So things are really going to be changing with the tank.
My fiance and I have decided to change it to a FOWLR and set up a much smaller reef. For one, I am going through Puffer withdrawal. This is the first time in about 12 years I have not owned one and first time in about 6 years I have not had a saltwater puffer.
Secondly, the big reef is just way too much work for me after only a few months. Its consumed my life a bit and I just don't like spending so much time on my tanks. I also feed my fish as much as they want, all day long and thats not working out so well with the sps, even with ZEO.
And lastly, the cost is just adding up way too much. Just maintaining calcium and alk right now is insane. Weekly 30G water changes are getting old and costly.
Oh and I have a friend who needs a good home for both his Porc and Golden Puffers.
So I am building (or maybe buying) a cube tank this weekend. Somewhere under 30G. Keep my favorite corals and sell the rest. The cube will be skimmerless/sumpless and NO fish. Just a few shrimp. I will be able to load the FOWLR up with fish.
Cube will just have a dosing pump for two part and an auto top off. Thats it.
Anyways, big changes this weekend and I will try to take pictures along the way.
No more ZEO at all of course. If anything, I will go to vodka dosing on the FOWLR to keep nitrates down.
04-17-2009, 01:31 AM
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