Only 2 water changes last year!

[DJE]

So this is the result of only 2 water changes last year. I have an Elos 120xl, 127g and 50g in the sump so total volume with rocks is around 150g. I run GFO and Carbon in a dual BRS reactor. I does Alk and Cal everyday and dose Nualgi twice a week. I also have about 4liters of siporax in the sump. My nitrates are undetectable and PO4 are between 0.05 to 1. What do you think?

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Some close ups:
TDF
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WCR Milleporas
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WCR French Bitch
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[DJE]

LE RR Yellow Flaming Orchid
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WWC SWOTR
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RR Sunset Mille
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[ColaAddict]

nice. all my nutrients stay low also, with carbon dosing and a huge skimmer. I still do water change out of habit. I don't know if it's doing any good. I guess some elements get replaced.

 

[Bommie]

Nice tank! Like the aquascape...what fish u got in there?.

 

[maidia]

Very nice DJE..

 

[tinman]

Awesome tank
Was better in person

 

[MMreef]

Awesome buddy, looks great. I guess the Nualgi is working for you, your sand looks very clean !

 

[jayjerk]

Love this tank...just a bit jelly

 

[rockhead]

Nice work ,



Tom

 

[DJE]

nice. all my nutrients stay low also, with carbon dosing and a huge skimmer. I still do water change out of habit. I don't know if it's doing any good. I guess some elements get replaced.

Thanks Nino. I need to set up my Genesis Water change system so that at least I can replace those elements that are missing. Just been too lazy

Nice tank! Like the aquascape...what fish u got in there?.

Thanks! Nothing fancy but there are like nine fish.
ORA Snowflake clown with a reg clown bonded. They lay eggs too

ORA Yellow Assessor

Ornate Leopard wrasse

Lyretail Anthias. 1 male 3 females

Bristletooth Tomini Tang

Very nice DJE..

Thanks Mai!

Awesome tank
Was better in person

Thanks Tin. I'll give you a piece of the Mille when I decide to cut

Awesome buddy, looks great. I guess the Nualgi is working for you, your sand looks very clean !

Thanks bud! Yes the Nualgi is working and the stuff that keeps coming back on the rock is finally going away.

Love this tank...just a bit jelly

Thanks homie!

Nice work ,

Tom

Thanks Tom!

 

[Smitty]

Damn!!! Good job....looks great!

 

[The reefer]

Tank looks awesome! I have to stop by one day.

 

[rockhead]

What kind of lights you running?



Tom

 

[DJE]

Damn!!! Good job....looks great!

Thanks Smitty!

Tank looks awesome! I have to stop by one day.

Thanks Jaime! Any time.

What kind of lights you running?

Tom

Giesemann Spectra- 2-250w Radiums and 4-54w ATI Blue Plus.

 

[Siebo]

Damn nice tank!

 

[rockhead]

Looks great , how many hrs are you running the halides?



Tom

 

[DJE]

Looks great , how many hrs are you running the halides?



Tom

I run them for 7hrs a day.

 

[sk8elenex92]

Wow the tank looks great. sometimes I don't understand why people do water changes every week. so many WC would push me away from the hobby. How big were your 2 WC?

 

[vucious]

Wow the tank looks great. sometimes I don't understand why people do water changes every week. so many WC would push me away from the hobby. How big were your 2 WC?

I'm seeing more and more good looking tanks that only do WC once a month or in this case once every 6 months. I used to do weekly WC religiously but I'm only doing 5% once every 2 weeks now.

 

[DJE]

Wow the tank looks great. sometimes I don't understand why people do water changes every week. so many WC would push me away from the hobby. How big were your 2 WC?

Thanks! One was 25g and the 2nd was 50g and that was because I was finally putting my new 75g sump back in the basement.

I'm seeing more and more good looking tanks that only do WC once a month or in this case once every 6 months. I used to do weekly WC religiously but I'm only doing 5% once every 2 weeks now.

Thanks!
This featured tank didn't do any water changes but it was more LPS/softies

http://www.chicagoreefs.com/index.php?pageid=logan

The reason for my post also was to let people know that we don't have to be on top of our tanks every day. Just let the tank do it's thing. I rarely put my hands in my tank and believe [MENTION=1971]jayjerk[/MENTION] and [MENTION=473]jayjigga[/MENTION] have had there hands in my sump more than I ever had lol I also don't test much either unless I'm checking to replace my GFO and see if I need to add more Alk or Cal.

Keep in mind that what might work for me might not work for everyone. This tank is 100% SPS with 1 Hammer for the clowns.

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