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12-07-2011, 02:15 AM
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Reef tanks can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it. If you are planning on corals then alk, Mg and cal test kits are a must......everything else can be done by hand or as fancy shmancy as you want to make it
I don't use an automated topoff, dosing pumps or even a calcium reactor anymore, I just dump the required alk and cal into the tanks by the cupful every morning and top off with the required fresh water every night.....but that is kind of labor intensive, luckily I enjoy it  *edit* Oh and I have a 175g bowfront packed with sps, a 120g with clams, some sps, mushrooms and zoas and a 60g cube in the process Last edited by marie; 12-07-2011 at 02:19 AM. 
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12-07-2011, 02:28 AM
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I wouldn't worry about dosing anything for some time yet. You won't know anything until your tank is set up and has been running for awhile. Then it is time to buy some good quality test kits and see if you really need to dose anything at all. Never dose anything without testing for it first. Some salts have a fairly high calcium content to it to begin with and it may be awhile before your system starts using up more than you are adding with your water changes.
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