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11-21-2012, 04:12 AM
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04V10's 20gal Sumpless Mixed Reef
Hey all,
Figured I'd give an update on my 20 gallon tank. I hadn't really made a tank journal, and previously just posted a couple inhabitants that I had in the setup. So I figured I'd post up what I had, have accomplished and my plans for the future. Equipment: 20gal standard dimensions AC70 with a fuge mod HOB eshoppes skimmer Radion LED (Previously Mazzara Maxspec) Koralia 240 powerhead Hydor 180 powerhead Marineland heater Livestock: Normal CUC Skunk Cleaner Shrimp 6 line wrasse 2 clowns 1 blue chromis Coral: Open Brain Duncans 2 favias hammer frog spawn armor of god zoas radioactive dragon eye zoas blue/green acans Red/pink acans plate coral blue candy canes blue/purple candy canes Monti pora Crocea clam pink birdsnest birdsnest with blue polyps green milli large acro Tri colored acro Current Params: Salinity 1.025 pH 8.2 temp 78 Mg 1340 Ca 445 dKh 8.55 Salt brand I'm using is Red Sea Coral Pro So everything was running pretty good until I moved to a new house and had to move the tank. When I moved it, I had a major cyano outbreak on the sand, but didn't see any issues to the livestock with it, just an unsightly red covering of the nice white sand I have..lol I also have a tri colored acro that got knocked off a rock and fell upside down while I was away on holidays (i know i should have had it plastered down, I do now..lol) I currently dose Ca and Alk daily, and MG once every 3 days. I plan on purchasing a dosing pump, as I don't mind adding manually, however I plan on upgrading to a larger tank in the future, so i'm being really careful on the products that I buy, as I would like to use them with the future setup. Other than that, I skim pretty dry, so i only empty the cup when I do my water change. I do a water change every week, which is around 20-25% of the total tank volume. Here's some pics so enjoy. Oh and as you can tell, I have no idea how to add my photos to embed them..lol http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...ium/FTS_2_.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...m/Brain111.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...snest:clam.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...cans:Plate.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...:birdsnest.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...nging_SPS_.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...um/Duncans.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...:Candycane.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...edium/fuge.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...ium/Hammer.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...dium/Milli.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...dium/Monti.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat.../Red_Acans.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat.../sideshot2.jpg Last edited by 04V10; 11-21-2012 at 04:22 AM. 
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11-21-2012, 06:23 PM
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Nice tank
 But I wonder why do you have to dose? Your tank doesn't seem to have too much "hungry" stuffs. Just curious :P
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11-21-2012, 06:38 PM
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11-21-2012, 07:22 PM
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My alk was dropping from 8.9dKH to 6, sometimes 5.8 in 7 days!
Also, my Ca was dropping from 440 to 390ppm. Mg was fropping from 1340 to 1280ppm. Just figured I'd dose to get the alk where I wanted it and to keep everything stable. Ever since I did, the colors came back on everything (SPS), and the milli actually really started to encrust and grow. For the longest time it just sat there with no progress, but in the last month it's been quite amazing. My clam on the other hand has been growing quite a bit as well before I was dosing, so that might have been where it was all going instead of my SPS.
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