I don't. But I have a local fish store/petco/petsmart at which I can substitute anything I might need on short notice.Who here doesn't have a closet full of unused reef gear? I have at least 3-4K worth of stuff for just in case moments.
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I don't. But I have a local fish store/petco/petsmart at which I can substitute anything I might need on short notice.Who here doesn't have a closet full of unused reef gear? I have at least 3-4K worth of stuff for just in case moments.
I'm pretty set in my ways, one of my reef buddies calls it "the rusty special". And it's not perfect, but it works. I try to keep things as simple as possible. I do have an auto-doser for alk and calcium on my tank, an ato, heater controller, etc. My job is really unpredictable so I need the tank to be able to run itself with a minimum amount of attention for awhile if need be. For example, with my tanks uptake, manual dosing just isn't going to cut it when I can't get to it every day. But hey, a $40 used doser snd I'm in business. My wife and I have a 32g biocube and 34g red sea. Both just have a piece of filter pad in the overflow and extra rock in the back chamber. That's it. No skimmer, etc. I just do regular water changes with regular old instant ocean I boost the calcium in a little.I'm with you. My 180 has been running for about 8 years and has never looked better. I manually dose 2 part in the morning and change 20g of water a week and let it run itself. I spent plenty of time chasing numbers and trying the latest miracle in a bottle over the years and usually did more harm than good.
I do have 2 other smaller tanks that I'm experimenting with growing sticks so those get a little more attention but I'm still trying to keep it as simple as possible.
Fuges in all tanks with chaeto. Doesn't really help with nutrient removal but sure does grow some cool life forms.
I just have a canister filter and ATO. Ultra Low Maintenance. I change one bucket of water weekly.Been in the hobby for 10+ years and looked in my "fish closet" a few months ago and saw the graveyard of unused equipments and random bottles of reef elixirs and potions. I have 2 extra IM reactors, 5-6 wavemakers / pumps, 2-3 heaters, pod hotels (remember those??), and I dont even know if these equipments still all work. I have tubs of phosguard, GFO, carbon that I haven't used, I have all kinds of amino acid, reef buffer, trace elements, reef roids, bacto balance, np-plus, elimi-np, iodine, and other random junk. It made me realized BRS does a heck of a job marketing and I fell for it time after time. I was close to pulling the trigger on a $400 algae scrubber because I been dealing with high phosphate. Then I told myself no more.
I took down the 2 reactors already running in the tank. I threw away all the bottles of additives. I got some chaeto + red macroalgae and started my fuge back up. Fast forward to now and my tank been in the best shape ever. My parameters are in check and I am going to go back to the basics.
Filter pad + Skimmer + Fuge + 2 parts + Feed my fish. That's it. The only thing I will have to buy ever again is filter pads, frozen fish food, and RODI replacement. I am done adding anything else to my tank. Unsubscribed from BRS, Aquacave, and SWA.
Who here doesn't have a closet full of unused reef gear? I have at least 3-4K worth of stuff for just in case moments.
Problem is people gather stuff for a build or hold as spare and all of these things lose warranty and value.
Been in the hobby for 10+ years and looked in my "fish closet" a few months ago and saw the graveyard of unused equipments and random bottles of reef elixirs and potions. I have 2 extra IM reactors, 5-6 wavemakers / pumps, 2-3 heaters, pod hotels (remember those??), and I dont even know if these equipments still all work. I have tubs of phosguard, GFO, carbon that I haven't used, I have all kinds of amino acid, reef buffer, trace elements, reef roids, bacto balance, np-plus, elimi-np, iodine, and other random junk. It made me realized BRS does a heck of a job marketing and I fell for it time after time. I was close to pulling the trigger on a $400 algae scrubber because I been dealing with high phosphate. Then I told myself no more.
I took down the 2 reactors already running in the tank. I threw away all the bottles of additives. I got some chaeto + red macroalgae and started my fuge back up. Fast forward to now and my tank been in the best shape ever. My parameters are in check and I am going to go back to the basics.
Filter pad + Skimmer + Fuge + 2 parts + Feed my fish. That's it. The only thing I will have to buy ever again is filter pads, frozen fish food, and RODI replacement. I am done adding anything else to my tank. Unsubscribed from BRS, Aquacave, and SWA.
People do tend to overcomplicate things.I’ve also bought extra stuff during the “Black Friday” sales,..and have yet to make use of them. This year I promised myself that I would buy only what I needed, and so far I have been able to not impulse buy. I missed this year’s reef palooza, so I didn’t like I have done at previous events.
Who wouldn't take a brand new car with modern tech and reliability vs a 54 year old muscle car? I'm taking the new carReefers had beautiful tanks decades ago too and didn't have any of this modern tech and additives.
Who wouldn't take a 69 Camaro over a tesla?
And I'll cruise right past you at your 45 minute charging....old school rulesWho wouldn't take a brand new car with modern tech and reliability vs a 54 year old muscle car? I'm taking the new car
Probably on a flat bedAnd I'll cruise right past you at your 45 minute charging....old school rules