A ~19,000 Gallon Aquarium
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mr.wilson
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The shade is installed. There are still adjustments that needs to be made but I think it looks fine:
The circus is in town
Does it have holes in it so it doesn't blow away?
You should contact this guy for your aquarium club, as it looks like he needs some allies. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=17863834&posted=1#post17863834
Monkeyfish
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willandmelsreef
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this is just crazy...i am very impressed
rockindacheeks
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Any Updates?
nahham
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Sadly no updates. I am travelling and won't be back until mid December. I hear this is more fish (mostly Angelfish).
I love the fact that I can snorkel in my tank.
I think it is never done. I'm hoping for relatively stable though
sam's reef
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Nice IWBFA
willandmelsreef
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If you need a snorkle partner let me know
nahham
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I'm always looking for a snorkeling partner, especially that there is always so much to do
nahham
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There are local varieties of lobster. Didn't get around to catching any though yet.
nahham
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Some minor updates. I got the water test results a while ago but couldn't post it because I was there and they were here ..
Anyway, here is the results:
Here are my thoughts:
pH: a bit low, but I have active monitoring for this and it usually over 8 so I'm not worried.
TDS: WAY TOO HIGH. I thought this might be the case but didn't think it will be this high. My initial plan was to have continuous water changing with a small pump to make sure the TDS remained constant. That didn't work and I don't seem to do that enough water change. Also, I've never came around to installing and calibrating the salinity probe. I think I should now and hook up the water change pump to it: when it gets higher than a certain level, the pump will start to get it down.
Calcium: A bit high. I've read that the acceptable range is 350 - 450 mg/L.
Ammonia: A bit too high?
Potassium: WAY TOO HIGH. I've read that the acceptable range is between 350 to 450 mg/L.
I can read the numbers but I can't interpret them. Any input? Also, how do you think adding a skimmer help with all of this? Sadly, I've learned that the maids decided to throw excess food into the aquarium and it has been going on for some time. It has finally stopped but I think it took a toll on the tank.
Anyway, here is the results:
Here are my thoughts:
pH: a bit low, but I have active monitoring for this and it usually over 8 so I'm not worried.
TDS: WAY TOO HIGH. I thought this might be the case but didn't think it will be this high. My initial plan was to have continuous water changing with a small pump to make sure the TDS remained constant. That didn't work and I don't seem to do that enough water change. Also, I've never came around to installing and calibrating the salinity probe. I think I should now and hook up the water change pump to it: when it gets higher than a certain level, the pump will start to get it down.
Calcium: A bit high. I've read that the acceptable range is 350 - 450 mg/L.
Ammonia: A bit too high?
Potassium: WAY TOO HIGH. I've read that the acceptable range is between 350 to 450 mg/L.
I can read the numbers but I can't interpret them. Any input? Also, how do you think adding a skimmer help with all of this? Sadly, I've learned that the maids decided to throw excess food into the aquarium and it has been going on for some time. It has finally stopped but I think it took a toll on the tank.
naprestsleep
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The TDS number is for salt water right? Wont it be high because of the dissolved salt and such?
