I know its still two weeks away but...

[russbriscoe]

I am kinda gettin excited about this meeting. I hope I can make it. My tank is 90% cycled. I added fish to my tank this week and I will do a massive 100+ water change Friday. I am looking forward to having a reef tank. Especially since I have been working on this since Jan. I didnt know it would be 4 months before I had a coral in my tank when i started this hobby.

[wolfie]

Originally Posted by russbriscoe

I am kinda gettin excited about this meeting. I hope I can make it. My tank is 90% cycled. I added fish to my tank this week and I will do a massive 100+ water change Friday. I am looking forward to having a reef tank. Especially since I have been working on this since Jan. I didnt know it would be 4 months before I had a coral in my tank when i started this hobby.

Bad idea on 100+ WC. you want to do just 10% WC weekly only. too much WC will hurted your tank.

[russbriscoe]

Originally Posted by wolfie

Bad idea on 100+ WC. you want to do just 10% WC weekly only. too much WC will hurted your tank.

Really? Walt Smith says to do a 50% - 70% water change once the rock is done cycling. Anyone else care to chime in on this?

[goodfortune]

If the tank is new, and doesn't have any inhabitants, then I would go with the Walt Smith recommendation of performing a 50%-70% WC. It should serve to flush some of the pollutants out of the tank that have built up in the water due to cycling.

The danger of a large WC is that it can be hard to get the new water and the old water in your tank to the same temperature, pH,etc. If the two are different, a large WC can put stress on your fish and corals by due to the rapid changes in water parameters. Under normal circumstances, I try to limit my WCs to 20% at one time (which is a fairly large WC).

Sometimes having to do a large WC is unavoidable, like after a "snowstorm" or just after having to treat red bugs with interceptor. Should you have to perform a large WC, make sure that at least the temperature of the new and old water are as close to each other as possible.

HTH,
Michael

Originally Posted by russbriscoe

Really? Walt Smith says to do a 50% - 70% water change once the rock is done cycling. Anyone else care to chime in on this?

[russbriscoe]

THe tank is new. I have 4 Green Chromis that I think will make it throught the water change. I have two heaters so I will heat the water with one of them.

[ASpec]

Originally Posted by gwen_o_lyn

I will bring hammer for the following people who requested:
Wolfie *Wayne*
Aspec *Andrew*
GLXTRIX
Let me know if you won't be at this meeting.

Won't be able to attend. Thanks so much for remembering me!

[gwen_o_lyn]

Updated 3-30-06 Frag list
Toadstool leather-Pillz
Toadstool leather- Big D *David*
Toadstool leather- Kevin
Dark brown zoas- Big D *David*
Dark brown zoas- Felipe
Dark brown zoas- Kevin
Green Star Polyps - Big D *David*
Green Star Polyps - delaneymohr
GSP - John
Green star polyps - at least 2 more available.
Kenya/Colt mystery coral- Felipe

Hammer - Aspec *Pending for David*

[Casey]

Hi Gwen

[gwen_o_lyn]

Hey Casey! How are you?

[Casey]

Fine havent talked to you in a while hope everything is great.

[gwen_o_lyn]

Yup everything is good! Have the new job now and not as much time for TRT. I actually have to work at this job! Imagine that
How ya doin?

[Casey]

Great I had noticed your not on as much,IM great got me a new piece of land and will be building my new house around a 500 gal reef.

[superlu]

Casey,

The coral in your picutre, what is it called, and is it hard to keep?

[gwen_o_lyn]

WOW!! How cool is that!! Let me know when tickets go on sale for Casey & Pinky's Aquarium!!

[Casey]

Will do gwen it will be a while need lots more $$$$$$ superlu Acropra nana I consider most SPS hard to keep.