Equipment
These systems are fairly basic and keep to the KISS principle.
Water changes: 2 1000Lt IBCs plumbed to a external spa pump and garden hose fitting. Using ASW but will be swapping to NSW. 10% a week.
Top ups: Smart ATO from a 20Lt bucket. As the tanks are covered we only go through a bucket a week.
SYSTEM 1: grow out and fragging
Skimmer: Octypus DDNW 250. When I get my PVC on this will be plumbed into the main return, along with all other reactors. A auto swabbie will be a future addition to keep maintenance down.
Nitrate/phos control and nutrient supply: Biopellets in a TLF550 reactor.
Phos control: TLF150 reactor with GFO
Other yuckies: TLF150 reactor with @K&J Aquatics carbon.
Movement: 1 x WP40 at one end, skimmer and other equipment at the other. These pumps can really move water! The return systems when plumbed will provide 5 more points of flow along the back of the tank to keep detritus from settling.
Lighting: DIY LED waterproof strip lighting (Equal strips of 5050 RGB and 5630 white) on a aluminium garage wall panel. The aluminium acts as a heat sink. The strips are glued on with heat glue as the glue on them isn't very good. Each 3 meter strip is on it's own driver/brightness control (manual). It's all rigged up to an appropriate computer power supply. These lights are geared to be growth spectrum and strength and are working very very well.
Additives: Seachem trace and plus alternating every 3 days or so. Reef roids and frozen once a week. Coral snow for Kh maintenance. A little Iodine once a week. The shrooms don't seem to utilise much else from the water as things stay pretty stable without any need for other additives.
Water changes: 2 1000Lt IBCs plumbed to a external spa pump and garden hose fitting. Using ASW but will be swapping to NSW. 10% a week.
Top ups: Smart ATO from a 20Lt bucket. As the tanks are covered we only go through a bucket a week.
SYSTEM 1: grow out and fragging
Skimmer: Octypus DDNW 250. When I get my PVC on this will be plumbed into the main return, along with all other reactors. A auto swabbie will be a future addition to keep maintenance down.
Nitrate/phos control and nutrient supply: Biopellets in a TLF550 reactor.
Phos control: TLF150 reactor with GFO
Other yuckies: TLF150 reactor with @K&J Aquatics carbon.
Movement: 1 x WP40 at one end, skimmer and other equipment at the other. These pumps can really move water! The return systems when plumbed will provide 5 more points of flow along the back of the tank to keep detritus from settling.
Lighting: DIY LED waterproof strip lighting (Equal strips of 5050 RGB and 5630 white) on a aluminium garage wall panel. The aluminium acts as a heat sink. The strips are glued on with heat glue as the glue on them isn't very good. Each 3 meter strip is on it's own driver/brightness control (manual). It's all rigged up to an appropriate computer power supply. These lights are geared to be growth spectrum and strength and are working very very well.
Additives: Seachem trace and plus alternating every 3 days or so. Reef roids and frozen once a week. Coral snow for Kh maintenance. A little Iodine once a week. The shrooms don't seem to utilise much else from the water as things stay pretty stable without any need for other additives.
