windlasher
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So some of you might remember when I was going to move, and at the same time set up a new tank... You may also remember that right before the move my only tank, the 90 crashed hard.... Here is what I have rebuilt so far... Comments Welcome
This is the 220. I have not finished the top cabinet yet, but you get the idea.
The 90 is essentially turning out to be a softie tank. This is the tank that crashed about a month before the move because the guys who set it up for me, pretty much undersized everything. It is now recovering nicely, and I am setting it up the way I want it set up... I also need to make the top so it matches the one on the 220.
The 90 is fed over the top and both Drilled holes are used for a drain/backup drain.
The 220 is fed over the top and all 4 Drilled holes are used for a drains/backup drains.
Both systems drain into a 20 Gal Skimmer Tank running Dual coralife skimmers, which is sitting in and drains into an 80 gallon Frag tank leaving me 1/2 the frag tank for frags. I will replace the skimmers with a big "honkin" one soon.
The frag tank drains into a 100 gallon sump with LR and cheato. All water in the sump is treated by a 25W UV sterilizer 24/7 and an additional canister filter with yet another UV/Light and charcoal which is on a timer for 6 hours per day.
The Sump has a 35 gal overflow drain and a 1/2 HP Chiller, all of which is monitored by an Aqua Jr. (why don't they invent a salinity probe)
Although there is only about 75 pounds of LR in the sump, there is 4 pounds of the REEFRESH20 Filter balls which adds an additional 8000 sq Feet of Filter material like LR.
2 Little Giant 4-MDQX-SC pumps return the water upstairs.
In the middle are my 2 30 Gal QT Tanks and a 20 Gal Hosp Tank.
I'm still working on a few details, but my water quality is now excellent, and I have the setup those jerks should have suggested the first time when I told them what i wanted to do.
This is the 220. I have not finished the top cabinet yet, but you get the idea.
The 90 is essentially turning out to be a softie tank. This is the tank that crashed about a month before the move because the guys who set it up for me, pretty much undersized everything. It is now recovering nicely, and I am setting it up the way I want it set up... I also need to make the top so it matches the one on the 220.
The 90 is fed over the top and both Drilled holes are used for a drain/backup drain.
The 220 is fed over the top and all 4 Drilled holes are used for a drains/backup drains.
Both systems drain into a 20 Gal Skimmer Tank running Dual coralife skimmers, which is sitting in and drains into an 80 gallon Frag tank leaving me 1/2 the frag tank for frags. I will replace the skimmers with a big "honkin" one soon.
The frag tank drains into a 100 gallon sump with LR and cheato. All water in the sump is treated by a 25W UV sterilizer 24/7 and an additional canister filter with yet another UV/Light and charcoal which is on a timer for 6 hours per day.
The Sump has a 35 gal overflow drain and a 1/2 HP Chiller, all of which is monitored by an Aqua Jr. (why don't they invent a salinity probe)
Although there is only about 75 pounds of LR in the sump, there is 4 pounds of the REEFRESH20 Filter balls which adds an additional 8000 sq Feet of Filter material like LR.
2 Little Giant 4-MDQX-SC pumps return the water upstairs.
In the middle are my 2 30 Gal QT Tanks and a 20 Gal Hosp Tank.
I'm still working on a few details, but my water quality is now excellent, and I have the setup those jerks should have suggested the first time when I told them what i wanted to do.
