Tank Information
- Aqueon 210
- Custom Stand
- Initial Setup – October 2019
- Re-set/Re-Aquascaped – November 2021
Target Water Parameters
- Salinity – 1.026
- Calcium – 420-440ppm (430)
- Alkalinity – 8-8.5dkh (8.2)
- PH – 8.0-8.3 (8.2)
- Magnesium – 1375-1425 (1400)
- Phosphate – 0.03-0.08 (0.06)
- Nitrate – 2-5 (3)
- Potassium – 420-440 (430)
Filtration/Equipment
- Lights – ReefLit Bars (6) & Viparspectra 165W (2)
- Wavemakers – Maxspect Gyres (3)
- Filter Socks
- Skimmer – Bubble Magus Curve 7 Elite
- Return Pump – Jebao 6500
- Bucket Algae Scrubber with Cheato
- Doser – Jebao 5 head doser
- Reactor, ROX 8.0 carbon mixed with Phosphate minus or Phosguard mixed.
Dosing
- BRS/Tropic Marin hybrid 2 part, on doser
- BRS Magnesium, on doser
- Tropic Marin Part C, on doser
- Acropower, on doser
- Brightwell Strontium, daily manual dose
- Potassium nitrate, dose every day or so based on nitrate readings
- NOPOX, 2ml every morning
- Moonshiners Element Adjustments based on ICP tests every 2-3 months
Routines & Maintenance
- Change filter socks every 3-5 days
- Test the following water parameters weekly, sometimes 2x per week: Alkalinity (dkH), Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphate, Nitrate, Potassium
- Change reactor carbon and GFO every 3 weeks. Make mix ratio depending on phosphate reading.
- About 6% water change every 1-2 weeks. Based on 12-gallon change on the 210-gallon system.
- ICP test every 2-3 months