introducing my 870gal tank (pics ahead)
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? great job as always, green slimer is growing like weeds. so who gets to sit on the chairThank you very much for your kind words.
The "brain" in the middle of the tank is now about 15" in diameter and doubled it's height in the last year. It's getting spheric, like it should.
Well, seems that the tank has a bigger one than myself ;-).
I never thought, that SPS can grow so quick, that I have to prune them each other month to keep enough free water for the fishes.
Ralf
The "brain" in the middle of the tank is now about 15" in diameter and doubled it's height in the last year. It's getting spheric, like it should.
Well, seems that the tank has a bigger one than myself ;-).
I never thought, that SPS can grow so quick, that I have to prune them each other month to keep enough free water for the fishes.
Ralf
invincible569
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Ralf, your tank always amazes me. Even from a short amount of time, your tank has changed and filled in even more. I guess its expected when you have more areas to grow from than just 1 or 2 branches. Do you have a video of your aquarium? Would love to see it if you do.
Hi again,
hmm, a video would be nice, yes.
A year ago I tried to make one, but had to discover that I should stick to gardening coral.
Tottering pictures and inappropiate cuts were the only results :-(.
Given that all the added CaCl2*2H2O (the Calcium additive) is converted to coral skeleton
and there would be no dropouts, the system produces about 75 kilos (165 pound) skeleton a year.
Don't know if I can trust that number. There have to be dropouts and other (smaller) Calcium consumer. But even so, thats an ugly lot.
Thanks,
Ralf
hmm, a video would be nice, yes.
A year ago I tried to make one, but had to discover that I should stick to gardening coral.
Tottering pictures and inappropiate cuts were the only results :-(.
Given that all the added CaCl2*2H2O (the Calcium additive) is converted to coral skeleton
and there would be no dropouts, the system produces about 75 kilos (165 pound) skeleton a year.
Don't know if I can trust that number. There have to be dropouts and other (smaller) Calcium consumer. But even so, thats an ugly lot.
Thanks,
Ralf
dn100,
currently I use:
CaCl2*2H2O - about 320g a day
MgCl2*6H2O - about 40g a day
NaHCO3 - about 350g a day
NaCl-free Salt - about 100g a day
I buy the chemicals in 25kg sacks (pharma-grade) with cost of about 3-4 Euros a kg (4.4 - 5.9 US$)
in CaCl2*2H2O that means 1 Euro (1.5 US$) a day.
Ralf
currently I use:
CaCl2*2H2O - about 320g a day
MgCl2*6H2O - about 40g a day
NaHCO3 - about 350g a day
NaCl-free Salt - about 100g a day
I buy the chemicals in 25kg sacks (pharma-grade) with cost of about 3-4 Euros a kg (4.4 - 5.9 US$)
in CaCl2*2H2O that means 1 Euro (1.5 US$) a day.
Ralf
I filled the tank with water in september 2005.
Some coral and fish came from my previous system.
The maintenance isn't that time consuming, feeding twice a day and looking at the
animals is all I do during the week. Friday is my tank day, there I spent about 2 hours
with cleaning filters, skimmer, waterchange, watermakeup.
Each other week I make up new chemicals etc.
Other tasks like make cuttings, clean pumps, new bulbs etc. are also done on that
Fridays within the 2 hours.
It pays off, to have pumps for waterchange in/out etc. etc. ;-)
Ralf
Some coral and fish came from my previous system.
The maintenance isn't that time consuming, feeding twice a day and looking at the
animals is all I do during the week. Friday is my tank day, there I spent about 2 hours
with cleaning filters, skimmer, waterchange, watermakeup.
Each other week I make up new chemicals etc.
Other tasks like make cuttings, clean pumps, new bulbs etc. are also done on that
Fridays within the 2 hours.
It pays off, to have pumps for waterchange in/out etc. etc. ;-)
Ralf
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