Hi Guys,
I want to start a thread to address what i consider might be an uncommon setup for most reef keepers. That is, hobbyist who like to keep corals, but love to have a large fish collection as well.
This scenario may include both small and large tanks.
By heavy bio load I mean anything you would consider above the typical recommendations from most experts, and hobbyist.
For example, I have a 300-gal display tank with a total of 50 fishes, and what I would consider a medium stock of corals…both hard and soft.
Let’s discuss some key topics.
I want to start a thread to address what i consider might be an uncommon setup for most reef keepers. That is, hobbyist who like to keep corals, but love to have a large fish collection as well.
This scenario may include both small and large tanks.
By heavy bio load I mean anything you would consider above the typical recommendations from most experts, and hobbyist.
For example, I have a 300-gal display tank with a total of 50 fishes, and what I would consider a medium stock of corals…both hard and soft.
Let’s discuss some key topics.
- Setup
- Lighting
- Plumbing
- Filtration
- Aqua scaping
- Flow
- Maintenance
- Water parameters
- Hardware maintenance
- Dosing for both major and minor trace elements
- Manufacturer
- Program you are following (IE…Red Sea Reef Receipt, or Triton Core 7)
- Manufacturer
- Feeding
- Regiment for fish
- Regiment for corals
- Type of food used
- Livestock
- Fish
- How many
- What size
- Compatibility
- Invertebrates
- Coals
- SPS
- LPS
- NPS
- Fish
- Challenges
- Nutrient export
- Water change
- Refugium/Algae Scrubber
- Growth
- Corals
- Livestock
- Nuisance Algae
- Introducing new livestock
- Making changes to the setup
- Nutrient export
- Celebrations:
- Share our successes
- Show off your tank and livestock