My r.b.t.a came out and stayed in a nice spot!!

ctgretzky9

ctgretzky9

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sweet,
tank looks awesome as usual! I always refer people to look at yours for ideas, hope ya don't mind lol
I have a q....do you test for iodine? I add a teaspoon every week, but have no where near the bioload you have.
Lately, my zoos look a little crappy. Any ideas?
 
sweetreef

sweetreef

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nope i dont test for it pretty much goes away in a week thats way alot of ppl do weekly water change when i do monthly changes..Hmmm as far as the zoos somtimes they just do that mine somthimes close for a day are so then back better than ever and also things crawling on them etc...How is your water readings?Also i keep my salt right at 23 -24 no higher like they say for a reef 24 are higher salinity but mine does great at from 22-24 right in that ball park because fish like it lower then corals so i try and meet them both half way..Some of my friends with fowlr keep theres at 18-20
 
ucdpike2001

ucdpike2001

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Originally posted by sweetreef
nope i dont test for it pretty much goes away in a week thats way alot of ppl do weekly water change when i do monthly changes..Hmmm as far as the zoos somtimes they just do that mine somthimes close for a day are so then back better than ever and also things crawling on them etc...How is your water readings?Also i keep my salt right at 23 -24 no higher like they say for a reef 24 are higher salinity but mine does great at from 22-24 right in that ball park because fish like it lower then corals so i try and meet them both half way..Some of my friends with fowlr keep theres at 18-20
Is it just me or does a Salinity of 23-24 sound a little on the low side? I thought 30-40ppt was the most confortable range for fish and inverts. I was just cuirous where you read that fish like their salinity lower. Yes marine fish can withstand a greater range of salinity then inverts and corals.
I have heard of seawater being dilute in estuaries to about 15ppt but never for a reef tank.
Im not trying to knock you. I am just curious....
 
sweetreef

sweetreef

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i mean specific Gravity from a hydrometer and i keep mine from 1.020 1.024 and at 1.030 is off the chart thats as high as my hydrometer goes..
 
sweetreef

sweetreef

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maby got the nubers wrong there are two ways of reading the hydrometer iam going off the right side of the numbers not the ppt side
 
ucdpike2001

ucdpike2001

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You got it right you just originally called 24 salinity instead of SG. Anyways, by the looks of your tank im sure you know your sh!t
 
sweetreef

sweetreef

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about a week in a half nothing you can really do when they get way back behind your rock work but i was able to spot feed him when he came out!!!
 
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