I was going to post what would have become a rant in somebodies thread. Instead I will put it here where no one will see it.
rant deleted
What I do
Skim with a good skimmer, keep it clean and empty it twice a week.
Lots of flow.
A good light.
Change some water once a week. Between 15-30 gallons
Feed good stuff 2 times a day.
clean the glass twice a week
ATO with a pickling lime to keep the ph up. 3 tsp to 6 gallons of ro/di. Lots of CO2 in our house with all these dogs. I clean out the reservoir once a month.
I am using NOPOX. I dont think I have enough rock in my tank for my bioload so I am cheating a bit. It is holding my nitrates at yellow/orange. Nitrates are the only thing I test right before the water change.
No other secret magical things. No complex stuff to check every day. What is my Alk and Ca. It's enough. All I need to know.
I have kept fish for going on 40 years now. But I remember when I had horrible disease outbreaks and killed stuff. That was 35 years ago. Tanks with stainless frames and slate bottoms.
Then I figured out what actually mattered and it stopped. It never happened again. Not once, no matter where I get my fish from. Not when I switched from fresh to saltwater more than 10 years ago.
My daughter plays saxophone. There was a magical day when the screeching stopped and music started coming out. It is exactly like that with keeping a reef tank.
It's not magic. You have to learn how. The most expensive setup in the world will not teach you how. It might make it a lot harder. I haven't decided on that yet.
The purpose of my tank is to make me happy. If it was a lot of stress and work I wouldn't be happy. I would probably get rid of it. I am continually amazed at the number of things people worry about in posts here.
But I am just some **** in the middle of nowhere that fell in love with the sea in about 1962.
On the Outer Banks. I am the one in white.
We have always returned there though it is a very different place now. A place of people instead of crabs, seagulls, starfish and live things in shells that crawl across your hand.
Miss you Mom and Dad.
I wanted to have a bit of it in my house.
So I do
rant deleted
What I do
Skim with a good skimmer, keep it clean and empty it twice a week.
Lots of flow.
A good light.
Change some water once a week. Between 15-30 gallons
Feed good stuff 2 times a day.
clean the glass twice a week
ATO with a pickling lime to keep the ph up. 3 tsp to 6 gallons of ro/di. Lots of CO2 in our house with all these dogs. I clean out the reservoir once a month.
I am using NOPOX. I dont think I have enough rock in my tank for my bioload so I am cheating a bit. It is holding my nitrates at yellow/orange. Nitrates are the only thing I test right before the water change.
No other secret magical things. No complex stuff to check every day. What is my Alk and Ca. It's enough. All I need to know.
I have kept fish for going on 40 years now. But I remember when I had horrible disease outbreaks and killed stuff. That was 35 years ago. Tanks with stainless frames and slate bottoms.
Then I figured out what actually mattered and it stopped. It never happened again. Not once, no matter where I get my fish from. Not when I switched from fresh to saltwater more than 10 years ago.
My daughter plays saxophone. There was a magical day when the screeching stopped and music started coming out. It is exactly like that with keeping a reef tank.
It's not magic. You have to learn how. The most expensive setup in the world will not teach you how. It might make it a lot harder. I haven't decided on that yet.
The purpose of my tank is to make me happy. If it was a lot of stress and work I wouldn't be happy. I would probably get rid of it. I am continually amazed at the number of things people worry about in posts here.
But I am just some **** in the middle of nowhere that fell in love with the sea in about 1962.
On the Outer Banks. I am the one in white.
We have always returned there though it is a very different place now. A place of people instead of crabs, seagulls, starfish and live things in shells that crawl across your hand.
Miss you Mom and Dad.
I wanted to have a bit of it in my house.
So I do
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