let me see your reef tank using limewater only!

Ehgemus · 10/26/2006, 05:37 PM

old salty · 10/26/2006, 11:32 PM

I don't think anyone uses limewater only. It'd be kind of hard to grow anything!

Ehgemus · 10/27/2006, 03:55 AM

why

cham · 10/27/2006, 05:05 AM

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Originally posted by old salty
I don't think anyone uses limewater only. It'd be kind of hard to grow anything!

Randy Holmes Farley uses only lime water.

smcnally · 10/27/2006, 05:21 AM

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Originally posted by cham
Randy Holmes Farley uses only lime water.

I think Old Salty was joking, and ininuating that if your tank was filled with limewater, nothing would survive. That aside, I thought Randy also used his home made 3 part Ca/Alk/Mg mixture?

adtravels · 10/27/2006, 05:29 AM

and he doses I-ron

JMBoehling · 10/27/2006, 05:37 AM

Here's mine. Bare Bottom and Drip Kalk (Mrs. Wages Pickling Lime) 24/7...

My Alk, Calcium and Lag levels are Staying perfect

Later,

Jim

Tang Salad · 10/27/2006, 05:48 AM

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let me see your reef tank using limewater only!

I think you need to define your question a little better.

Do you mean limewater as opposed to calcium reactor, or?

cristhiam · 10/27/2006, 06:35 AM

Limewater 24/7 and fish food

somtimes I adjust calc and alk a little
125

old 55

cristhiam · 10/27/2006, 06:36 AM

Hey JMBoehling, very nice tank how do you glue the corals to the glass?

chrisstie · 10/27/2006, 06:47 AM

I like the corals on the glass trick.

Either someone is very deft with glue or theres like 100 tiny mag floats on the backside lol

reverendmaynard · 10/27/2006, 06:58 AM

Limewater 24/7, with occasional 2/3 part supplementation (Randy's recipe) to handle any drift.

skeeter-doc · 10/27/2006, 09:58 AM

i like the coral frags glued to the back of the tank, but what happens when they grow into each other? There does not seem to be very much space back there for growth, ...

JMBoehling · 10/27/2006, 09:59 AM

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Originally posted by cristhiam
Hey JMBoehling, very nice tank how do you glue the corals to the glass?

I am using these

Fragmags

Later,

Jim

old salty · 10/27/2006, 10:12 AM

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Originally posted by smcnally
I think Old Salty was joking, and insinuating that if your tank was filled with limewater, nothing would survive.

Thank you for seeing the humor!!

Ehgemus · 10/27/2006, 04:14 PM

nice tanks, I thought after you get so many coral in your tank limewater would not be able to keep up!

JMBoehling · 10/27/2006, 07:50 PM

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Originally posted by Harold Edwards
nice tanks, I thought after you get so many coral in your tank limewater would not be able to keep up!

I hear this from a number of reef keepers.. After about a year, when the detritus has built up under the mounds of live rock and sand bed, they blame the SPS for using up the Alk, Mag and Calcium. What I have found is that by removing all my sand and a most of my rock and removing all Detritus, I am able to maintain NSW levels of ALK, Calcium and Mag simply by dripping Kalk and by doing 5 gallon water changes every 2 weeks on my 90. Fellow reefers continue to try and "Sell Me" on the need for a Calcium Reactor but I have no need for it. Guess will see if this changes in a year or so, but I seriuosly doubt it.. My belief is that unkept sand beds are Calcium and ALK sinks, causing the need for Calcium reactors...

marie · 10/27/2006, 09:02 PM

Here is an old pic of my 75g, dripped limewater at night. I have since upgraded to a 175g and a calcium reactor but it is strictly for convenience, I got tired of mixing kalk

Ehgemus · 10/27/2006, 10:24 PM

thanks for showing your tanks, I just wanted to see what limewater could support.
love to see more!

10/26/2006, 05:37 PM	#1
Ehgemus Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central City Ky Posts: 1,585	let me see your reef tank using limewater only!

10/26/2006, 11:32 PM	#2
old salty Genius Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The Island of Misfit Toys Posts: 3,131	I don't think anyone uses limewater only. It'd be kind of hard to grow anything! __________________ "The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." Thomas Jefferson Current Tank Info: Out of the marine aquarium hobby

10/27/2006, 06:36 AM	#10
cristhiam Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Groveland, FL Posts: 3,099	Hey JMBoehling, very nice tank how do you glue the corals to the glass? __________________ 2 yellows tail damsels, yellow watchman goby, tail spot blennie, purple pseudocromis, starry blennie, 2 clowns, 1 black clown, mandarine & Yellow tang Current Tank Info: 125 AGA, 3 40W 6500K, 3 110W URI Actinics, running on 2 IceCaps 660, CSS125

10/27/2006, 06:47 AM	#11
chrisstie Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 4,727	I like the corals on the glass trick. Either someone is very deft with glue or theres like 100 tiny mag floats on the backside lol __________________ You lookin' at my wrasse? Current Tank Info: I find it odd that there are children starving in this country and yet we euthanize millions of stray dogs and cats every year and then incinerate the bodies. Not only that, but we make it illegal to butcher the meat. -MarkS

10/27/2006, 06:58 AM	#12
reverendmaynard Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: RI Posts: 1,490	Limewater 24/7, with occasional 2/3 part supplementation (Randy's recipe) to handle any drift. __________________ Think for yourself. Question authority. Current Tank Info: 125 gal AGA, setup on 1/1/06; 29 gal seahorse tank, setup 10/21/06

10/27/2006, 03:55 AM	#3
Ehgemus Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central City Ky Posts: 1,585	why

10/27/2006, 05:29 AM	#6
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	and he doses I-ron

10/27/2006, 05:37 AM	#7
JMBoehling Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 2,353	Here's mine. Bare Bottom and Drip Kalk (Mrs. Wages Pickling Lime) 24/7... My Alk, Calcium and Lag levels are Staying perfect Later, Jim

10/27/2006, 06:35 AM	#9
cristhiam Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Groveland, FL Posts: 3,099	Limewater 24/7 and fish food somtimes I adjust calc and alk a little 125 old 55

10/27/2006, 09:58 AM	#13
skeeter-doc Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: TX Posts: 1,643	i like the coral frags glued to the back of the tank, but what happens when they grow into each other? There does not seem to be very much space back there for growth, ...

10/27/2006, 04:14 PM	#16
Ehgemus Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central City Ky Posts: 1,585	nice tanks, I thought after you get so many coral in your tank limewater would not be able to keep up!

10/27/2006, 09:02 PM	#18
marie Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: powell river/Can Posts: 638	Here is an old pic of my 75g, dripped limewater at night. I have since upgraded to a 175g and a calcium reactor but it is strictly for convenience, I got tired of mixing kalk __________________ Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have! ~Marie~ Current Tank Info: 175g bowfront, 55g softie tanks

10/27/2006, 10:24 PM	#19
Ehgemus Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central City Ky Posts: 1,585	thanks for showing your tanks, I just wanted to see what limewater could support. love to see more!