tank equipment questions

tinmanny · 08/26/2007, 02:04 PM

I have a 90g display and a 30g sump what equipment do others use with this set up
right now I have
a G3 with a sedra 9000 pump
a large section for gravel and rock with 3 different alge growing in it
I test for all my chems
ph is getting unstable
thinking of calc reactor

are there other pcs of equipment
like co2 reactor or others

would appreciate all the help I can get
thanks Manny

Darkstar04 · 08/26/2007, 05:32 PM

It all depends on what kind of things you want to keep (fish, corals - what kind of corals, etc).

tinmanny · 08/26/2007, 05:52 PM

I have in my tank after 2 years
2 PJ's
2 blue Chromis
1 Mandrin Dragonnet
1 Engineer Goby
2 Percola Clowns
and one I never remember the name

2 torches
4 different colors of mushrooms with about 4-6 pcs ea one has about 20
1 kenya tree
1 ricordia large about to split
1 pink tip looks like a hammer but not can't remember the name
1 pink flower with 50 buds that popout in the light not a zoo

1 sally lightfoot
1 emerald crab
40 snales
about 40 mixed crabs Mex Red leg Scarlet, Blue leg and White legs
1 nieon blue crab

rkelman · 08/26/2007, 06:03 PM

I assume you have a skimmer? I don't have anything else special on my 90g.

MattG · 08/26/2007, 06:19 PM

With your current inhabitants there is no reason to add a calcium reactor.

When you say your ph is unstable what do you mean by this? If you didnt know the ph of your aquarium will typically be lower in the morning when the lights first come on and higher later in the photoperiod. This is completely normal.

tinmanny · 08/30/2007, 06:31 PM

thanks for the comments I have a g3 with a sedra 9000 pump it is very good I was aware of the ph variance from day to night but thanks for reafirming that
when I said my ph was un stable I ment it has been dropping as of tonight it has come up to 8.3 and is holding will know in a fiew days
thanks for the help
Manny

08/26/2007, 02:04 PM	#1
tinmanny Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 235	tank equipment questions I have a 90g display and a 30g sump what equipment do others use with this set up right now I have a G3 with a sedra 9000 pump a large section for gravel and rock with 3 different alge growing in it I test for all my chems ph is getting unstable thinking of calc reactor are there other pcs of equipment like co2 reactor or others would appreciate all the help I can get thanks Manny __________________ Manny Current Tank Info: 90 40 30

08/26/2007, 05:52 PM	#3
tinmanny Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 235	I have in my tank after 2 years 2 PJ's 2 blue Chromis 1 Mandrin Dragonnet 1 Engineer Goby 2 Percola Clowns and one I never remember the name 2 torches 4 different colors of mushrooms with about 4-6 pcs ea one has about 20 1 kenya tree 1 ricordia large about to split 1 pink tip looks like a hammer but not can't remember the name 1 pink flower with 50 buds that popout in the light not a zoo 1 sally lightfoot 1 emerald crab 40 snales about 40 mixed crabs Mex Red leg Scarlet, Blue leg and White legs 1 nieon blue crab __________________ Manny Current Tank Info: 90 40 30

08/26/2007, 06:19 PM	#5
MattG Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Waco, TX Posts: 3,216	With your current inhabitants there is no reason to add a calcium reactor. When you say your ph is unstable what do you mean by this? If you didnt know the ph of your aquarium will typically be lower in the morning when the lights first come on and higher later in the photoperiod. This is completely normal. __________________ Matt Current Tank Info: 215 mixed reef

08/30/2007, 06:31 PM	#6
tinmanny Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 235	thanks for the comments I have a g3 with a sedra 9000 pump it is very good I was aware of the ph variance from day to night but thanks for reafirming that when I said my ph was un stable I ment it has been dropping as of tonight it has come up to 8.3 and is holding will know in a fiew days thanks for the help Manny __________________ Manny Current Tank Info: 90 40 30

08/26/2007, 05:32 PM	#2
Darkstar04 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 123	It all depends on what kind of things you want to keep (fish, corals - what kind of corals, etc).

08/26/2007, 06:03 PM	#4
rkelman Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Belleville, Ontario Canada Posts: 3,438	I assume you have a skimmer? I don't have anything else special on my 90g.