Hello
I am going to be out of town Leaving Sunday Aug 3rd in the evening and returning Thursday Aug 7th in the morning and am STRESSED OUT about my tank as it is running great and (in my opinion) looking great.
HISTORY
EQUIPMENT
I am relatively new to reefing (about 6 months). I have a JBJ 28 gallon nano tank with an aquamaxx HOB-1 skimmer (rated 75G), a reef radiance dm-132e LED hanging light (both channels on timers), about 35 lbs of live sand, and about 35 lbs of live rock (stacked pyramid style... pics to follow).
LIVESTOCK
For livestock, I have two clowns, one yellow choris wrasse, one yellow neon goby, and one gumdrop clown goby. I also have a LOT of coral from frags (pics to follow shortly). I have mainly zoa's / pally's and LPS (a lot of Acan's, a few duncan, torch, frogspawn, etc...). I also have a few SPS (monti's I think), two chalice, some favia, clove polyp, kenya tree, and a few other assorted.
IMPORTANT FACTS
1) As I said, all are frags, so small, but I did go a little hog wild over 4th of july weekend and have stocked my tank to its extent (if there is such a thing).
2) I have had my fish for quite a while now and they are doing well, no sickness, etc..
3) All my levels are currently good, my nitrates are a little on the dirty side, but still around 30 so ok for my tank. Everything else is negligible. Calcium, PH, MG, etc... all are at acceptable levels and tested regularly.
4) I do a water change of approx 5 gallons weekly and top off almost daily with RO
5) I feed my fish a pinch or two of Thera A+ pellets a day
DOSING
I may go a little overboard, but monitor my levels and so far, so good, but I dose with:
Calciumalily
Alk: So far maybe once a week as my Alk consistently seems high
Magnesium: 2-3 times weekly
Coral Exponential: 2-3 times weekly
Coral Elements: 2-3 times weekly
Phyto blast: 2-3 times weekly
Zoo Blast: 2-3 times weekly
Marine Snow: 2-3 times weekly.
On all of the "coral food" supplements, I usually cut the dose in 1/2 as I am usually giving two different ones on any given day.
QUESTION:
1) Is my tank going to self destruct? (Fish die, coral die, etc...)
2) What can I do to prevent this?
Thoughts:
1) I can do a water change right before leaving Sunday as I leave in the evening and dose supplements heavily.
2) I can do a water change in the morning when I return and dose again as I get back in the morning.
3) So basically, I will need to worry about monday, tuesday, wednesday.
4) I could buy an ATO device and attache a 5 gallon jug next to tank to help with evaporation... Do ATO devices work well? Marine depot has a newer one ay auto aqua that is supposed to be good and have very little moving parts to go wrong.
5) I could buy an auto feeder for the fish.
I am just not sure if this will work with my fish being used to being fed every day and my corals used to the heavy supplementation. Will lowering it for three days kill everything?
Sorry for the long email, but I wanted to give as much info as I could. Pics will follow to get an idea of the stock level of tank.
Adam
I am going to be out of town Leaving Sunday Aug 3rd in the evening and returning Thursday Aug 7th in the morning and am STRESSED OUT about my tank as it is running great and (in my opinion) looking great.
HISTORY
EQUIPMENT
I am relatively new to reefing (about 6 months). I have a JBJ 28 gallon nano tank with an aquamaxx HOB-1 skimmer (rated 75G), a reef radiance dm-132e LED hanging light (both channels on timers), about 35 lbs of live sand, and about 35 lbs of live rock (stacked pyramid style... pics to follow).
LIVESTOCK
For livestock, I have two clowns, one yellow choris wrasse, one yellow neon goby, and one gumdrop clown goby. I also have a LOT of coral from frags (pics to follow shortly). I have mainly zoa's / pally's and LPS (a lot of Acan's, a few duncan, torch, frogspawn, etc...). I also have a few SPS (monti's I think), two chalice, some favia, clove polyp, kenya tree, and a few other assorted.
IMPORTANT FACTS
1) As I said, all are frags, so small, but I did go a little hog wild over 4th of july weekend and have stocked my tank to its extent (if there is such a thing).
2) I have had my fish for quite a while now and they are doing well, no sickness, etc..
3) All my levels are currently good, my nitrates are a little on the dirty side, but still around 30 so ok for my tank. Everything else is negligible. Calcium, PH, MG, etc... all are at acceptable levels and tested regularly.
4) I do a water change of approx 5 gallons weekly and top off almost daily with RO
5) I feed my fish a pinch or two of Thera A+ pellets a day
DOSING
I may go a little overboard, but monitor my levels and so far, so good, but I dose with:
Calciumalily
Alk: So far maybe once a week as my Alk consistently seems high
Magnesium: 2-3 times weekly
Coral Exponential: 2-3 times weekly
Coral Elements: 2-3 times weekly
Phyto blast: 2-3 times weekly
Zoo Blast: 2-3 times weekly
Marine Snow: 2-3 times weekly.
On all of the "coral food" supplements, I usually cut the dose in 1/2 as I am usually giving two different ones on any given day.
QUESTION:
1) Is my tank going to self destruct? (Fish die, coral die, etc...)
2) What can I do to prevent this?
Thoughts:
1) I can do a water change right before leaving Sunday as I leave in the evening and dose supplements heavily.
2) I can do a water change in the morning when I return and dose again as I get back in the morning.
3) So basically, I will need to worry about monday, tuesday, wednesday.
4) I could buy an ATO device and attache a 5 gallon jug next to tank to help with evaporation... Do ATO devices work well? Marine depot has a newer one ay auto aqua that is supposed to be good and have very little moving parts to go wrong.
5) I could buy an auto feeder for the fish.
I am just not sure if this will work with my fish being used to being fed every day and my corals used to the heavy supplementation. Will lowering it for three days kill everything?
Sorry for the long email, but I wanted to give as much info as I could. Pics will follow to get an idea of the stock level of tank.
Adam