salt
 

What do you guys use?

I'm looking for something cheap. I do a lot of water changes. I have coral
and fish in two tanks totaling 75 gal and I do water changes every two to
three days

Thanks in advance..

salt
 

I'm changing water way too much. But I keep a close eye on nitrates and it
needs it. I've been slowing down on the food but the nitrates are still too
high.

I have a blue trigger (not a blue throat) and he eats the small fish. But
otherwise very social. He eats out of my hand.

"Haywood Jablowme" wrote in message
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I use Coralife salt because it's what my LFS carries and he gives me a
good price on it.

I have a 150 Gallon "fish only" tank. In the tank, I have the
following:

1 large Blue Face Angelfish
2 Yellow Tangs
1 Sailfin Tang
2 Blue Tangs
1 Gold Bar Wrasse
1 Yellow Stripe Maroon Clownfish
1 Flame Angelfish
2 Heniochus Butterflyfish
1 Blue throat Triggerfish

The tank has been running since January (9+ months). I exercise
extreme caution when feeding so that all of the food is consumed. In
order to encourage natural swimming behavior, I try never to overfeed
the fish. In the wild, fish are always foraging for food. This is the
behavior that looks normal to us. If you feed too much, your fish
won't look normal. Also, your water quality will suffer.

I always keep my skimmer running in order to "dry skim" organics from
the water. I do weekly water tests and have not done a water change
yet. I think I will need to do a water change in a few months. My
goal is to change about 90 gallons once a year. As long as my water
parameters stay in the normal range, I can't see doing water changes.
My LFS agrees. But, the aquarium was set up using Coralife salt and I
intend to use it whenever a water change becomes necessary.

Does anyone have any history with the Blue Throat Triggerfish? From
all I can read, it seems that this is one of the most docile of the
triggerfish. So far, he seems extremely social and has only acted
aggressively when harassed by others in the tank. Due to the nature of
this particular variety of triggerfish and the large size of the tank,
I believe this fish will work out fine. But, I would be interested in
hearing from anyone with experience.

HJ

In article
, jthread
wrote:

What do you guys use?

I'm looking for something cheap. I do a lot of water changes. I have
coral
and fish in two tanks totaling 75 gal and I do water changes every two to
three days

Thanks in advance..

salt
 

"jthread" wrote in message
...

I'm changing water way too much. But I keep a close eye on nitrates and it
needs it. I've been slowing down on the food but the nitrates are still
too high.

I have a blue trigger (not a blue throat) and he eats the small fish. But
otherwise very social. He eats out of my hand.

After some research it may be a female blue throat trigger. Looks like one.
If there is someone to fight with ~ the trigger will be there. She killed a
lobster (quite a sight) and two small fish.

"Haywood Jablowme" wrote in message
...
I use Coralife salt because it's what my LFS carries and he gives me a
good price on it.

I have a 150 Gallon "fish only" tank. In the tank, I have the
following:

1 large Blue Face Angelfish
2 Yellow Tangs
1 Sailfin Tang
2 Blue Tangs
1 Gold Bar Wrasse
1 Yellow Stripe Maroon Clownfish
1 Flame Angelfish
2 Heniochus Butterflyfish
1 Blue throat Triggerfish

The tank has been running since January (9+ months). I exercise
extreme caution when feeding so that all of the food is consumed. In
order to encourage natural swimming behavior, I try never to overfeed
the fish. In the wild, fish are always foraging for food. This is the
behavior that looks normal to us. If you feed too much, your fish
won't look normal. Also, your water quality will suffer.

I always keep my skimmer running in order to "dry skim" organics from
the water. I do weekly water tests and have not done a water change
yet. I think I will need to do a water change in a few months. My
goal is to change about 90 gallons once a year. As long as my water
parameters stay in the normal range, I can't see doing water changes.
My LFS agrees. But, the aquarium was set up using Coralife salt and I
intend to use it whenever a water change becomes necessary.

Does anyone have any history with the Blue Throat Triggerfish? From
all I can read, it seems that this is one of the most docile of the
triggerfish. So far, he seems extremely social and has only acted
aggressively when harassed by others in the tank. Due to the nature of
this particular variety of triggerfish and the large size of the tank,
I believe this fish will work out fine. But, I would be interested in
hearing from anyone with experience.

HJ

In article
, jthread
wrote:

What do you guys use?

I'm looking for something cheap. I do a lot of water changes. I have
coral
and fish in two tanks totaling 75 gal and I do water changes every two
to
three days

Thanks in advance..

salt
 

"jthread" wrote in message ...
"jthread" wrote in message
...

I'm changing water way too much. But I keep a close eye on nitrates and it
needs it. I've been slowing down on the food but the nitrates are still
too high.

I have a blue trigger (not a blue throat) and he eats the small fish. But
otherwise very social. He eats out of my hand.

After some research it may be a female blue throat trigger. Looks like one.
If there is someone to fight with ~ the trigger will be there. She killed a
lobster (quite a sight) and two small fish.

and this fish is a part of your reef setup??

p.s. I use Instant Ocean salt mix.

salt
 

Just curious, but why are doing so many water changes?

salt
 

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"jthread" wrote in message
...
"jthread" wrote in message
...

I'm changing water way too much. But I keep a close eye on nitrates and
it needs it. I've been slowing down on the food but the nitrates are
still too high.

I have a blue trigger (not a blue throat) and he eats the small fish.
But otherwise very social. He eats out of my hand.

After some research it may be a female blue throat trigger. Looks like
one. If there is someone to fight with ~ the trigger will be there. She
killed a lobster (quite a sight) and two small fish.

and this fish is a part of your reef setup??

yeah, whats the problem? nitrates? the tank it's in is doing better with
nitrates. the tank I have the most problems with is a false back tank. i'm
thinking of adding a canister filter to the false back.

p.s. I use Instant Ocean salt mix.

I've checked instant ocean but it's prices are still high. After reading
some comments I think it's my problem is feeding. If was changing the water
every 9 months price wouldn't be an issue. I really don't see how I can keep
the nitrates at 0.

salt
 

"Peter Pan" wrote in message
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Just curious, but why are doing so many water changes?

They are my wife's tanks but she kept killing the coral. So i started
checking the nitrates daily. The nitrates would go to 40 ppm every couple of
days. So I slowed down the feeding by 1/2 but it's still is getting dirty
too fast. Everything is healthy now but it's costing me a small fortune in
salt. I use RO water and it has been tested.

Any suggestions are welcome.

salt
 

"jthread" wrote in message
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"Peter Pan" wrote in message
. ..
Just curious, but why are doing so many water changes?

They are my wife's tanks but she kept killing the coral. So i started
checking the nitrates daily. The nitrates would go to 40 ppm every couple
of days. So I slowed down the feeding by 1/2 but it's still is getting
dirty too fast. Everything is healthy now but it's costing me a small
fortune in salt. I use RO water and it has been tested.

Any suggestions are welcome.


This guy is a member of this newsgroup and often has TONS of info, here's
one of his Nitrate article.. its very useful
http://www.melevsreef.com/reducing_nitrates.html

Also, how much water are you changing each time you do your partials?

Good luck

salt
 

"Peter Pan" wrote in message
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"jthread" wrote in message
...

"Peter Pan" wrote in message
. ..
Just curious, but why are doing so many water changes?

They are my wife's tanks but she kept killing the coral. So i started
checking the nitrates daily. The nitrates would go to 40 ppm every couple
of days. So I slowed down the feeding by 1/2 but it's still is getting
dirty too fast. Everything is healthy now but it's costing me a small
fortune in salt. I use RO water and it has been tested.

Any suggestions are welcome.


This guy is a member of this newsgroup and often has TONS of info, here's
one of his Nitrate article.. its very useful
http://www.melevsreef.com/reducing_nitrates.html

Also, how much water are you changing each time you do your partials?

Good luck

Thanks for the article. Sounds like I need a sump. We put our large reef
tank in a place that can't handle a sump but with some carpentry work I
might be able to put one in.

When I change water I do about 33%. When the nitrates were real high I was
doing 60 to 70% and it didn't seem to effect the fish or coral.

The 45 gal tank has a Eheim 2213 canister and a Remora Aqua C hang on
skimmer. The 29 gal tank has a false back with the filter system -: bio
balls, Sapphire skimmer, filter media, activated charcoal.

I noticed he said that Bio Balls cause nitrates! Yikes. I put bio balls in
the media chamber of the Aqua C. and they are in the false back too. I
wonder if I should find something else?

salt
 

Instant ocean, or Marine Enterprises Crystal Sea.

Wayne Sallee



jthread wrote on 10/22/2007 4:02 PM:
What do you guys use?

I'm looking for something cheap. I do a lot of water changes. I have coral
and fish in two tanks totaling 75 gal and I do water changes every two to
three days

Thanks in advance..