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Amen to that!Once the minimal for me was meet. Every $ saved on extra equipment can be spent on livestock or consumables.
I agree, and I added it to my signature. However, when I checked my posts my signature does not appear. That may be because I am not a supporting member (even though I have a banner, which I never knew why I was given that.) Or I am just so tech challenged that I did not do it correctly, LOL. Anyhow, I will welcome new folks and introduce them to this thread. I used to welcome and be available and just kind of drifted away, so need to get back into it.Maybe we should all put a link to this thread in our signature that shows up at the bottom of every post we make. And then start visiting the 'Welcome' forum.
I, for one, would not mind being a bit of a 'mentor' for some people trying this hobby for the first time.
If you're on a phone, the signature won't show up - it should show up on a computer though.I agree, and I added it to my signature. However, when I checked my posts my signature does not appear. That may be because I am not a supporting member (even though I have a banner, which I never knew why I was given that.) Or I am just so tech challenged that I did not do it correctly, LOL. Anyhow, I will welcome new folks and introduce them to this thread. I used to welcome and be available and just kind of drifted away, so need to get back into it.
Oh, thank you. I did not know that and I always use my phone.If you're on a phone, the signature won't show up - it should show up on a computer though.
As far as I see its not quite high tech. You circulation and light, use ato as that could be a pain to top off that big. A refugium for filtration which to me is still natural and non mechanical. Only thing not as pointed out is UV. But doing a huge water change on that big tank is a bit much. So UV was to correct a problem you identified as an overdose. Now use for clarity but why not at this point as you paid for it lol.sterilizer wasnt a bandaid but used to help repair. Now if you continued to overdose and left it because it solved issue but continued dosing anyways without identifying, then its a band aid lol.@Ron Reefman, thank you for starting this thread. I also hope it can become a forum in the near future. I think it is important to show that all of the extra equipment, and expense, incurred on many new setups is not mandatory but rather optional or purely for convenience.
I have never had and have no desire for a high-tech tank as I'm not in the aqua-culture business. My first sw tank was nothing more than an under-gravel filter with reverse flow MaxiJets and a HOB sponge filter and all of the T12 bulbs I could fit on top. It worked pretty well. My all-time favorite, and most successful, tank was a 40-gallon Breeder with a HOB filter and two propeller-converted MaxiJets with two T-12s and a 250 Watt MH.
My current (and very young) system is a little too high-tech for me consider it minimalist but it is close. It is a 100-gallon lagoon-style AIO, mechanical filtration is a chunk of inTank Filter pad and some SERA filter floss that is changed as needed, usually about twice a week. I rely on the sand and rock for biological filtration although I am getting ready to add a chunk of macro algae and a refugium light on a timer to the sump portion to try to keep the pH up a little more. I do hand dose some Phosphat-E about once a week to keep the Phosphate down to a decent level. I do a more-or-less weekly two gallon water change, mainly to clean a portion of the sand bed. I have some ATI Essentials and some Fritz Magnesium for manual dosing but lately I have not needed either of them.
I do however have an Inkbird controller with a BRS titanium heating element and a Sicce SDC 6.0 return pump, although neither is connected to my WiFi. I also use a JBJ Nano ATO. None of these I consider high-tech, just convenient and fit my tank dimension/architecture well. The high-tech parts are the lighting and the flow pumps. I use three AI Nero 3 flow pumps, two AI Prime 16HD puck LEDS and two 39" AI Blade Grow LED strips all on the MyAI Bluetooth controller. I use them as they can all also be used, at least minimally, without the Bluetooth if required and provide the needed flow/lighting at somewhat realistic pricing. My electrical control is a switched power strip from American DJ that I have used on every tank I have set up in the last twenty years.
Edit-- I completely forgot that I added a Green Killing Machine UV a while back to fight a phyto bloom from an overdose of 'Reef Stew'. I leave it in for water clarity. Clearly high-tech and not really needed but I have it so why not.
You are welcome. I'm not sure the powers here at R2R are hot to promote a thread (Or forum) that is about trying to keep it simple. We'll see how this thread does over time.@Ron Reefman, thank you for starting this thread. I also hope it can become a forum in the near future. I think it is important to show that all of the extra equipment, and expense, incurred on many new setups is not mandatory but rather optional or purely for convenience.
I have never had and have no desire for a high-tech tank as I'm not in the aqua-culture business. My first sw tank was nothing more than an under-gravel filter with reverse flow MaxiJets and a HOB sponge filter and all of the T12 bulbs I could fit on top. It worked pretty well. My all-time favorite, and most successful, tank was a 40-gallon Breeder with a HOB filter and two propeller-converted MaxiJets with two T-12s and a 250 Watt MH.
My current (and very young) system is a little too high-tech for me consider it minimalist but it is close. It is a 100-gallon lagoon-style AIO, mechanical filtration is a chunk of inTank Filter pad and some SERA filter floss that is changed as needed, usually about twice a week. I rely on the sand and rock for biological filtration although I am getting ready to add a chunk of macro algae and a refugium light on a timer to the sump portion to try to keep the pH up a little more. I do hand dose some Phosphat-E about once a week to keep the Phosphate down to a decent level. I do a more-or-less weekly two gallon water change, mainly to clean a portion of the sand bed. I have some ATI Essentials and some Fritz Magnesium for manual dosing but lately I have not needed either of them.
I do however have an Inkbird controller with a BRS titanium heating element and a Sicce SDC 6.0 return pump, although neither is connected to my WiFi. I also use a JBJ Nano ATO. None of these I consider high-tech, just convenient and fit my tank dimension/architecture well. The high-tech parts are the lighting and the flow pumps. I use three AI Nero 3 flow pumps, two AI Prime 16HD puck LEDS and two 39" AI Blade Grow LED strips all on the MyAI Bluetooth controller. I use them as they can all also be used, at least minimally, without the Bluetooth if required and provide the needed flow/lighting at somewhat realistic pricing. My electrical control is a switched power strip from American DJ that I have used on every tank I have set up in the last twenty years.
Edit-- I completely forgot that I added a Green Killing Machine UV a while back to fight a phyto bloom from an overdose of 'Reef Stew'. I leave it in for water clarity. Clearly high-tech and not really needed but I have it so why not.
Welcome to this thread. I hope you'll stick around. I like the look of the stand that the canister sits in!
Just made the above tank sump I wanted some cool inverts and a place to grow algea. No skimmer and just a canister for filtration. I clean once a month. It's a really simple set up.
Can't be drilled and didn't know about the aio when I started. Going well for 10 yrs.
ThanksWelcome to this thread. I hope you'll stick around. I like the look of the stand that the canister sits in!
. There are already 4 RFAs in the local tank that I collected the last time we went snorkeling in the Keys last Spring.
Stony corals are prohibited from collection in florida. Along with a few other. Fwc site has list also you can look through to see what you can and cannot and amount. But here is an article in relation to question. Hope tgis helps. https://myfwc.com/research/habitat/coral/news-information/rules-and-regulations/Is this allowed? I was down in keys last year and there was a cool orange favia looking coral right in water just outside hotel. I was told it was big troub e to take it.
$$It just seems that an awful lot of the emphasis here is toward more and more hardware and fancy chemistries.
If you turn the phone sideways (landscape) the signature should be visible. Works on my android. I was told this by another member I didn't figure it out.If you're on a phone, the signature won't show up - it should show up on a computer though.
Take that for chapter writingIm sorry, ill stop writting chapters....
Cool - it works on iPhone too. I wouldn't have figured that out either.If you turn the phone sideways (landscape) the signature should be visible. Works on my android. I was told this by another member I didn't figure it out.
That sixline wrasse is gigantic! HahaStarted my first saltwater in the mid nineties and had it running for 16 years and two moves. No sump, simple filtration, a lot of live rock and an oversized skimmer. I relied on religious weekly 10% water changes. When setting up my current tank I haven’t strayed from my old ways especially since I am very low tech.