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Originally Posted by framerguy  Come on Heinz..you copied those water parameters out of a book somewhere, didn't you. How the devil do you keep such perfect water chemistry!!?? .. no kidding, I'd really like to know :meeting:
I'm sure 20+ years reefing has something to do with it. |
Good morning Greg .....
sometimes I would know it by myself what may be the reason. I think more than 20 years of experience in reef care also play a role. Above all, I think, the right combination in corals, fish and Invertebrats is an important factor.
I feed in principle NO flakes, exclusively living or frozen food. The bigger fish are fed everytime by the tweezers, I avoid feed leftovers. I use phosphate filter in the long-term application in the so-called “whirl bed” ( in german Wirbelbettfilter) procedure, this holds PO4 and NO3 / 4 nearly always on 0 or at least almost. Ca., Mg as well as Kh are adapted via Balling method every week to the requirements. The same one counts to the trace elements and since 4 weeks also amino acids. One week has to go more which are measured, next again a little less. This is already everything, any more I do not do .... oh yes, forgotten …..regularly approx. 15-20% WC every week.