44g Sumpless - Skimmerless - Reactorless

[fish2223]

[fishyz]

Nice tank! What fish are in it?

[fish2223]

I have a pair of percula clowns, purple tang,

a pair of yellow assessors, blue damsel and

a yellow watchman goby. Dennis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice tank! What fish are in it?

[matty0206]

Lots of water changes? What kinda supplements?

[fish2223]

I do a 10% water change every month or so.

I add a capful (5mm) of calcium,iodine and

magnesium weekly. That's it. Tank has been

established for over 6 years. I am starting to

get bored with it and will probably tear down

and start an anemone dedicated tank. dls

 

 

 

Lots of water changes? What kinda supplements?

[mjhonda2002]

I hope you know that you will probably have to get rid of the blue tang. Im not being mean i am just saying so you know. But nice tank.

[non-photosynt]

Beautiful tank. Can you give more details: light, salt mix, temperature, flow, location of the flow, filter, media, frequency of change, feeding, quantity and frequency, clean-up crew. Anything else what you think made existence of such tank possible, in addition to yourself .

It really a rare case.

[fish2223]

yeah.... I heard the same warning 6 years ago when I purchased the purple tang. Fish as been

a model tank mate. Thanks you your concern.

Dennis

 

 

 

I hope you know that you will probably have to get rid of the blue tang. Im not being mean i am just saying so you know. But nice tank.

[fish2223]

Here's some info: I use the KISS (keep it simple

stupid) method of reef keeping. Light is provided

by a 175 MH 20K bulb - 9 hrs. per day and 2 40w

T-5 actinics - 10 hrs. per day. I use pre-mixed

salt water (Catalina) purchased at LFS for monthly

10% water changes and vending machine (RO/DI)

water for top offs. I feed (fish and corals) 4-5 times

a week with a homemade recipe. Just a pinch or

2 goes a long way. A have a few snails. My tank

seems to be in perfect balance - in spite of many

naysayers who have told me for years that one

day it will crash! Of course most of there tanks

of crashed more than once in the meantime. I

think circulation is very important! I have a Tunze pump. I also believe it is important to keep your

hands out of the tank as much as possible!

HTH Dennis

 

 

 

Beautiful tank. Can you give more details: light, salt mix, temperature, flow, location of the flow, filter, media, frequency of change, feeding, quantity and frequency, clean-up crew. Anything else what you think made existence of such tank possible, in addition to yourself .

It really a rare case.

[pico1]

a 20K bulb and good water quality go a long way.

[non-photosynt]

Here's some info:... I feed (fish and corals) 4-5 times a week with a homemade recipe. Just a pinch or 2 goes a long way. A have a few snails. ... I

think circulation is very important! I have a Tunze pump.

 

I also believe it is important to keep your hands out of the tank as much as possible!

HTH Dennis

Thanks! You are feeding once a day, right? Turbo snails, I assume. What is Tunze pump, where are you keeping it - closed loop, with 2 inflows in the top corners of the tank? Do you have a larger picture, with equipment visible? What brand of supplements are you using - ESV?

 

I'm practically living in my 90g tank - 3 times daily fish feeding, 3 cubes for a sun coral only twice a week (arm in tank), every other day basting and vacuuming, turning hermits and returning frags that were dropped... And all this with the sump and skimmer.

 

Live and learn.

[fish2223]

I am feeding once a day 4 or 5 times a week.

No turbo snails for me - much too much and like

to mow things over. I have mostly cerith snails.

Do a goggle on "Tunze pump", you'll find lots

of good info. I do NOT have a closed loop or

inflows. Pump is placed in upper left corner.

I don't have a pic with equipment visible -

THERE IS NO EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT THE PUMP!

I buy whichever supplement is all sale.

I have been using Kent lately. Some advice

stop feeding the fish so much - they will survive

with feeding once a day. Limit vacuuming to

once a month, unless you have lots of diatoms.

KEEP YOUR HAND OUT OF THE TANK! dls

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks! You are feeding once a day, right? Turbo snails, I assume. What is Tunze pump, where are you keeping it - closed loop, with 2 inflows in the top corners of the tank? Do you have a larger picture, with equipment visible? What brand of supplements are you using - ESV?

 

I'm practically living in my 90g tank - 3 times daily fish feeding, 3 cubes for a sun coral only twice a week (arm in tank), every other day basting and vacuuming, turning hermits and returning frags that were dropped... And all this with the sump and skimmer.

 

Live and learn.

[non-photosynt]

Thanks! One pump, no spray bar, no heater or filter?

 

Side note: would like to follow your advice, but have the wrong kind of fish, it has to be fed at least 3x daily.