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[Josh_boss]

Sup peeps, just wanted to post my tank and say hello!

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Welcome to R2R!!

 

[Crabs McJones]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Scape]

Welcome to REEF2REEF!

 

[mike werner]

WELCOME!! NICE TANK!

 

[albano]

Welcome... well, if a picture is worth a thousand words, you just wrote a book!

 

[DMG Reef]

Beautiful setup! Welcome to R2R!!

 

[Billldg]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Niteowl]

Welcome to R2R.

 

[AcroNem]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[reefez]

Beautiful clean set up very well organized
Welcome to the family

 

[Josh_boss]

Thanks guys, the tank is very maintenance free and is coming up on 1 year soon. I read a lot of material about people having so much headaches with there tanks and I love to share that I run a alkalinity level of 4.8 and only do water changes when the tangs poop gets built up in the sand(piles up in the corner lol) maybe every 3 months of around 40 gallons. I dose BRS pharma pouch calcium and alk in equal amounts throughout the day only 25ml’s of each. This tank is a 180 gallon DT and has a 45breeder sump. I literally only fill the auto top-off with tap water from the sink and swipe my glass every so many days. And that’s pretty much it. In January of this year before I started dose the tank with alk and calcium the tank Params was
Alk 3.7 (I know crazy)
Ca 390
Spg 1.019
Mg 1260
Phosphorus 0.074
This being said I was not changing water or dosing but I think the elements from the tap water was maintaining those levels. I had no issues with fish or coral loss. Everything was beautiful and bright colored, the corals grew slower but very great color. I have a few reefer buddy’s who said I should get my water parameters up to where they should be. After that I started dosing and new levels are not much better.....Infact, I only test the alk and dose to maintain the 4.8dkh now. I run a system that has a 36watt UV that runs 24/7, a skimmer rated for 230gallons or so, ATO, cheato!!!!! (I highly recommend to reefers to grow this In your sumps it’s a miracle for nitrates and phosphates and to house copepods), and have (3)4” filter socks .
I share this with you all because it’s really not that crucial if things are a little out of whack. I would LOVE to post what I have and answer questions.DOES ANYONE HAVE A SIMILAR TANK?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Very nice !!!
Welcome to the R2R community !!!

 

[fishguy242]

hi welcome to the reef going to love it here!!
lots of fun/info/fun/help/fun....
nice pics!!!..we all love pics..

 

[Codym808]

Welcome to reef2reef! Your tank makes me ;Drool and shows people that you don’t have to have best equipment to have a successful reef, your tank amazes me!!

 

[Oscar’s25Gal]

Sup peeps, just wanted to post my tank and say hello!

Welcome! That is a lovely tank!

 

[The Aquatic Arsenal]

 

[Brandon Smith]

 

[Josh_boss]

Thanks guyS! I Feel the ! Hope to see you guys post some pictures! I also wish I had a better camera to take my pics, iPhone at its finest

 

[Auquanut]

Welcome to the family. Beautiful tank.