A Splash of Color - My SPS Peninsula Reef
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sahin
Ultimate Reefer
Biggles, your BFC is flawed. You didn't factor in the fact that some fish are skinny and small weaklings.
If your tank has tangs and other fish that aren't scardy pants like Biggles fish are, multiply your BFC by 50.
If you have an assortment of weakling fish like Biggles has (whose fish poop at the sight of Biggles) then divide the BFC by 25.
So there you have it. I worked it out after doing 10 hours of maths and I've also had it checked out by a leading marine biologist from Australia. This guy knows his stuff.
Sorry Biggles but the Aussie biologist tells me your BFC had a major flaw and that the above factors correct for the flaw. :thumbsup:
If your tank has tangs and other fish that aren't scardy pants like Biggles fish are, multiply your BFC by 50.
If you have an assortment of weakling fish like Biggles has (whose fish poop at the sight of Biggles) then divide the BFC by 25.
So there you have it. I worked it out after doing 10 hours of maths and I've also had it checked out by a leading marine biologist from Australia. This guy knows his stuff.
Sorry Biggles but the Aussie biologist tells me your BFC had a major flaw and that the above factors correct for the flaw. :thumbsup:
This is real science!!!! :wavehand:
M007
Acro Whore
Nice one :beer:
gavinsepanik
New member
What is a BFC
gavinsepanik
New member
I understand how to calculate it but what does it stand for and show.
biggles
Premium Member
Thanks mate, stop being a sand bully.......... nice BFC
A Blue Girdled Angelfish hey......... that's a pretty awesome looking fish my friend - don't forget there's always 'the shark'.........:beer:
My display is 140gal. Your little puddle tank is 47gal Sahin. 3 x 47 = 141 - same volume as me. Now you have two fish or the same as me having 6 fish in my display - a joke ! Do you even know you're a fish hater mate ?
I'm pretty sure your aussie biologist is Ryan looking at the post below.......
You live in a country shaped like a boot that's sinking into the ocean. This is nature taking back an obvious goof when the planet was forming, covering up a mistake if you like.
This is real science mate.........
I'll shout you a one way fare on the Spirit mate
Thanks mate
Nothing wrong with that BFC Joe, if it was under 0.5 i'd expect you to stop posting on the SPS forum but you clearly know what your doing mate as opposed to being a clueless SPS goofball :thumbsup:
It shows your fish poo production capabilities and is a fixed constant. As the acros grow so do the fish and the system poo production needs are met. The algorithm was formerly only used by the guys on the 'Fish Only & Aggressive Tanks' forum to weedle out fish haters such as Sahin but i've tweaked it to suit the SPS keepers needs. :reading:
Oh no I hope it doesn't sink"¦"¦anyway I just came back from the beach where I went swimming"¦"¦"¦. in the case we sink"¦. I'm ready..:thumbsup:
Reefvet
New member
Hah! Someone's gotta try and keep you honest :uhoh3:
I've never done a fish count on the research systems. Roughly 1500. Open systems have a flow through rate of about 800 gals of NSW a day per tank so BFC relative to tank volume doesn't equate. Lots of very happy fish though :fish1::fish1::fish1::fish1::fish1::fish1::fish1::fish1:
nemodan
New member
Interesting thread. I was reading it and I am wondering if I am OK with the fish number.
I have 11 fish in the display 65 G and 4 in my fuge (20G) . Total of 15 fish.
Is that too much ? I need to add or take fish ?
With the fuge full of macro and a LOT of Seacherm Matrix my Phosphate is at 0.04 and 0 Nitrates. So I started to feed more and added in the last 2 weeks 4 fish out of those 15 (today's count)
BTW this is my tank:
Thanks !!!
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biggles
Premium Member
As long as you can maintain water that is acro friendly then the higher the BFC the better.
Thanks Mike, the only spot where stuff settles is at the base of the overflow wall where the current is slow. Most of the pale patches you see on the bottom in that last pic are coralline algae bleaching in patches. Not sure what MT is.
Thanks Perry
Thanks Mindy, i wouldn't be booyah'n anyone when i was running a BFC count very close to the fish hater levels Sahin keeps.
Giggles is getting more fishies too.......
I don't think that would be easy to calculate given the many different techniques being used to raise acros in. I would suggest 1.0 is a very good point to aim for as a minimum if you aren't relying on additives to supply your corals with the nutrition they need.
Do you have white sand beaches over there like we have or rock rubble like in England - if you don't have white sand i think you better stop using the term beach......
:facepalm: Look, how is the BFC which is a widely accepted and internationally recognised SPS parameter all of a sudden my problem and i'm the one who has to explain everything. You don't see Greg trying to buck accepted fish keeping practices and he's won TOTM twice - AND he did it with a lame BFC !
I bet the fish are happy with that amount NSW being turned over each day, corals would like it a lot as well i imagine. Don't you worry mate, any time these guys start talking rubbish you feel free to step in and bring some sanity to the argument :thumbsup:
