My set up:
2 x 65W power Compacts, 1 10,000K and 1 True Actinic from Hello Lights ran 8 hours a day (soon to add LEDs for moonlight as soon as I build my hood.)
1 Maxi Jet 600 with Hydor flow director (that's new)
1 Aqua...something... 600 that directs flow from left to right
1 Red Sea Prizm skimmer with newly added surface skimming attachment
1 Rio 600 for behind the rocks and shoots towards surface.(just fixed today)
A lot of LR. Can't even tell you how much is in there because the base rocks go beneath the sand. I would guess at least 40 to 50lbs
3" DSB in front, 3.5" DSB along back
That's it. I clean my light protector off regularly.
I test for and add supplements for Iodine, Magnesium, Calcium. I add Strontium every other week and I add Essential Elements...all addatives are from Kent. (Turbo Calcium granuals is what I use)
I have my own RO/DI system that is at 0 ppm until the DI resin runs out then it's at 20 ppm until I get a new one in.
Temp is at about 79.8 constantly. In summer, I'll raise it to 80.5.
Like I said, I think time has a big factor in the purple of my rocks. They have been in there for 7 years now. And so has that green mushroom, yellow star polyps, macro algae and sand.
Oh, and I use a grounding probe and my heaters are Hagen Tronics 100w. You can get them at that auction site for like $15. I just change it out every year to be safe.
