Your current Fish tank Setups!

Unicorn · 18 Jul 2019 at 21:05

NoobCannon said:
I dont think you will keep your params stable without a dosing pump as its just too hard to dose by hand.

I dose approx 1dkh + equivalent calcium (2part) per day keeps me around 9dkh and 450 calcium. The dose is spread out over 24hours.

Yeah its getting the useage stable sadly, Iv been testing daily and recording to try get an accurate usage so i can dose for full week via pump and keep an eye on it

NoobCannon · 18 Jul 2019 at 21:12

Unicorn said:
Yeah its getting the useage stable sadly, Iv been testing daily and recording to try get an accurate usage so i can dose for full week via pump and keep an eye on it

What do you dose with. I.e what product?

This link is incredibly usefull for working out dosing

http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html

Unicorn · 18 Jul 2019 at 22:06

NoobCannon said:
What do you dose with. I.e what product?

This link is incredibly usefull for working out dosing

http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html

Seachem reef carbonate and aquavitro calcification for the above
Also use aquavitro ions and vibrance

NoobCannon · 18 Jul 2019 at 22:17

Ive had great success with seachem 2 part, found 2 pArt the easiest to dose as you Use equal amounts of each and it balances its self out. Used vibrance for a while but have had no need since installing the clarisea. Also use 10ml or red sea reef energy 2 part but thats just for coral food and colours etc.

Dosing isnt hard once you get your head round it imo. Can always buy an alkinator and never worry about it again

Spook187 · 18 Jul 2019 at 22:23

Dosing pumps are a god send, Triton core 7 for me with Quantum carbon dosing on the forth pump

rebel rebel · 18 Jul 2019 at 22:28

Spook187 said:
Dosing pumps are a god send, Triton core 7 for me with Quantum carbon dosing on the forth pump

How much does Triton Core 7 cost you a month?

NoobCannon · 18 Jul 2019 at 22:28

Spook187 said:
Dosing pumps are a god send, Triton core 7 for me with Quantum carbon dosing on the forth pump

How do you dose carbon? Or am i missing something

Spook187 · 18 Jul 2019 at 22:34

rebel rebel said:
How much does Triton Core 7 cost you a month?

The four bottles last me about a year @£30 cheap as chips

Spook187 · 18 Jul 2019 at 22:35

NoobCannon said:
How do you dose carbon? Or am i missing something

It's just like red sea no pox

rebel rebel · 18 Jul 2019 at 22:40

Spook187 said:
The four bottles last me about a year @£30 cheap as chips

That is cheap! And your tanks fully stocked.

Definitely less expensive than balling lite.

Spook187 · 18 Jul 2019 at 22:42

rebel rebel said:
That is cheap! And your tanks fully stocked.

Definitely less expensive than balling lite.

Aye fully loaded, mixed reef with plenty of SPS.

rebel rebel · 18 Jul 2019 at 22:44

Spook187 said:
Aye fully loaded, mixed reef with plenty of SPS.

And you do a 10% water change a week, or is it like the original Triton method where you don't do them?

Spook187 · 18 Jul 2019 at 22:58

rebel rebel said:
And you do a 10% water change a week, or is it like the original Triton method where you don't do them?

Water change every 2 to 3 weeks depending on work commitments, other method without fuge, I do large changes probably 30 to 40 %.

rebel rebel · 19 Jul 2019 at 00:03

Spook187 said:
Water change every 2 to 3 weeks depending on work commitments, other method without fuge, I do large changes probably 30 to 40 %.

30% is too much for me to do, I have to be careful not to lift anything heavier than a normal bag of shopping with my dialysis arm. I have some 25l containers that will be useless, I have to get a 10l for water changes and a 5l for top up.

Spook187 · 19 Jul 2019 at 00:26

rebel rebel said:
30% is too much for me to do, I have to be careful not to lift anything heavier than a normal bag of shopping with my dialysis arm. I have some 25l containers that will be useless, I have to get a 10l for water changes and a 5l for top up.

Have you heard of reefloat, you could get a little trolly to cart it all about.

http://www.reefloat.com/

rebel rebel · 19 Jul 2019 at 00:34

Spook187 said:
Have you heard of reefloat, you could get a little trolly to cart it all about.

http://www.reefloat.com/

Yeah I've seen them, would be useful. £190 for the 12.5l model.

I have a laundry room that shares a wall with the corner the tanks gonna go. Would be good to drill through and have some sort of automatic system setup. But probably overkill for a little tank.

NoobCannon · 19 Jul 2019 at 07:21

rebel rebel said:
Yeah I've seen them, would be useful. £190 for the 12.5l model.

I have a laundry room that shares a wall with the corner the tanks gonna go. Would be good to drill through and have some sort of automatic system setup. But probably overkill for a little tank.

Just get yourself a normal pump and use it to do water changes. I use two 25ltr buckets, drop the pump in the tank and fill the buckets and then use the same pump to empty them in the drain, then fill the buckets and use the pump
To fill the tank again.

Can get something similar to this to help you move the buckets around so you dont have to do any lifting at all.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wooden-Rol...ocphy=1006764&hvtargid=pla-698087045018&psc=1

I use those under my heavy pots in the garden and have had no problems with them breaking, if they can hold a tree +soil etc they be fine with a bucket of water

rebel rebel · 19 Jul 2019 at 11:04

Yeah that's a good idea cheers.

Tbh these are just small details. The main issue right now is getting the acrylic bonded together.

GTO656 · 25 Jul 2019 at 09:27

Guys, I have some black dots on back of my aquarium glass marine. What could be the problem?? Thanks

b0rn2sk8 · 25 Jul 2019 at 11:43

How's everyone's tanks doing in this heat?

I've been above target temp for the last week, had the lids off and lights off for the last couple of days to try and keep the temps down.

I am hovering at 27.5C at the moment, on the high side for my stocking but everyone seems to be doing well at the moment.