Phil's Brisson 370g Mixed Reef

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The Tank

• 220g Marineland Perfecto tank
• overflow in each corner
• 72x24x30
• 400 lbs of live rock
• the tank is 2 years old

I bought the tank at Big als East, I think its the best price for this size of tanks without being customized
I bought the stand and canopy at Aquavalley, I could choose the color I wanted, plus I got it within a week! Oh and the price was awesome!

Sump

• I'm using a 100g tub
• 100 lbs of live rock in it
• 2x socks
• 2x Ebo jagers 250w Heaters
• Auto top off

Lighting

• 400w blue wave 1 Ballast
• 2x big reflectors
• 400w XM 15k bulbs
• 2x ATI super Actinic t5 80w each

Filtration

• Aquasafe System 7 stages RODI 100 GPD
• 2x socks
• Octopus Super Reef Xp-5000 Cone skimmer
• 520 lbs of liverock
• Live sand 1 inch thick
• Carbon in a vertex zf-15
• GFO in a vertex zf-15

 

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Equipment Tank with Reactors


its a 40g acrylic tank with all these equipment

• Vertex ZF-30 with NPX bio beads
• Vertex Rx6 Duo *Calcium Reactor
• Vertex Zf-15 with carbon
• Vertex Zf-15 with GFO
• The Two Little Fishies Kalkwasser reactor 300
• Super Reef Octopus xp-5000 skimmer
• Ego jager Heater 250w

Circulation

• Ecotech Marine Vortech MP60w

Specifications

Flow: 2,500 "“ 5,500 GPH
Wattage: 10 "“ 60 watts

I've set the pump to Reef Crest at full spin

• Water Blaster HY-3000 return pump

Specifications

Both Internal & External Design
Slip & Thread Fitting
Dimensions : 8″ x 4.25″ x 7″
Inlet/ Outlet : 1 1/4″ inlet / 1" outlet
Power : *37 watts
96% efficiency
Max Flow=750gph
Max Head=7.5ft

Heating

• Ebo Jager 250w x3

set to go on if under 78 degrees

Controller

• Digital Aquatics RKE-NET

Pc4 1

1. Circulation pump for frag tank
2. Aquaillumination Led for Frag tank
3. Circulation pump for Frag tank
4. Circulation pump for Frag tank

Pc4 2

1. Heaters: set on if under 78 degrees
2. auto top off
3. Doser
4. Dead

Pc4 3

1. MH On: 4pm OFF: 10pm
2. T5 main tank ON: 3pm OFF: 11pm
3. Return Pump
4. Off

Ventillation

• Panasonic Inline vent

Winter: set to 40% Humidity
Summer: set to 60% Humidity

its plugged directly to my canopy

Water Tests

• Salifert Nitrate test
• Salifert Magnesium test
• Salifert Calcium test
• Hanna checker phosphate
• Hanna Checker Alk
• RKE controler for temperature
• RKE controler for PH
• Refractometer for salinity

Nitrate: 5
Magnesium: 1350ppm
Calcium: 420 ppm
Phosphate:
Alk: 9 dkh
Temp: 78-80
Salinity 1.025
Ph: 8.10

Stats/ graphs are here
thank you Reeftronics!

 

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Other Equipment

• Auto top off

it feeds my Two Little Fishies kalkwasser that goes to my sump

Supplements

• Calcium
• kalkwasser
• Trace elements

I'm adding Calcium with my Vertex Rx6 Duo to reach at least 400ppm
I'm adding Two little fishies kalk via top offs
I'm doing 5% water change weekly to restore all the trace elements

Maintenance

its simple, my maintenance is done once a week. every mondays to be exact

• Changing the socks, putting the dirty ones to the laundry with no soap
• Removing 5% of water, and then putting the new salt mix back to the tank. using Instant Ocean salt
• Cleaning my skimmer's cup
• Cleaning my glass with a Algae Free Tiger Shark Float Cleaning Magnet with also my JBJ cleaning set

Once a month

• Recalibrate, ph, salinity refractor
• Flushing my RODI membrane
• Doing all water tests

Every 3 months are so:

• Changing carbon media if water going yellow
• Changing GFO if phos over .003 ppm

Feeding

• Rogger's reef food
• Ocean Nutrition Formula 1
• Ocean Nutrition formula 2

I'm feeding once a day via Eheim Auto feeder a mix of these 2 formulas, at 4pm
at 7pm, I feed Rogger's reef food with a clip

My Fish

• Vlamingii Tang (Naso vlamingi)
• Yellow Tang x2 (Zebrasoma flavescens)
• Spotted Cardinalfish x2(Sphaeramia nematoptera)
• Blue spotted Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus pavoninoides)
• Striped bristletooth x2(Ctenochaetus striatus)
• Green Chromis x3 (Chrysiptera cyanea)
• Black Percula Clown (Amphiprion percula)
• Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)
• Tail Spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura)
• Fowleri Tang (Acanthurus fowleri)
• Niger Trigger (Odonus niger)

 

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My corals

• Protopalythoa mutuki
• Seriatopora hystrix
• Green Euphyllia glabrescens
• Sarcophyton Leather
• Montipora Capricornis
• Ricordea Yuma
• Ricordea florida
• Fungia concinna
• Caulestrea furcata
• Euphyllia ancora
• Euphyllia paradivisa
• Acanthastrea lordhowensis
• Green Actinodiscus
• Red Actinodiscus cardinalis
• Acropora Tortuosa
• Duncanopsammia axifuga
• Rhodactis indosinensis

 

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My inverts

• Diadema setosum
• Echinometra lacunter
• Astropecten polycanthus
• Calcinus elegans
• Clibanarius tricolor
• Thor Amboinensis
• Lysmata Amboinensis
• Stenopus hispidus

 

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Frag Tank

• 40g Breeder
• 36x18x16
• Aquaillumination Led
• GenX return pump
• Couple different circulation pumps
• Connected to the main system

Problems occurred and future plans

• Hair algea *Fixed*
• Hydro to high because of those MH, going LED
• Need a solution for power outage
• Change CA reactor to a dual to keep my ph higher *Fixed*
• adding an equipment tank on top of the sump to have all the equipment to my eye level *Fixed*
• Start dosing fauna marin supplements
• Get a new sump
• Adding more volume for more stability

Special Thanks

Liv my friend for all the help installing the tank
Az at Aquavalley for your crazy prices on live stock and all the good tips regarding my tank
Mathieu at GoReef for all the good prices on equipment plus all the good advices
Mark (mrsaltwaterguy) my buddy from Texas that helped me out during my algea outbreak!
Pat from Reef wholesale for all the times I bug you with PM, questions regarding my tank haha
My wife Jasmine who let me spend 17k on my tank haha I love you

 

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if you guys have any questions, please ask

 

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Update: 24/04/12

new pictures:

- changed my RODI from 7 stages to 5, but with a bigger Di canister

- Has of april, decided to go on growth mode, thats means, higher parameters

Nitrate: 5
Magnesium: 1400ppm
Calcium: 460 ppm
Phosphate: 0
Alk: 12 dkh
Temp: 78-80
Salinity 1.025
Ph: 8.40

- I'm adding 60 ml of magnesium weekly now.

 

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Update: 24/04/12

new pictures:

- changed my RODI from 7 stages to 5, but with a bigger Di canister

- Has of april, decided to go on growth mode, thats means, higher parameters

Nitrate: 5
Magnesium: 1400ppm
Calcium: 460 ppm
Phosphate: 0
Alk: 12 dkh
Temp: 78-80
Salinity 1.025
Ph: 8.40

- I'm adding 60 ml of magnesium weekly now.

 

[andrew9]

looks nice!

 

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looks nice!

thanx man, much appreciated!

 

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Update: 24/04/12

new pictures:

- changed my RODI from 7 stages to 5, but with a bigger Di canister

- Has of april, decided to go on growth mode, thats means, higher parameters

Nitrate: 5
Magnesium: 1400ppm
Calcium: 460 ppm
Phosphate: 0
Alk: 12 dkh
Temp: 78-80
Salinity 1.025
Ph: 8.40

- I'm adding 60 ml of magnesium weekly now.

Update: 2/04/12

- Added a pic of my kalkwsser reactor

- Im adding iodine with Red sea reef colors A, Amin and Power Trace 1 via Bubble Magus doser and Seaside Aquaticsliquid containers (2.5L)

- added Scooter Blenny (Synchiropus ocellatus), Achilles Tang (Acanthurus achilles), Banghai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni)

 

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Update 01/05/12

-added a pic of my bio pellets that I forgot to show

-added pics of my fish

-updated pic of the frag tank

Update 03/15/12

- added pictures of

- long Spined Urchin
- BTA
- purple Tube anemone

 

[bikeboss11]

Nice system man...... Kool live stock and equipment also

 

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Nice system man...... Kool live stock and equipment also

thanx mister

 

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Update 17/05/12

- new video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnZayxt0Yog

 

[SeabassSA]

Very nice setup.

 

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Very nice setup.

thanx