Looking for Tank Spec Data.

[hawaii4485]

Hey Everyone!

Im am wondering what people keep the stats of there tank at? I want to see if mine are any where close to what they should be!

If you know any of this info about your tank let me know!
Temp
Flow
Salinity
Calcium
Lighting
Alkalinity
Iodine
TDS
Nitrate
PH
Copper

[Tim224DT]

Temp- 79-81
Salinity- 1.025
Calcium- 450
Nitrate- below 5
pH- 8.3


Tim

[Tim224DT]

These are the ones i am certain about..........

Tim

[gitsumpottery]

29 gal (24x24x12)
(but formerly a 40g breeder with same specs except lighting and flow)

temp 78.6-79.4
flow 1600 gph
salinity 1.025
calcium 450
alkalinity 9dkh
TDS currently 0-2
nitrate 0
ph 8.2
lighting 150w DE 10k

[hawaii4485]

anyone else?

[Chris86]

Temp- 79-81
Salinity- 1.024
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0
pH- 7.8

Plus my tank is a 10 gallon

[gwen_o_lyn]

Temp 80

Flow ~14 tanks/hour ~1000g/h and 72gal tank

Salinity 1.025

Calcium= kinda low- was 360 last I checked- aiming for at least 425 *i'm dripping like crazy*

Lighting= PCs 65W 2-10000K and 2 actinic... 3.61 watts/gal *and I have SPS * very scary indeed- I hope it grows, but too early to tell. It came on the LR I just bought from a tank teardown.

Alkalinity 4 meq/L

Iodine don't test and I dose very little

TDS don't have one on my RODI *hope its 0*

Nitrate very low- maybe 2-3?

PH between 8.1-8.3

Copper none, tank purchased new

[wharyat]

20gal custom, ~5gal sump;

Temp: 81-83 degrees
Flow: approx 2000GPH, 100x turnover.
Salinity: 1.025
Calcium: ~475ppm
Lighting: 175MH with 2x65 watt PC actinics.
Alk: ~12dKh
Iodine: Don't test for, results are normally useless.
TDS of RO water is 0
Nitrate: 0
pH: 8.0 (before actinics) 8.1-8.2 (before halides) - 8.4 (after halides) - 8.3 (after actinics)
copper: 0

[flashardy]

30L Reef with a 20L sump

Temp 78-80
Salinity 1.025
Calcium Just tested and it says 600+? I am lost on why it is do high.
Lighting 175 14K MH
Nitrate 0
Nitrites 0
PH 8.2
Do water changes every 5 days about 3 gallons.

CLH

[mg]

75 gallon SPS dominated

Temp 77-80
Ph 8.3
Specific Gravity 1.025
Alk 10dkh
calcium 400ppm
Nitrate has always been undetectable (I have a very light bioload)

TDS of RO/DI around 7ppm (tap is 400-450ppm)

Lighting 2 250W AB 10K DE MH, 2 110W URI VHO

Flow
return 500gph
closed loop 900gph
powerheads (x3) 800gph
total 2200gph about 30x turnover/hour

I don't dose any trace elements and therefore don't test for any. Never used copper in tank.

[Tim224DT]

Originally Posted by Chris86

Temp- 79-81
Salinity- 1.024
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0
pH- 7.8

Plus my tank is a 10 gallon

If your pH is 7.8 you may want to look into a pH buffer of some sort to raise it above 8.0 but no higher than 8.4.

I bet your Ca and Alk are out of line also.

Tim

[Loverotties]

78 Deg
Med to High
1.025
450
PC 194 watts
10 dkh
Don't test
0
below 2
8.3 day/8.0 night
0
and the one that's also important that most people forget is Phosphate and that is around .015 -.03

[Hondadude2k5]

Temp 78
Flow 520Gph
Salinity 1.025
Calcium 420
Lighting 2x55w PC
Alkalinity
Iodine
TDS
Nitrate
PH 8.2
Copper 0

The rest I don't know yet until I do my bi-weekly water test.

[hawaii4485]

Wow thanks peeps, Anyone Else?