bnlimit10
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After almost a year of planning, I am 3 weeks away from completing my setup. The tank stand is built, I still have to stain it, the sump is ready, the canopy is almost completed; now all I need is the tank to be finished and delivered. I will be adding pics as soon as I take some, although it is kind of late right now and the wife would shoot me if I started making noise to take pictures right now, so will have to load some tomorrow. So far heres how the setup looks like:
Tank 240G 6'x3'x2.5'
sump 160g 4.5'x 2'x 17"
Return pump: Iwaki 40
Closed loop: Dart pump
Skimmer: RFK 500
UV sterilizer: Pending
Denitrator with Phosphate option: Natureef cdx 200
Chiller: 1hp jbj
Lighting system:
8 54w T5
4 80w t5
2 250 mH ushios
1 400 mh 10k
I still need to order additional liverock for the new tank, currently I already have approximately 200lbs of liverock that will be going in that tank, and 150lbs worth of fine grade sand from Fiji.
This will be a mix reef that I will try to blend as to reflect the type of reefs you can actually see when you are out on the big blue sea. I hope I can recreate the natural environment as close to reality as possible. I am going to be controlling the lighting schemes with a variety of methods, first the moonlights are computer chip driven to reflect the natural moon cycle. The T5 and the MH bulbs will also be computer driven to reflect the light cycles as far as light intensity goes of an actual reef. In other words the photoperiod will be longer during the summer months and shorter during the winter months, except since I am in the valley of the sun, I will be flip flopping the seasons, therefore I will have the summer timeframes on during our winter, and so on.
I know this original thread is running long so I leave you with this to ponder and I do welcome suggestions as I want to be as close to reality as possible.
Thanks
Tank 240G 6'x3'x2.5'
sump 160g 4.5'x 2'x 17"
Return pump: Iwaki 40
Closed loop: Dart pump
Skimmer: RFK 500
UV sterilizer: Pending
Denitrator with Phosphate option: Natureef cdx 200
Chiller: 1hp jbj
Lighting system:
8 54w T5
4 80w t5
2 250 mH ushios
1 400 mh 10k
I still need to order additional liverock for the new tank, currently I already have approximately 200lbs of liverock that will be going in that tank, and 150lbs worth of fine grade sand from Fiji.
This will be a mix reef that I will try to blend as to reflect the type of reefs you can actually see when you are out on the big blue sea. I hope I can recreate the natural environment as close to reality as possible. I am going to be controlling the lighting schemes with a variety of methods, first the moonlights are computer chip driven to reflect the natural moon cycle. The T5 and the MH bulbs will also be computer driven to reflect the light cycles as far as light intensity goes of an actual reef. In other words the photoperiod will be longer during the summer months and shorter during the winter months, except since I am in the valley of the sun, I will be flip flopping the seasons, therefore I will have the summer timeframes on during our winter, and so on.
I know this original thread is running long so I leave you with this to ponder and I do welcome suggestions as I want to be as close to reality as possible.
Thanks
