Makena95GT Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Just curious as to what everyone elses parameters are. You can be as simple as salinity and temp.. or super in depth. Be nice if you could include size of tank.. in general what you keep.. and maybe even lighting. I just think it would be neat to kinda compile everyones setups and give others an idea of how others keep their tanks (depending on what you keep) I dont really have much in terms of test kits. But I know for a fact my tank is mini cycling. Salinity - 1.025 Temp - 77.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Salinity - 1.025Temp - 80-82.7 FCa - 420ppmAlk -8.0 dKhMg - 1450 ppmPO4 - 0.03-0.05 ppmNO3 - ~10 ppm but normally <5 ppmI2 - 0.6-0.9 ppmpH - 7.86-8.05Mainly SPS-dominant but also keep a healthy collection of zoas and a few LPS. Fish population on the higher side.Run oversized skimmer, GFO, biopellets, and refugium with tons of live rock in sump. Use Calcium Reactor for supplementation and no water changes. Dose aminos 2x a week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Ty you are such a show off :-p Parameters... um, yeah... I will have to get back to you on that with specifics 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 I'm with you on no water changes James! Haha! Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 CURRENTLY... 55 gallon SPS dominant but I've got a bit of everything except NPS, T5HO lighting (MH switch coming with tank upgrade) Salinity: 1.026 Temp: 80.0-80.5 Ph: 7.75-8.25 Ca: 420 ppm Alk: 8.4dKH Mg: 1250 ppm PO4: 0.00-0.04 ppm Skimmer, bio pellets, gfo, carbon, lots of rock and flow. 2 part dosing for Ca/Alk supplementing. 10% once a month water change (really for trace elements only) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 pH 8.1 - 8.3 Alk ? Calcium ? Temp 71 - 85 (seasonal) Mg never tested PO4 .4 mg/l (Elos) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemoon Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 nice natural parameters timfish. any updated videos? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 nice natural parameters timfish. any updated videos? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk This one in October '12: The house this tank was in was sold in February '13 and the new owners had another maintenance company remove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Here's a montage of pictures and videos over the 4 1/2 years this system was run. http://youtu.be/UjMFWHC4uBM And here's one that shows just about 3 1/2 years growth of Acropora youngii, Green Slimer http://youtu.be/DyM6Y39iQ8M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 78 - 79 degrees. 1.026 sg last I checked. Haven't tested anything else nor done a water change in about 3 months, so have no idea right now. PO4 and NO3 are definitely very low. I can usually tell if either is up. High PO4 = cyano and high NO3 = film or hair algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Reefer Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 (edited) Salinity 1.026 Temp 77 - 79 F Ca 450ppm Alk 9.1 dKh Mg 1500 ppm PO4 0.01-0.04 ppm NO3 <5 ppm pH 8.1 - 8.2 Hard Corals 50/50 split on SPS / LPS See signiture line for tank specefications Edited June 30, 2014 by Neon Reefer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I forgot, NO3 0.0 ppm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemoon Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I forgot, NO3 0.0 ppm sad to hear that tank was taken down last year. are those the parameters that it used to have or on another tank? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 From this system, PO4 was May '12. The system was set up with a 50 gallon mud refugium and I tested phosphates randomly. PO4 stayed around .1 mg/l for most of the time but started to climb in the fourth year. I should note the mud never had a partial changeout as is reccomended and also there was no skimmer used on theis system. PH range is from various dates and times and this I test for more frequently than alk, what I look for is long term downward trends. Temperature was seasonal, the highest noted temperature was the summer of '10 and the lowest was the winter of 2011. Nitrates and alkalinity were tested at various times but were not noteworthy. Unless alkalinity is outside of 7-9 dKH I'll disregard it so there was never a time I tested it and felt like I needed to monitor it more closely. As Nitrates are typically undetectable in my systems it's notable whenever I actually have it show up on the occasions I test for it but I won't do anything about it unless it's up around 10 or 20 ppm. Calcium was tested also but with both a kalkwasser and calcium reactors it was never an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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