Convict2161
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Wow!! Awesome tank!! Ok I have some work to do lol. Nice job!!
Aiden said:Great tank! I am working on turning my 29 gallon into a mixed reef. I don't have any reactors on my tank so maybe thats the difference. but other than that I'm guessing you're very good at looking after your tank. Could you let us in on your secret? Do you dose with anything? What maintenance regime do you follow? etc.
Schism said:No dosing.
The biggest thing i do that most people dont is siphon my sand bed during water changes and use only skimmer and live rock. No filter socks, no canisters or wet/dry filter, no power filter. The reactor is used as a combo GFO/carbon reactor.
Stable and proper parameters.
Convict2161 said:Interesting so no part 1&2 or A&B? Nothing?
I've read many threads and articles where people don't do anything BUT a water change and there tanks looks awesome as yours does as well.
This peaks my interest. So you don't use all 101 Kent products or any of there counter parts?
Too many to list lol but you know what I'm talking about.
Again man GREAT looking tank!
Schism said:Nope. Dosing comes with disadvantages and if you can avoid it you should. Only thing i use besides salt mix is occasional buffer and small amount of Kalk in ATO reservoir.
Water changes and kalk should be able to maintain 90% of tanks. Many people are sucked into the marketing and believe that they need to dose 2-part or trace elements etc. and 90% of the time its totally unnecessary.
I maintain calcium around 460ppm and alk around 10-11 dKh.
AquariumAddiction said:Great looking tank. Is that a Montipora (orange plate coral) in the mddle? I have been trying to find some frags to get some growing in my 29 gallon.
Convict2161 said:Awesome info! I fell for all the hype in the magazines etc thinking I needed every bottle necessary but looking at your tank I'm rethinking that theory. Absolutely amazing tank! More pics? Video?
Convict2161 said:Awesome info! I fell for all the hype in the magazines etc thinking I needed every bottle necessary but looking at your tank I'm rethinking that theory. Absolutely amazing tank! More pics? Video?
NightHawk-33 said:Very nice looking tank and rockwork. Btw where did you get your LR from? Very nice pieces..
severum mama said:I really like what you have done with this tank. The corals look so healthy. Glad to see everything did so well with the power outage.
Schism said:Thank you, im pretty sure this tank can make it through anything now lol.
Flreefer said:IMO, it's never the tank that's bullet-proof, it's the dedication of the owner!
Schism said:Thanks Convict, i'll have to do a video sometime, not sure what you wanna see though.
Schism said:Lol my wife read that and she thinks i love my tank more than her. I refused to comment lol.
Convict2161 said:Would like to just see it ya know with flow and movement make that bad boy really come to life. The pics are amazing. I could only imagine what a video would look like. I'm just a big YouTube buff too. Would love to see up on the screen lol.