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@CenCalReefer559

๐Ÿ˜Žย Coolย Kids๐Ÿค“Coral Nerd46 pts
Joined Aug 24 ยท Fresno, CA

Low budget 40 gallon mixed reef - 3 years

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40 gallon breeder - aquamaxx hob 1.5 - noophysche k7 mini (3) - aquaclear 70 - jebao slw 20 (2)

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@CenCalReefer559
5Aug 26, 2026ยป

Hello from Fresno

How's it going everyone! Currently running a 40 gallon breeder while I work on setting up a new to me 100 gallon. Been in the hobby for abou

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  • What do you dose?

    > @BackbayReef wrote: > lol - thanks for doing that. > > I usually feed the data to Claude and double-check the numbers but youโ€™re right, AFR (powder) should be cheaper than balling + traces. Besides, itโ€™s much simpler with just one doser. Iโ€™m going to switch to that on my 65gal when I deplete my current container. I might jump back as well once mine runs out

    Sep 2
  • What do you dose?

    @BackbayReef so I had to do it just so I knew. Looks like afr might actually be a cheaper option if it was a straight up afr vs balling + trace, no additional supplements to the afr. Their site says afr includes trace, but if you add those with it then yes it would skyrocket the cost. I'm coming up with $0.27/day afr and $0.34/day balling. My math could be screwed up as it's early and I haven't had coffee yet.

    Sep 2
  • What do you dose?

    > @BackbayReef wrote: > AFR is simplier right, just one doser vs doing all the crazy stuff manually. However, I donโ€™t think that itโ€™s economically feasible for tanks over 60gal right? Oh man, are you asking me to geek out right now with numbers, because i will? If you are, I'll make some assumptions and throw it into excel and run the numbers. I ended up switching just because I didn't have the "perfect" tank using each part equally. So I was having to supplement afr with part b for alk.

    Sep 1

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