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Part 16: Parameters + More Updates + Wallpapers

PART 16: PARAMETERS + MORE UPDATES + WALLPAPERS


Parameters

Ideal Reef Parameters
Alkalinity: 9-12ppm/3.20-4.32 meg/L
Magnesium: 1300-1500ppm
Calcium: 400-500ppm
Phosphate: 0.00 ppm
Strontium: 8-10 meg/L
Iodine: .06 meg/L
Ammonia: 0.00 ppm
Nitrite: 0.00 ppm
Nitrate: 0.00 ppm
pH: 8.0-8.3 pH
Salinity: 1.024-1.026 Specific Gravity (S.G.)
Temperature: 77-81 Degrees Fahrenheit


EcoPico Parameters
Alkalinity: 300 dKH
Magnesium: 1400 ppm
Calcium: 440 ppm
Phosphate: 0.25 ppm (slightly high)
Ammonia: 0.0 ppm
Nitrite: 0.0 ppm
Nitrate: 0.0 ppm
pH: 8.4
Salinity: 1.025 Specific Gravity (S.G.)
Temperature: 78 Degrees Fahrenheit

For the Phosphate problem, I bought Phos-Buster Pro Instant Phosphate Remover to remove the excess phosphate.


Updates:

I'm not sure how...but here's a chipped zooanthid pic that looks like a baby zooanthid. lol

Chipped Zooanthid Pic


Just in Case You Couldn't Spot It


The Baby Blue Maxi Mini also decided to stretch out a bit! I think it's pretty comfortable with where its at... :/

Baby Blue Maxi Mini


And, here's a hermit crab who decided to take refuge in a little cave near the Blue Maxi Mini!

Another shell for the hermit crab??


Pic 2 of Cave Hermit Crab


Pic 3 of Cave Hermit Crab


Here's a fun pic of the heater.

Heater Eye


I've also decided to keep the bristle worm as a pet... in the interrogation room.

Here's the interrogation room


Here's the interrogation light (it's just used for the dark - I don't actually shine the light on it, except for the pic)


Here's the unnamed Bristle Worm


Here's an updated pic of Maximus Blau


Here's Maximus Blau Closed (when I was cleaning)


Here's the Green Star Polyp (GSP) Growing Out!


Here's an Updated Pic of Zooanthid 1


Updated Pic of Zooanthid 2


Updated Pic of Bubbles


Some Extra Stuff I bought for Cleaning!


Here's a pic I took for fun!
Sometimes I wish I could just control my tank with a touch of a button.



Latest EcoPico Pic




More Desktop Wallpapers

To Save Wallpaper, Click on the picture or "Click Here", Right Click the Image, and Save As Image.

Desktop Wallpaper 1
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Desktop Wallpaper 2
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Desktop Wallpaper 3
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Official Names Thus Far:

- Porcelain Anemone Crab
Name: Chuck Norris
By: mike007

- Blue Maxima Clam
Name: Maximus Blau
By: thepanfish

- Florida Ricordea
Name: Bubbles
By: 2in10

- Coco Worm
Name: Fluffy
By: jbraslins

- Hermit Crab 1
Name: Clam Climber
By: 1.0reef

- Margarita Snail 1
Name: Gary
By: 1.0reef

- Margarita Snail 2
Name: Speedy
By: jbraslins

- Copepods 1-100
Names: Marlin Jr.
By: mike007

- Copepods 101-200
Names: Coral Jr.
By: mike007


Unnamed:

- Blue Maxi Mini
- Common Maxi Mini
- Green Star Polyp
- Bristle Worm
- Zoanthid 1
- Zoanthid 2
- Hermit Crab 2
- Hermit Crab 3
- Hermit Crab 4
- Hermit Crab 5
- Margarita Snail 3
- Margarita Snail 4
- Margarita Snail 5
- Cope Pod 201...to...1000! (lots of copepods to choose from!)

(More Livestock to Come)



COMING UP NEXT:

NAMING + MORE WALLPAPERS + MORE CORALS + MORE INVERTS + MORE INFO + LIVESTOCK DECISIONS + ADDING LIVESTOCK + FINALIZED TANK!



Stay Tuned! MORE TO COME!!!!!

 

Hey Bobo65, thanks! Yeah, I wish he would come out to the front so I can see him more often! lol

Hey jbraslins, good questions! I usually change the water everyday or at least every other day, but I think people usually do it once or twice a week. I just like keeping my water clean since I have quite a few inhabitants in there!

As for the parameters, here's a recent test:

EcoPico Parameters
Alkalinity: 300 ppm
Magnesium: 1400 ppm
Calcium: 440 ppm
Phosphate: 0.25 ppm (slightly high)
Ammonia: 0.0 ppm
Nitrite: 0.0 ppm
Nitrate: 0.0 ppm
pH: 8.4
Salinity: 1.025 Specific Gravity (S.G.)
Temperature: 78 Degrees Fahrenheit

For the Phosphate problem, I bought Phos-Buster Pro Instant Phosphate Remover to remove the excess phosphate.

They're Margarita Snails. My friend, Christine, at my LFS, picked out some really nice ones!

 

When you do you water change, how much do you change in gallons/% ?

Thanks.

 

Try to raise that Alk up a bit halo! Otherwise everything looks great. Your tank looks amazing

 

Hey jbraslins, if I do a water change daily, I would change about 15% to 20% of the water. But, typically people will do a water change once or twice a week. So, if you decide to change the water once or twice a week, you would want to do a 25% water change each time.

I usually have my water prepared in a jug. I leave the jug in the same room until it reaches the same temperature as my tank. After I take out the water, I slowly pour the new water in making sure I do it slowly enough so I don't shock the guys in the tank. Since the tank is small, I use a turkey baster to slowly transfer the water over - but, I think a lot of people may find that too tedious.

Depending on where your sand bed is, and how much water you put into your tank, I would mark the top of your water level and make another mark at where 25% of the water is. That way, it'll be much easier to do your water changes and not have to eyeball it every time!

To mark, I use a fine thin sharpie and mark the very edge of the tank where the glasses intersect so people can't really see the sharpie marks. lol

Hey aw1447, yeah, will do! thanks

 

is 300ppm correct on alkalinity? That equates to a dKH of 16.75.

 

Go with the Possum wrasse, I love them! Name it peppermint too!

 

Hey 2in10! I meant 300 KH ppm (is that right?). lol. I remember something about it being in the "ideal range", but I'll check again later when I get back.

Hey thepanfish, yeah, they're pretty awesome! Such a hard choice. One of the limitations of little tanks! If I still had my 135 gallon, I would have them ALL! haha.

 

Those little guys are margarita snails!

 

Alright, Post 16 Updated!