeming with life. I feed 2 times a day, frozen food mysis, cyclopeez, emerald entree, marine cuisine. I target feed corals everyday, and the RBTA gets a silverside or krill everday. The stocking is this:
1 5" purple tang
1 3" coral beauty
1 pink spot goby 2"
1 pistol shrimp 1 1/2"
2 neon gobies
2 jaw fish (pearly) mated pair
2 serpent stars
1 5" clam
1 flame scallop
2 maroon clown female 3", male 1 1/2"
1 clarkii clown 2"
1 twin spot goby 2"
1 coral banded shrimp 2"
1 cleaner shrimp 2"
3 peppermint shrimp 1 "
2 sexy shrimp with frogspawn as host
I think that is everyone
These are not new photos, about 5 months old. I'll try and shoot some new ones. I have added about 50 lbs of live rock.
Help!
B
Anyhow, here goes.
120h with 35 gal custom sump/fuge. UV ster and remora skimmer.
2 250 w Ushio 10K + actinics and moonlights. I have mostly softies, colt, shroom, rics. I also have an acro that has grown from a 1 1/2 inch frag to a 3x4 piece in 8 months. I have 2 sun polyp colonies, dendrophillia, cynarina, a sea whip and a squamous clam that has grown from 3 to 5 inches over past 6 months. There is approx 170lbs live rock covered in corraline algae. Misc reef cleaners, RBTA which has split with a pair of maroon clowns, a mated pair of jawfish that are expecting!!
My parameters are good though my phosphates could be lower. I have no algae problems and everything looks happy and healthy. Here's the issue. I don't dose calcium everyday. I use purple up every 3 days, essential elements kent as per instructions on box, same goes for stronium, iodine etc. I do not use a 2 part buffer or anything else.
My tank runs are 78-79 degrees without chiller (I have one but haven't hooked it up yet. I run a wave maker with seios and a custom flow system which the uv is plumbed into.
Anyhow, the more I read, I wonder if I am doing okay. Should I add 2 part buffer, or reactor?? Do i need to dose differently?? I do not use RO water, I have a clean deep well that tests fine. I am not sure if I should switch to RO water....I am hesitant because everything is happy. I have tons of pods and brittle stars etc, the fuge is teeming with life. I feed 2 times a day, frozen food mysis, cyclopeez, emerald entree, marine cuisine. I target feed corals everyday, and the RBTA gets a silverside or krill everday. The stocking is this:
1 5" purple tang
1 3" coral beauty
1 pink spot goby 2"
1 pistol shrimp 1 1/2"
2 neon gobies
2 jaw fish (pearly) mated pair
2 serpent stars
1 5" clam
1 flame scallop
2 maroon clown female 3", male 1 1/2"
1 clarkii clown 2"
1 twin spot goby 2"
1 coral banded shrimp 2"
1 cleaner shrimp 2"
3 peppermint shrimp 1 "
2 sexy shrimp with frogspawn as host
I think that is everyone
These are not new photos, about 5 months old. I'll try and shoot some new ones. I have added about 50 lbs of live rock.
Help!
B
