System Details
Start date: 16th October 2016.
Aquarium: Red Sea Reefer 170
Return pump: Tunze Silence 1073.020
Circulation pumps: Tunze Nanostream 6055 x 2
Protein Skimmer: Deltec SC1351 - skimmer pump failed 6th Dec 2017 so replaced with an Ultra-reef Akula 160 skimmer (9th Dec 2017). Removed Ultra-reef for cleaning and set up original Deltec again (with a new pump) 18th May 2017. Added an ATI Carbo Ex scrubber to skimmer (21st June 2017), changed to refillable Fauna Marin Skim Breeze reactor with Spherasorb media (8th January 2018).
Heating/cooling: Schego 200W titanium heater & GHL Propellor Breeze 4 (added 26th August 2017) controlled by a Simplyaquaria dual temp controller
Auto top up: Reefloat ATU-Pro3 (Reefer mod added 25th March 2017)
Lighting: GHL Mitras LX 7206
Dosing: GHL Doser 2.1 SA (added 25th March 2017)
Monitoring/control: GHL Profilux 4 (added 14th April 2017)
Other equipment etc:
5l Siporax in 3 x eggcrate baskets in the sump
Separate refugium lit by a 18W Beamswork EVO 6500K LED unit containing Tropic Marin reef mud, Caulerpa prolifera, Caulerpa serrulata, Caulerpa racemosa and Chaetomorpha. Beamswork light removed 23rd January 2018 due to rusting and replaced with a Kessil H80.
10kg live rock in display tank with 10kg Caribsea seaflor special grade sand and approx 500g Caribsea crushed coral on top
Salt: Tropic Marin pro reef
Additives: Tropic Marin Balling salts, Tropic Marin Pro Coral A-, K+ elements & Iodine, ATI potassium & Strontium
Passive filtration through a very small amount of Vertex ROX 0.8 activated carbon in the sump
Small amount of Rowaphos running in an Aquamedic Reactor S (added for a trial period 3rd July 2018.)
Aquarium: Red Sea Reefer 170
Return pump: Tunze Silence 1073.020
Circulation pumps: Tunze Nanostream 6055 x 2
Protein Skimmer: Deltec SC1351 - skimmer pump failed 6th Dec 2017 so replaced with an Ultra-reef Akula 160 skimmer (9th Dec 2017). Removed Ultra-reef for cleaning and set up original Deltec again (with a new pump) 18th May 2017. Added an ATI Carbo Ex scrubber to skimmer (21st June 2017), changed to refillable Fauna Marin Skim Breeze reactor with Spherasorb media (8th January 2018).
Heating/cooling: Schego 200W titanium heater & GHL Propellor Breeze 4 (added 26th August 2017) controlled by a Simplyaquaria dual temp controller
Auto top up: Reefloat ATU-Pro3 (Reefer mod added 25th March 2017)
Lighting: GHL Mitras LX 7206
Dosing: GHL Doser 2.1 SA (added 25th March 2017)
Monitoring/control: GHL Profilux 4 (added 14th April 2017)
Other equipment etc:
5l Siporax in 3 x eggcrate baskets in the sump
Separate refugium lit by a 18W Beamswork EVO 6500K LED unit containing Tropic Marin reef mud, Caulerpa prolifera, Caulerpa serrulata, Caulerpa racemosa and Chaetomorpha. Beamswork light removed 23rd January 2018 due to rusting and replaced with a Kessil H80.
10kg live rock in display tank with 10kg Caribsea seaflor special grade sand and approx 500g Caribsea crushed coral on top
Salt: Tropic Marin pro reef
Additives: Tropic Marin Balling salts, Tropic Marin Pro Coral A-, K+ elements & Iodine, ATI potassium & Strontium
Passive filtration through a very small amount of Vertex ROX 0.8 activated carbon in the sump
Small amount of Rowaphos running in an Aquamedic Reactor S (added for a trial period 3rd July 2018.)
