Tank MaintenanceTank Maintenance
| Date / Notes | Ammonia (0) |
Nitrite (0) |
Nitrate (<10PPM) |
pH ( 8.2-8.6) |
Alkalinity (2.5-3.5) |
Calcium (400-450) |
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| 12/6/99 | 0 | 0 | <10PPM | 8.2 | ||
| 12/15/99 | 0.1 (up 1) | 0 | 0 | 8.0 (down .2) | ||
| 12/18/99 Water Change (20gal) SG = 1.024 |
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| 12/28/99 add rock w/ 8 red mushrooms and Maroon Clown (one side has only 2 stripes) |
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| 01/10/00 added 2ea cleaner shrimp SG = 1.025 |
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| 01/25/00 | 0.2 (up 1) | 0 | 0 | 8.0 (same) | ||
| 01/26/00 added Green Zoanthid Polyp rock. |
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| ***NEW YEAR*** | ||||||
| Date / Notes | Ammonia (0) |
Nitrite ( 0) |
Nitrate (<10PPM) |
pH ( 8.2-8.6) |
Alkalinity (2.5-3.5) |
Calcium (400-450) |
| 01/19/01 Topped off water loss from skimmer waste. SG = 1.018; (added 2 cups salt) 30min SG = 1.020; (added 2 cups salt) 30min SG = 1.021; (added 2 cups salt) |
0.2 (same) | 0 | ||||
| 01/20/01 Salt = 1.022 after adding 6 cups on 01/19 |
0 | 8.4 (up .4) | ||||
| 01/21/01 Topped off water loss from skimmer waste. SG = 1.020; (added 1 cup of salt) 30min SG = 1.021 (added 2 1/2 cups) |
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| 01/21/01 Salt = 1.023 Put Emperor 400 filter back on system. Return from sump flows into Emperor. Skimmer off due to excessive water loss. |
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| 01/23/01 Topped off water loss from skimmer waste & added 2 cups of salt. 30min SG = 1.023 Added Poly Sponge to return pump. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 (down .2) | ||
| 01/24/01 PURCHASED: Kent Coral-Accel (Tats=$9.99) Kent PhytoPlex (Tats=$9.99) fasTest Alkalinity Test (Tats=$12.99) SeaTest Calcium Test (Tats=$19.99) Dosed 1 tsp PhytoPlex & Coral-Accel Yellow/Green Finger Coral Purple Star, White Sandsifting Star |
2.5meq/L | 375ppm | ||||
| 01/25/01 DAILY: (2 Caps each of LC, Buffer, PhytoPlex, Coral-Accel) WITH FOOD: (Zoe) WEEKLY: (SM, Tech-I) |
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| 01/28/01 SG = 1.023 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 (down .2) | 4.5meq/L | 375ppm |
| 02/03/01 SG = 1.025 |
405ppm | |||||
| 02/10/01 SG = 1.024 Coral-Accel, PhytoPlex, LC, Buffer |
.2 (up .2) | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3.5meq/L | 390ppm |
| 04/18/01 SG = 1.023 (as a whole) Topped off water with RO/DI; approx 8 gal @ SG=1.026 Added Naso Tang (juv.) |
0 | 0 | ~10PPM | 8.4 (up .4) | 3.0meq/L | 540ppm |
| 04/25/01 SG=1.024 Topped off water with RO/DI, approx 10gal. Put sump back on tank and removed Emperor 400 filter. Added Powder Brown Tang; Achillies Tang; and two brown seahorses. |
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| 04/27/01 SG=1.024 Approx 20-30 gal water change. |
.2 (up .2) | 0 | ||||
| 04/27/01 (EVENING) SG=1.021 |
.2 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 (down .6) | 2.5 | 540ppm |
| 05/03/01 SG=1.0225 Turboflotor Multi skimmer has been running for 2 days. Removed dead Achillies Tang infected by some kind of parasite almost overnight. Powder Brown seems to be doing just fine. Added 2ea Cleaner Shrimp and 1ea Cleaner Wrass. |
0 (down .2) | 0 | 0 | 8.2 (up .4) | 2.0 | 420ppm |
| 05/11/01 @ 7:20 AM SG=1.024 Removed 1 dead seahorse, was not eating. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 (down .2) | 2.5 (up .5) | 465ppm |