looking for suggestions

[alexchern75]

Just wanted to show you guys my little setup, I'm fishing for comments, suggestions, etc.
Its a 20L, with 2 powerheads, and a heater, thats about it...
weekly water changes and I stopped all dosing, since I'm hoping the water changes take care of that.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/56562Alex_fishhead_041.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/56562tank_combo.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/56562Alex_fishhead_048.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/56562Alex_fishhead_040.jpg

[jayson_219@yahoo.com]

maybe a fuge?

[TCC]

Very nice. Looks like you've done a good job. How long has it been set up?

[Bamm Bamm]

Looks nice.. Dosing helps though water changes don't give your corals all the calcium/alk they need..

[Undergrad]

Looks very nice! I'd consider opening your rockwork up a bit... it might help with flow in your tank and arches and caves always help add a little more character to your aquascaping.

Arlan

[alexchern75]

Thanks TCC , its been up for about 8 months, I tranfeed most of the stuff from my 10 gal when it cracked. the inside of the wall is actually set up like a 3 cave tunnel, a fish can swim from one side of the tank to the other through the rock work...what kind of dosing do you sugest??
I like the idea of a fuge, but I want to figure out how to do it cleanly without a bunch of pipes, hey Jason, in the top pic you can see the 2 PJs.

[jayson_219@yahoo.com]

yup,
they look really nice and really healthy. update on the tang, he has been fully cured of the ich and is now swimming aroung very happy once again.
-jason-

[alexchern75]

awesome jason, if you get any pics make sure to send them over!
I just got a new torch coral yesterday, I hope it does well.

[wombat2]

I really like the look of your tank. Very clean and simple. Nice work!


Re Ca/Alk, you might find a 2 part additive system (B-Ionic) to be the simplest solution. If you do dose Ca/alk, you should get good test kits as well to find out your levels. Salifert makes very accurate test kits.

[alexchern75]

thanks wombat2, so even with the weekly water changes you suggest dosing?

[thedude]

Well, I think you need a little plastic diver swimming around, a treasure chest that bubbles, and a nice plastic anemone.

Just to give it a nice classy touch.........

[wombat2]

The only way to know for sure is to test your water for Ca/Alk. I doubt a weekly water change is enough for that open brain, but you'd have to test to know for sure. Try tesing right after and right before you do a water change and see how much it drops.

[alexchern75]

Thedude, I was thinking more along the lines of the plastic alligator, but maybe I can put the little plastic diver in the alligator's mouth with bubbles coming out of his rear end.., haha

On a serious note, I'm going to have to get a Ca/Alk test kit...

[thedude]

There you go, adlib with the ornaments. There are some nice shipwrecks as well.......