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Here are the averages of 95 tanks. 12/11/1999
| Average tank size is:
84 gallons. With a sump of 16 gallons. This is a sump to tank ratio of 5.3% Containing 97 lbs. of live rock, or 1.25 lbs. per gallon. |
| First Choice of Information
27 Books 20 Internet 18 Newsgroup (Usenet) 10 Dealers 8 Webpages 6 Magazines 2 Friends 2 Aquarium Societies |
Second Choice of Information
25 Books 11 Internet 10 Newsgroup (Usenet) 8 Dealers 7 Magazines 6 Webpages 4 Friends 3 Other hobbyists |
Third Choice of Information
23 Books 22 Internet 12 Dealers 9 Webpages 7 Magazines 3 From MIstakes 3 Newsgroups (Usenet) |
Lighting
Skimmers vary, most being venturi followed
by CPR and ETS
| The preferred salt mix is Instant Ocean 53 / Coralife 12 / Kent 6 / Reef Crystals 6 /Red Sea 3 / Tropic Marin 5 / Red Sea 3 / Local seawater 2 |
| 14 hobbyists out of 95 do not use tap water purification. Spectrapure being the most popular |
| Average thickness is 1.4"
with 14 tanks having less than 1" 11 do not use substrate 10 use .25” 4 use .5” 1 uses .75” 15 use 1” 19 use between 1.5” – 2” 13 use 2” 8 use 2” – 3” 5 use 3” 2 use 3.5” 4 use 4” 2 use 5” 6 hobbyists use an actual plenum system. 21 use aragonite 7 use CaribSea 12 crushed coral 18 livesand 18 some type of reef sand 17 unknown |
20% every 3 months ~ 5% twice a month ~ 20%
every few months/changing to 5 gal. a week ~ 35gallons every other month
~ 20% every 3-4months ~ 15%monthly ~ 10% every 2 months ~ 15 gallons once
a month ~ 5% every 2 weeks ~ 30% every 2months ~ 10 gallons every 2-3 months
~ 10 - 20% per month ~15% once per month ~ 10% every 2 weeks ~ 5% every
month ~ 1gal per week ~ 10 - 15% once per month ~ 10% weekly ~ 5% bi weekly
~ 20% a month ~ 10% every 1 - 2 months ~ 10% every 1- 2 months ~ 10% every
1 - 2 months ~ every 4 - 6 months ~ 10% every 2 months ~ 10% weekly ~ 8
gallons every 6 weeks ~ 15 gallons every 2 weeks ~ 10% per month ~ 10%
every 2 weeks ~ 10% every 3-4 Months ~10% monthly ~ 20% monthly ~ 15% every
2 weeks ~ none ~ 25% weekly ~ 20 gallons every 3 weeks ~ 7 gal per week
~ 1-2 gal per day ~ 30% 3-4 months ~ 20% monthly ~ 15 - 20%monthly ~ 15
gallons 1 x per Mon. ~ Every 2-3 weeks. 75 or 100litres ~ 2 years since
last ~ 2 gal 1 X per Mon. ~ 20% a month ~ 15% bi-weekly ~ 5 gal every other
month ~ 10 - 15% every 8 weeks 8 - 16 gall per wk.
| Spending hundreds of hours doing
research
Keeping overflow clear maintaining water conditions finding time to enjoy the tank Getting corals to grow fast and consistently long term costs Maintaining proper water quality and chemical balance Setting up equipment to work properly Nothing its pretty easy vacuuming detritus weekly Setting up and keeping everything healthy Mimicking Natural salt water Maintaining constant conditions, cause and effect Keeping the temp down Algae Aquascaping Understanding concepts planning Understanding water chemistry Planning maintenance, evaporation Understanding the chemistry for a stable tank Properly placing corals Maintaining low nutrient levels Algae wife Sexual reproduction of corals Finding healthy animals cleaning coraline from acrylic keeping temp down Maintaining the fine balance of water chemistry Getting up to date information keeping my shrimp alive money Getting un-bias information duplicating a natural environment Patience having livestock flourish water quality learning everything I can Unknown Not looking at it as a challenge Control of fish diseases Dealing with the LFS keeping water conditions stable Getting the tank balanced algae blooms understanding the requirements and compatibility Common names Patience Ignoring bad advise Finding quality corals keeping corals alive and growing keeping stable water parameters |
