My 90 Gallon Reef

No coral. Only live rock and fish. I only dose kalk with top off water.

Do you ask because coral will bring my water out of spec? Why do you ask?

I have also have a sebae and a condy anemone (recent additions) and they are
doing fine.

Groovok wrote on 9/7/2006 4:59 PM:
oh.. and as far as the pond Wayne.. would u like to see pics of my pond that
i've had up for about six years now... it's a 2800 gallon unit i did
myself... I know .. I know... I dont' know what I'm doing with that now do
I?

Is it fresh water or salt water?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets

Water changes are needed more for reef tanks than live
rock fish only tanks. That's not to say that someone could
not do a reef tank without water change, but,,,,,

There's a big difference with the need for water changes
with fish, verses corals, especially if you have soft and
stonies together.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Stoutman wrote on 9/7/2006 5:44 PM:
No coral. Only live rock and fish. I only dose kalk with top off water.

Do you ask because coral will bring my water out of spec? Why do you ask?

Stoutman wrote:
No coral. Only live rock and fish. I only dose kalk with top off water.

Do you ask because coral will bring my water out of spec? Why do you ask?

Probably because coral 1) requires better quality water and 2) is part of the
definition of a "reef" aquarium.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

There's a big difference with the need for water changes with fish, verses
corals, especially if you have soft and stonies together.


Could you be more specific? Which of my water parameters do you suspect
would not be tolerated if I had coral? Again my nitrites, nitrates and
ammonia levels are undetectable using store bought tests.

My phosphates are also very low.


Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Stoutman wrote on 9/7/2006 5:44 PM:
No coral. Only live rock and fish. I only dose kalk with top off water.

Do you ask because coral will bring my water out of spec? Why do you
ask?

Probably because coral 1) requires better quality water and

Could you be more specific? What do you mean by "better quality water"?
My nitrites, nitrates and
ammonia levels are undetectable using store bought tests. My phosphates are
also very low. My salinity is also on target. I dose with Kent Marine
Essential Elements every three weeks.

2) is part of the definition of a "reef" aquarium.
George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

I also dose with Kalk (as I already mentioned) and my alkalinity and pH are
"in spec".

There are water parameters that hobby test kits won't
test, such as toxins given off by soft corals.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Stoutman wrote on 9/7/2006 7:17 PM:
There's a big difference with the need for water changes with fish, verses
corals, especially if you have soft and stonies together.


Could you be more specific? Which of my water parameters do you suspect
would not be tolerated if I had coral? Again my nitrites, nitrates and
ammonia levels are undetectable using store bought tests.

My phosphates are also very low.


Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Stoutman wrote on 9/7/2006 5:44 PM:
No coral. Only live rock and fish. I only dose kalk with top off water.

Do you ask because coral will bring my water out of spec? Why do you
ask?

Stoutman wrote on 9/7/2006 7:22 PM:
I dose with Kent Marine
Essential Elements every three weeks.

How do you know you need to add the "essential elements"?
Are you testing for them?
Is this addition *really* essential? :-)
Or is "essential elements" just a way to make more money? :-)

To answer the above questions: Don't get sucked into the
hype.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets