Hey fellow reefers! New to R2R trying my first post

[chris jones 105]

Thanks to everybody's awesome replies, Makes it all worthwhile, love my reefing2

 

[chris jones 105]

Welcome!!

Thank u sir..

 

[W1ngz]

You may not be technology friendly, but you certainly seem to be reef friendly!

 

[Blitheran]

 

[chris jones 105]

You may not be technology friendly, but you certainly seem to be reef friendly!

Yes I've been at it for over twenty years, had salt water fish tanks before corals where able to b kept, I'm almost an old fart,LOL. thx. Chris...

 

[Greenreef75]

Welcome to a great site with great people! Your tank looks great! Excited to see the waterbox.

 

[reef lover]

Welcome to r2r! Nice tank!!

 

[Jamo7]

Beautiful tank!

 

[chris jones 105]

Welcome to r2r! Nice tank!!

Thank u reeflover

 

[chris jones 105]

Beautiful tank!

Thx jamo,appreciated

 

[Bryson.bobby]

Welcome to R2R

 

[ramona]

Beutiful tank. Do you mind sharing the details of your maintanence and feeding schedule?

 

[chris jones 105]

Beutiful tank. Do you mind sharing the details of your maintanence and feeding schedule?

Dont do much maintenance, use a dosing pump for Alk, calcium. Auto topoff, Test water once a week maybe, (if something looks off) change 10% water every couple weeks. Try'd to make it ULM, which it is. The key is stability in Every aspect, (temp, salinity, major trace, lighting.) I also dose ESV transition elements, use ESV for major elements, and four part salt. Auto topoff is vary important, (salinity) Feed frozen foods, new life spectrum pellets. Has 9 fish in it 4 or 5 shrimps, 3 crabs, many dorf stars, one big brittle star. Snails and a few hermits . And I have par meter, good to know the par, vary expensive but well worth noting my par. Which is bout 300 to the middle of the tank. Dont mind helping people be successful, Took me many years to get that far. Any questions feel free to ask.. Hope to do a build thread as soon as I can.thx chris

 

[ramona]

Thank you for details. You achieved great growth in 2 years. What light do you use?

 

[chris jones 105]

Eco tec xr30w g4, two 24"blue plus T5s, Hense the need for a par meter. AB+ on the XR30. 12 hours a day, 5 hours bout 80%.. Think most of the growth is stability " " " " ". Every coral in their were grown from frags. And I feed usually any time I walk by the tank, (little here and their).its important to keep Nitrates &phosphates above 0. Remember though every tank is different. Plus I dont use a protein skimmer, have a small refugium in one of the back compartments, seems to work vary well..As well as a filter sock in another compartment.

 

[LisaMarie]

Welcome to R2R! Gorgeous tank!

 

[chris jones 105]

Welcome to R2R! Gorgeous tank!

Hey legally blind !How's your new tank coming?

 

[chris jones 105]

Hey legally blind !How's your new tank coming?

And thx