220g starfire build

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My goal for this build is to create a reef tank that is sustainable and reliable, with minimal maintenance. This giving me the opportunity to go away on holidays without the worry of my aquarium.

Tank. DIY 60 by 30 by 30 with low iron front panel

Stand: DIY pine stand 1520mm by 1100mm by 760mm

System type: mixed reef, predominantly sps.

Equipment:

Filtration:
Sump/refugium: 600mm long by 350mm wide by 500mm high
Protein skimmer: 1300mm high dual brecket skimmer made by turbo powered by a luguna 11,000 LPH pump
Nitrate export: calurpia macro algae and MS nitrate reactor with LSM
Ozone: redsea 200mg'h ozone unit with redox meter.

circulation:
Reeflow hammerhead with OM 4 way (version 3). 20 000 LPH
1 Tunze 6205 22 000 LPH controlled by profilux
1 vortech mp40w
Total in tank circulation 53 000 LPH

return pump: Aquamedic OR 2500

Lighting: Luminarc copy reflectors with AMD 400w E ballasts with 20k bulbs .

Dosing:
MS calcium reactor
MS kalk reactor

Monitering:
Profilux plus II. Controlling Auto top up, tunze 6205, temp and timers for lights ect

Heating/cooling:
jag heater

 

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Tank construction, doing this on my own sure wasn't the best experience.

Glass cut to size

poor mans glass drilling set up :eek2:

sides, fronts and base siliconed

Finished product

CAD drawing of sump.

 

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Base for the stand. The piece of wood in leaning against the work bench is one of the legs.

Two hardwood legs glued and bolted to base.

Doors attached

 

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Some of the plumbing fittings that will be used for the closed loop. The blue pump is for another tank,

Reeflo hammerhead gold with OM 4way.

Tunze 6205

 

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Dual brecket skimmer. 1.3m high with 200mm wide chamber.

 

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Light rack is made from Aluminum angle heild together by pop rivets.

 

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The sump under the stand with Nitrate and kalk reactors.

Plumbing finished... Was probably the most painful part of this build.

skimmer in place doing a mighty fine job.

 

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Ready for fish? could do with a tang so hair algae doesn't take over.