What do you log in your Aquarium log

[geoj]

I got reminded that we don’t all keep a log…
Here is my Aquarium log from 1/3/06-1/21/06
1/3/06
Calcium 440
Nitrate0
Specific Gravity
Temp75
Ph
Ammonia
KH
Nitrite
Phosphate 0
Notes:
Added liquid calcium
1/5/06
Calcium 460
Nitrate0
Specific Gravity 1.025
Temp78
Ph
Ammonia
KH9.5
Nitrite
Phosphate 0
Notes:
Added liquid calcium
1/9/06
Calcium 480
Nitrate0
Specific Gravity 1.025
Temp75
Ph 8
Ammonia
KH9.5-10
Nitrite
Phosphate 0
Notes:
Added liquid calcium one capful =20ppm/50gal
1/14/06
Calcium
Nitrate0
Specific Gravity 1.024
Temp75
Ph
Ammonia
KH
Nitrite
Phosphate
Notes:
Water change 6gal
4 squirts Phyto Plex
1/16/06
Calcium 420
Nitrate
Specific Gravity
Temp75
Ph
Ammonia
KH
Nitrite
Phosphate
Notes:
Added calcium
1/17/06
Calcium
Nitrate
Specific Gravity
Temp
Ph
Ammonia
KH
Nitrite
Phosphate
Notes:
Added calcium one cap
1/19/06
Calcium 480
Nitrate
Specific Gravity
Temp75
Ph 8.0
Ammonia
KH9.0
Nitrite
Phosphate
Notes:
Added liquid calcium 4 caps
1/21/06
Calcium 420
Nitrate
Specific Gravity 1.024
Temp72
Ph
Ammonia
KH
Nitrite
Phosphate
Notes:
Added top off water distilled 1gal
Added liquid calcium 1 cap
4 squirts Phyto Plex
You can see how this is a good thing!!!

 

[cranberry]

I keep a journal. Having 12 tanks, it's a must. I started a thread here somewhere asking for other's format to see what everyone else was using.... I don't think anyone answered. :-(

 

[calbert0]

I just recently started a log.
Good dilligence with those logs! I dont test nearly as often as you, and I rarely test for ever single level like you do... But i have recently starterd writing it down.
I test salinitiy and temp just about everyday (A.M and P.M)
Because i have to add calcium supplement atleast twice a week, i always log when i do a dosage, just so i can keep an aye on things and make sure i am adding enough.
I test for Alk Calcium and PH one a week
I test for Ammonia Nitrite very rarely, and Nitrate about every 2 weeks.
My logs however look very similary to yours. I think logs are not only a great tool for keeping track of trends in your water params, but also for remembering when you did what (e.x water change, added heater, cleaned media, dosed additives)

 

[reefkprz]

I use a calender. I dont really log everything because generally everything is the same. I only log dosing- or when something tests out of whack. I note the levels the amount of dose then the resulting levels. makes it easy to figure how large a dose of what I need. occasionally I will note the4 time of day on the test/dose/end results. but I am kind of lax about that. I dont bother testing PH because I know if my other parameters are on the PH will be between 8.2 and 8.4 every time. after years of testing I have come to realize PH testing is primarily good for begginners to know if something may be out of whack and quite often the methods for remedying ph problems are not addressing the actual cause.
like
the day before yesterday was:
vodka 2ml
calcium 380 dowflake 420
alk 6dkh 1/2 teaspoon buff 7dkh
only when my tank was crashing did I have to write really small to fit everything.

 

[keith gray]

I could not help seeing that your nitrates are consistently 0.
I have had a tank for almost 5 years and have never been below 25 or so.
How in the world do you actually get a 0 in nitrates !??
I am open to suggestions
I have 65 gal with 40# live rock, aragonite sand
1- hippo tang
1- procupine puffer
1- maroon clown
1- starfish
1- pencil urchin
wet/dry system (currently slowly switching bioballs to live rubble rock and chaeto)
water change about 20% every 2 weeks

 

[geoj]

Originally Posted by Keith Gray
http:///forum/post/3162957
I could not help seeing that your nitrates are consistently 0.
I have had a tank for almost 5 years and have never been below 25 or so.
How in the world do you actually get a 0 in nitrates !??
I am open to suggestions
I have 65 gal with 40# live rock, aragonite sand
1- hippo tang
1- procupine puffer
1- maroon clown
1- starfish
1- pencil urchin
wet/dry system (currently slowly switching bioballs to live rubble rock and chaeto)
water change about 20% every 2 weeks
My tank is a low feed reef. So I don’t input much food (nitrate). You have to feed those fish and that is where the waste is coming from. There is always some trade-off, feed as little as you can. Or if there was no procupine puffer and maroon clown the nitrate would fall.