Automat 3172 question

[reefkeeper2]

Roger, will the new calcium automat 3172 be able to handle a heavily stocked 400 gal sps tank? Total system volume is about 550 gal.

 

[rvitko]

It is rated to 525 US gallons, it holds 2.6 gallons of media and the reactor is 8" diameter, 20" tall. I think outside of the highest possible demand for a tank your size it should work, and even slightly outside its capacity, a supplement with talk would be all that is needed. Really, I would count your system as 400 gallons as the volume of a sump or refugium is not going to have a calcium demand.

 

[reefkeeper2]

Is it available yet? I don't see any of the vendors stocking it.

 

[rvitko]

The first shipment of them arrives next week. So far only LFS's have ordered them in.

 

[reefkeeper2]

Roger, could you point me in the direction of where I could order one?

 

[rvitko]

None of the mail order companies have brought them in yet, Champion will drop ship them as will Aquarium Specialty or AquaCave or Premium Aquatics.