Kevin's 36 gallon setup

[kwandrsn]

Wet bucket head?

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[bknapp]

Wet bucket head?

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I use it on the tank only, just attach it to a five gallon bucket. It's $20 from
Home Depot.

 

[kwandrsn]

Ah ok I'm gonna look for one.I didn't know they made one for a bucket

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[kwandrsn]

Ok I got a question. I am going thru a good amount of top off water since I added the 10 gallon sump.... Is this normal. I can't see any leaks or anything and my salinity is staying perfect. I'm gonna see how much I'm using I filled my bucket up to the 3.5 gallon mark at 9pm tonight. I'll give it a few days and see where I'm at.

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[jmann124]

I use approximately 1 gallon a day in my 75g with 20g sump.

 

[kwandrsn]

Yeah and thats 50 gallons less than I have though

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[kwandrsn]

Oops I meant 50 gallons more not less

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[schooleyosis]

If you are running the air conditioner you'll see a lot more evaporation than when not using the A/C. I think my top off just about doubles when the A/C is on.

 

[jmann124]

If you are running the air conditioner you'll see a lot more evaporation than when not using the A/C. I think my top off just about doubles when the A/C is on.

That's so weird how two tanks can be different in those aspects. Last week my AC was down and I topped off more than when it's working.

 

[schooleyosis]

All depends on how humid or dry it is outdoors....

 

[kwandrsn]

Ok I'm losing about a half gallon. Big difference from 2 cups (16oz)

Another question. I have both my circulation pumps and my hob filter shutting off on standby mode so I can feed. Should I shut my return pump for my sump off as well?

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[schooleyosis]

The only thing I just off during feeding is the skimmer. Do waves stop in the ocean so the fish can eat? Lol sometimes I do put my pumps in feed mode but not that often.


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[bknapp]

I don't shut off anything during feeding time, when I feed frozen foods I will put my MP40's into feed mode. I would rather have any left over food get into the skimmer (or hang on back filter in your case) than on the bottom of the tank or inside the rocks. With that said the amount of food added at a time should be consumed within minutes.

 

[jmann124]

I don't shut anything off either. I tend to agree with the ocean waves statement. I also don't have Powerhead controllers, so I don't have a feed mode.

 

[kwandrsn]

Ok still haven't done a water change. Was gonna get to it today or tomorrow. Just checked nitrates. 0 , omg doesnt make sense how quick they disappeared
Only bad thing is done of my corals don't seem to like the change

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[jmann124]

I dropped mine real fast once and all my LPS went down hill till I got them back up. Now I'm dropping them slowly and everything is fine except my acans.

 

[kwandrsn]

Yeah I'm hoping everything gets adjusted ok. Mainly just my zoas and xenia are showing the most "stress" I guess you could call it. I have noticed most of the blue star polyps on the zoa rock from josh's tank have disappeared. I'm hoping they stay gone. There is still some I need to scrape off

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[kwandrsn]

Ok so I have neglected my tank a little the past couple of weeks ( no water changes). I have noticed green bubble algae on some corals I bought from another club member, I'm not going to name names but pretty much everything I bought from him has had it on it and nothing else in my tank does might be a coincidence I don't know. I need to research how to get rid of it and what to do to prevent it. Currently I have removed the corals and scraped it off and rinsed the corals in fresh saltwater before putting back in the tank.

I ran my parameters after I done a water change for the first time in a few weeks.

Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
NITRATE 0!
Ph 8.0
Temp 78.1
Salt 1.025
Kh 9
Calcium 380
Phosphates 0
Magnesium 1440

And I ran a iodine test. Not sure if I done it right. Because it says to wait till the standard test is a certain color... Well as soon as I add the drops its that color so I'm coming up with
Iodine 0.06

I still can't believe my nitrates are at 0.

I'm losing a half gallon a day due to evaporation and I'm also losing salt. I noticed a lot of creep and my salinity was a little low.

How do you guys keep your salinity stable?

Mind you this was from about 2-3 weeks without a water change

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[kwandrsn]

Tank shot

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[schooleyosis]

Tank and params look good. When I perform a WC i run the makeup water at 0.001 higher than what I want the tank at. This helps maintain the salinity.