a couple shots of my 400 gal sps tank,
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SHOmuchFUN
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Thanks for sharing toothman!
You guys make it look so easy sometimes!
You guys make it look so easy sometimes!
toothman
Premium Member
It really does not take that long to go under the tank and scoop out a 1/2 cup of baking soda and Mg then throw it in the over flow. If I could have a reactor that kept up perfectly or close to tank demand I may try it again. But it is nice to know you can have a sps tank with 3 parts , kh, ca, mg. It may be more of a pain.
toothman
Premium Member
With a 90 gal depending on your load probably more like a tablespoon or teaspoon. With a large tank you can do some things different such as not drip kalk, just add it with a pump attached to a float switch. I would imagine it would be better to mix it with ro water first but too much trouble.
salts are: Mg, Mag flakes deicer
Arm and hammer baking soda for kh
calcium chloride and kalk powder from bulk reef supply
iron phosphate media bulk reef supply
40 yrs of hobby experience helps along with a science degree.
salts are: Mg, Mag flakes deicer
Arm and hammer baking soda for kh
calcium chloride and kalk powder from bulk reef supply
iron phosphate media bulk reef supply
40 yrs of hobby experience helps along with a science degree.
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gasman059
The OG mad scientist
LMAO this is just waay to funny LOL
Some friends marvel at how much of this and that I add to my tanks and w/o measuring . Well after a while in this u realize how much it is that your tank needs just like a recipe w/o a cookbook. Plus I also stayed at a holiday inn( u call a dentist a scientist? j/k MD here.
toothman
Premium Member
yea a bit weird, but point being I am not trying to be reckless with my reef tank. I agree GI doc the longer you keep fish the more you feel comfortable just doing things not exactly by the book.
What do you think of my latest addition, it seems to be getting more and more purple, not much growth though.
What do you think of my latest addition, it seems to be getting more and more purple, not much growth though.
barnett8
Member
That tank looks awesome. :eek2: And making it look that way must be even more of a challenge with three sides of it being viewable.
This is something I have always thought of with multiple viewing areas: Do you have a favorite side of your tank?
BTW: I have a couple of nice frags and I'm not too far away from you.
This is something I have always thought of with multiple viewing areas: Do you have a favorite side of your tank?
BTW: I have a couple of nice frags and I'm not too far away from you.
dvanacker
DID I SOUNDS SMRT??
You missed my point. I already use sodium carbonate, calcium chloride and mag chloride/sulfate. I have never heard of anyone adding it in dry form in a wack like that. Personally I use RO mixed DIY 3 part on dosing pumps.
I always assumed there was a reason why all the DIY stuff gets you to disolve the raw chems in RO/DI water.
Kip
New member
1 teas baking soda ^50gal by ~1dkh for those who are wondering
always dissolved in RO... not all of the time (Turbo Calcium (which is pretty much dow flake))
i think dissolving in ro water lessens the possibility an unreacted particle of CaCl or baking soda land on your favorite coral
tooth, very nice system by the way
always dissolved in RO... not all of the time (Turbo Calcium (which is pretty much dow flake))
i think dissolving in ro water lessens the possibility an unreacted particle of CaCl or baking soda land on your favorite coral
tooth, very nice system by the way
toothman
Premium Member
I absolutely agree that dissolving ca, baking soda, mg first is better. I have the luxury of having a overflow that is fed by a 5200 gph hammerhead pump that cascades down a 30 foot 2.5 inch flexible PVC pipe to my basement heater room, to a 125 gal sump. Even with this, mixing with ro would be better and a peristaltic pump might be nice to keep kh, ca, and mg as stable as possible. I really just try to make simple the better method, good light sufficient water changes. ( I have a peristalic pump on the shelf)
I do generally test for kh every other day, it is down to about 7 each morning and after addition it is 8-9. Possibly a big jump but the coral with get accustomed to it.
gas man I am getting tired.
Yes Temple
I do generally test for kh every other day, it is down to about 7 each morning and after addition it is 8-9. Possibly a big jump but the coral with get accustomed to it.
gas man I am getting tired.
Yes Temple
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NanoReefWanabe
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do you have any closer pics of your oregon tort? to me it appears to have redbugs on it..
you tank is beautiful, i love the KISS approach to it as well...less things that can go wrong IMHO...
you tank is beautiful, i love the KISS approach to it as well...less things that can go wrong IMHO...
Madfronter
New member
Wow your tank looks really good! I wish I didn't have to work last Friday, so I could have come over to see your tank and get some frags. Maybe when I get back from Maui?
