Thanks for stopping in guys. As you can see from the vid its not a fast paced high flow/energy system it looks a little sleepy at times lol except for scurrying pods at feed time. the sole goal of the system is years +coral+no algae and nothing else, not even pleasing aesthetics lol
with the wondrous cheat that is peroxide there are no invaders that can take down the tank now, so not testing for any water params except for temp and sg has always been nice. everyone else's reef drawer is full of half dosed this n that all kinds of pumps and cables and test kits etc
well mine is too but none of its for the reefbowl heh
the system is still 1 gal in volume, I have a vid called peroxide application in the reefbowl that shows the full drain and treat into a milk jug, its a two gallon vase so the total displacement is about half. over the years I don't notice if the volume has changed, its mostly live rock set in there so thats an unchanging mass
its gets dosed daily with alk and calcium like clockwork with 100% water changes as time allows. no testing for calcium and alk, we can dose now in 1-2 gallon reefs without water testing if we know the salt mix and the two part being used, so I apply that method. you'd think the system would command more and more calcium and alk but actually that peaked in about 2009 and hasn't changed much since then. about 3/4 capfull of c balance daily is what it uses.
if/when the coralline starts to whiten thats a sign to increase and hold dosage until the next sign
2012 highlights are 2 negative 1 positive in my opinion
