filippo
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filippo's 90G Reef Build Thread (PIC)
90G AGA Tank â€"œ Bare Bottom, Mixed Reef
110G total volume system
Custom build stand
Started on: March ‘08
Finished cycling on: May ‘08
Water Parameters as of September ‘08
Temperature: 78-82F
Salinity 1.026, 35ppt
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
pH 8.0
Calcium 420
Alkalinity 9 dKH
Phosphate 0
Equipment:
Eheim 1262 Return pump
Octopus NW200 Protein skimmer powered by Octopus Turbine 3000 Pump
1 Koralia 4 (1200GPH)
2 Maxi-Jet 900 with Superflow kit (2000GPH)
2 Phosban Reactors powered by 2 Rio 90s
2 150W Heaters
Double switch ATO atotopoff.com (30G water reservoir)
Ocean Reef + 1 Five Stage 75 GPD RO/DI
Individual timers (lights, fans, etc.) run on 2 American DJ Power Centers
Lighting:
6x54W T5HO on IceCap SLR overridden at 80W each = 480W
Front: 2 ATI Blue Plus (10:30 AM to 9 PM)
Middle: 1 UV Lighting Super Actinic, 1 ATI Aquablue (10:15 AM to 8:15 PM)
Back: 1 ATI Pro Color, 1 UV Lighting 10000K AquaSun (10 AM to 8 PM)
Cooling:
2 mini fans in canopy blowing water surface on 24/7
1 medium fan blowing on sump water surface on 24/7
Water Movement:
Roughly 5500GPH (Including return line)
Filtration:
Used to have 100 Lbs of live sand â€"œ Now changed to Bare Bottom
160lbs Fiji live rock
Octopus NW200 Protein skimmer
Filter sucks (Overflow line)
Refugium
Cleaning Crew:
15 Blue leg hermit crab
5 Red leg hermit crab
10 Black turbo snails
10 Astrea Snail
Sump:
30 gallon breeder, custom made
8 gallon Refugium
Refugium
8 gallon chamber in sump
TCP 75W (Uses only 16W) incandescent light 5100K (Part #: 1P3816)
20 Lbs live sand
10 Lbs live rock rubbles
Chaeto
4 Tonga Nassarius Snail
1 Red leg hermit crab
1 Brown leg hermit crab
Maintenance:
10% weekly water changes
20% monthly water changes
Filter sock change every 3 days
Biweekly water tests
Cleaning glass from glass every other day
Feeding:
Nori daily
Mixed food of misys shrimps, brine shrimps, cyloop-eeze, bloodworms, Reef Nutrition Tigger Pods, Phyto Feast
1 drop Selcon and 1 drop Kent Garlic Extreme per each feeding
Addictives:
Weekly dosage of Tropic Marin calcium buffer
Other:
Instant Ocean salt
On ReefCentral 24/7
Purchase list remaining:
Either a Two Part System, or a calcium reactor GEO618
Fish: TBA
Inverts: TBA
90G AGA Tank â€"œ Bare Bottom, Mixed Reef
110G total volume system
Custom build stand
Started on: March ‘08
Finished cycling on: May ‘08
Water Parameters as of September ‘08
Temperature: 78-82F
Salinity 1.026, 35ppt
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
pH 8.0
Calcium 420
Alkalinity 9 dKH
Phosphate 0
Equipment:
Eheim 1262 Return pump
Octopus NW200 Protein skimmer powered by Octopus Turbine 3000 Pump
1 Koralia 4 (1200GPH)
2 Maxi-Jet 900 with Superflow kit (2000GPH)
2 Phosban Reactors powered by 2 Rio 90s
2 150W Heaters
Double switch ATO atotopoff.com (30G water reservoir)
Ocean Reef + 1 Five Stage 75 GPD RO/DI
Individual timers (lights, fans, etc.) run on 2 American DJ Power Centers
Lighting:
6x54W T5HO on IceCap SLR overridden at 80W each = 480W
Front: 2 ATI Blue Plus (10:30 AM to 9 PM)
Middle: 1 UV Lighting Super Actinic, 1 ATI Aquablue (10:15 AM to 8:15 PM)
Back: 1 ATI Pro Color, 1 UV Lighting 10000K AquaSun (10 AM to 8 PM)
Cooling:
2 mini fans in canopy blowing water surface on 24/7
1 medium fan blowing on sump water surface on 24/7
Water Movement:
Roughly 5500GPH (Including return line)
Filtration:
Used to have 100 Lbs of live sand â€"œ Now changed to Bare Bottom
160lbs Fiji live rock
Octopus NW200 Protein skimmer
Filter sucks (Overflow line)
Refugium
Cleaning Crew:
15 Blue leg hermit crab
5 Red leg hermit crab
10 Black turbo snails
10 Astrea Snail
Sump:
30 gallon breeder, custom made
8 gallon Refugium
Refugium
8 gallon chamber in sump
TCP 75W (Uses only 16W) incandescent light 5100K (Part #: 1P3816)
20 Lbs live sand
10 Lbs live rock rubbles
Chaeto
4 Tonga Nassarius Snail
1 Red leg hermit crab
1 Brown leg hermit crab
Maintenance:
10% weekly water changes
20% monthly water changes
Filter sock change every 3 days
Biweekly water tests
Cleaning glass from glass every other day
Feeding:
Nori daily
Mixed food of misys shrimps, brine shrimps, cyloop-eeze, bloodworms, Reef Nutrition Tigger Pods, Phyto Feast
1 drop Selcon and 1 drop Kent Garlic Extreme per each feeding
Addictives:
Weekly dosage of Tropic Marin calcium buffer
Other:
Instant Ocean salt
On ReefCentral 24/7
Purchase list remaining:
Either a Two Part System, or a calcium reactor GEO618
Fish: TBA
Inverts: TBA
More to come 
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