Pic of my 76 corner tank

[DrBDC]

First read and study this:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2003/chem.htm

Then if you decide lime is for you:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rhf/index.php

FWIW I use saturated limewater at about 4 gallons/day which supplys about 95% of my ca and alk needs. Any additional tweaking and adjusting up of the ca and alk I use:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php

During this time of year with cooler temps I barely have to use any of the two part but when temps are warmer I have to adjust every couple weeks even though the limewater use goes up to about 6 gallons/day as well since I replace all evaporation with saturated limewater.

 

[Armeygal]

LOL the "traders" is because schplitter and I both used to frequent another forum that was strictly for cichlids and theyed give "saltys" a hard time...it was all in fun tho.. but sometimes youd get kicked out of the chatroom for being off topic..Looks like yout tank is going great Bk.. keep us updated on the maroons for sure.. I may eventually move to a bigger tank once I make the definite decision to sell or trade off my freshwater stuff for lighting.. I just got to decide which tank it will be for...I still got alot of cichlids left...

 

[Schplitter]

If I had the choice I would set that gigantic one up. The one you had your dolphins in. Must have been a 220 or larger.