Main tank |
200 ltrs Jewel Tank Weir Outlet 80 kg's Live Rock 2 Wave Maker Power heads Aqua One light Canopy 3 x 39 Watt (2 White - 1Blue) 2 Night View Cold Cathode Tubes 24v Hood Fan Livestock Corals 3 Colt corals (Cladiella colti) Green Star Polyps (Pachyclavularia spp) Sinularia Inverts 9 Red Leg Hermit Crabs 9 Turbo Snails Loads of Other life |
Sump 2ft- 3 Compartment - Refugium -Return - Skimmer , Fed both ends. 1st compartment - 11 Watt light -Cheato, Dsb , live rock , mangrove. 2nd compartment - heater return pipe . 3rd compartment -Prizm Deluxe Red Sea Skimmer , Activated Carbon in Skimmer, Heater. Return from sump to tank via AquaOne 1000 canister filter full of live rock Auto Top up system fed from external container filled by Reverse Osmosis unit. Inhabitants Evicted main tank crab evicted starfish x5 |
Other Items 3 In-put Light Controller / Programmer Back up/ quarantine tank Parameters Temp: 27 deg Nitrate : 0.2 Nitrite : 0.2 Ammonia : 0.1 Specific Gravity : 1.024 -25 PH -7/8 |
12.02.2009 |
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Set-up January 2009
Sump Test
Sump
Above Auto Top-Up System
Weir From Above and Side
12.02.2009 |
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February 2009
Salt Water Added
1st Live rocks added
More live rock
Final live rock added
22.02.09 In a attempt to reduce evaporation (4-5 pints a day ) the sump was fitted with some acrylic .
fingers crossed.
100's of copepod's Isopods on back wall of tank (a good sign)