MarineGirl411
New member
Hi everyone,
Still in the process of starting up my 40 gallon breeder. Ugh, it has taken forever. At least 3 or 4 months. =( I am designing a closed loop for it. I am going to use a sump/refugium that my boyfriend and I are going to build out of acrylic. So far here are the tank specifications, Aqua C Remora Pro (yes I should have went with an urchin or an in sump model but at the time I was doing all hang on the back equipment) I am going to hang this into the first chamber of the sump before it hits the fuge. I didn't make the stand tall enough to fit it inside the sump. =( Aqualight Pro, fiji pink sand fine, vistherm, quiet one 3000 return, quiet one 5,000 closed loop,American DJ power switch unit, and other stuff I know I am forgetting but it's late and I am forgetful. Anyway, just a question, with the equipment I have, what is the best method to dose calcium? Should I use a drip Kalk? Save and buy a Calcium Reactor, or dose the liquid calcium? I've seen it at the pet stores and a local reef member uses liquid calcium in their reef. They dose it daily in their sump. What does everyone recommend? What calcium tests do you recommend using? Should I dose it in the first chamber of the sump? What brands of calcium? What trace elements should I dose? Should I dose Iodine? Oh one biggie. Here is the list of reef inhabitants I plan on keeping, Hammer Coral, Frogspawn, Clams, Favia, Blastos, Maybe an open brain, Zoos, short tentacle plate coral, Orage caps and purple caps. Possibly Acropora when my skills advance. Thank you all.
Still in the process of starting up my 40 gallon breeder. Ugh, it has taken forever. At least 3 or 4 months. =( I am designing a closed loop for it. I am going to use a sump/refugium that my boyfriend and I are going to build out of acrylic. So far here are the tank specifications, Aqua C Remora Pro (yes I should have went with an urchin or an in sump model but at the time I was doing all hang on the back equipment) I am going to hang this into the first chamber of the sump before it hits the fuge. I didn't make the stand tall enough to fit it inside the sump. =( Aqualight Pro, fiji pink sand fine, vistherm, quiet one 3000 return, quiet one 5,000 closed loop,American DJ power switch unit, and other stuff I know I am forgetting but it's late and I am forgetful. Anyway, just a question, with the equipment I have, what is the best method to dose calcium? Should I use a drip Kalk? Save and buy a Calcium Reactor, or dose the liquid calcium? I've seen it at the pet stores and a local reef member uses liquid calcium in their reef. They dose it daily in their sump. What does everyone recommend? What calcium tests do you recommend using? Should I dose it in the first chamber of the sump? What brands of calcium? What trace elements should I dose? Should I dose Iodine? Oh one biggie. Here is the list of reef inhabitants I plan on keeping, Hammer Coral, Frogspawn, Clams, Favia, Blastos, Maybe an open brain, Zoos, short tentacle plate coral, Orage caps and purple caps. Possibly Acropora when my skills advance. Thank you all.
