Tank Journal Archive

[Hookyboy]

Introduction:

Reefing Since: 1998 In the UK

System Objectives: Natural habitat

Type of reef: Pillar

Display System:

Initial Fill Date: October 2013

Display Tank Dimensions: 800 H x 600 W x 600 D

Display Lighting: 2 x Kessil A360N

Stand: Cade

Hood or Rimless: Rimless

Sump Design: Racetrack

Filtration: Refugium

Support systems:

NSW or ASW: NSA

Display Water circulation: MP40WES

Return Pump: Ocean Runner 3500

Skimmer: Deltec SC1350

Evaporation Top Up: Manual

Chemical additions:

Calcium Addition: Doser

Alkilinity Addition:

Magnesium Addition:

Prodibiotics Addition:

Coral Food Addition: Reef Roids

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[aussieant32]

another cade to add to the list

@MTG @Cosby @OSCAR85 and the list goes on :P

Look like really great tanks

 

[Hookyboy]

I know they are like buses you wait for them............:) then they all come at once .

 

[MTG]

so this is the 800x600x600 :D looks good!

 

[Hookyboy]

Cant fill it till October I am away most of september overseas doh.

 

[MTG]

Cant fill it till October I am away most of september overseas doh.

where did you buy it from?

 

[Hookyboy]

Good old Ernie at reeflections snd the lights .

 

[Cosby]

Subscribed. ;)

 

[Hookyboy]

Picking up the skimmer this week deltec sc 1350.
Then hopefully ordering a reef rod from the uk for the rock work to be drilled onto .

 

[OSCAR85]

Love it!

 

[Hookyboy]

Thanks guys looking forward to seeing how the kessils perform seeing as they won led's on reefbuilders 2012.

 

[chimaera]

Good old Ernie at reeflections snd the lights .

Is this the one that was in the store? If so I saw you loading it up on your ute the other day :D

Love the Kessils, great to see someone using them on a larger tank like this.

 

[leodb89]

awesome i cant wait to see these Kessil's perform ive been waiting to see a nice tank with some on especially larger than a nano :)

 

[Hookyboy]

Hi Chim yeah that was me lol .
Ernie bought the Kessils for his home tank but his tank is about 800 or 900 deep or something like that , and the kessils won't penetrate that deep , they are fine with about 600 deep . They have a coverage width of 300 on the narrow version that I have , so 2 will cover the 700 needed as I am doing a pillar/ gully reefscape and will be using a reef rods .....http://www.reef-eden-international.com/reef_rods.htm from the uk . 2 pillars and maybe a smaller bommie at the front , well that's the plan anyway.

 

[Hookyboy]

Thanks Leo I can't wait either , if you youtube kessils , check out the shimmer affect they give off , they are amazing.

 

[chimaera]

Hi Chim yeah that was me lol .
Ernie bought the Kessils for his home tank but his tank is about 800 or 900 deep or something like that , and the kessils won't penetrate that deep , they are fine with about 600 deep . They have a coverage width of 300 on the narrow version that I have , so 2 will cover the 700 needed as I am doing a pillar/ gully reefscape and will be using a reef rods .....http://www.reef-eden-international.com/reef_rods.htm from the uk . 2 pillars and maybe a smaller bommie at the front , well that's the plan anyway.

Hmm Reef Rods are pretty cool!

 

[aussieant32]

surely you could make/have made the same here for a fraction of the price?

 

[leodb89]

Hi Chim yeah that was me lol .
Ernie bought the Kessils for his home tank but his tank is about 800 or 900 deep or something like that , and the kessils won't penetrate that deep , they are fine with about 600 deep . They have a coverage width of 300 on the narrow version that I have , so 2 will cover the 700 needed as I am doing a pillar/ gully reefscape and will be using a reef rods .....http://www.reef-eden-international.com/reef_rods.htm from the uk . 2 pillars and maybe a smaller bommie at the front , well that's the plan anyway.

how much are these things worth?

 

[leodb89]

surely you could make/have made the same here for a fraction of the price?

mike paletta makes a similar thing with a paver block and an acrylic rod its in one of his youtube videos on starting up a saltwater aquarium

 

[Hookyboy]

About $100 I think , the postage is the killer $70 ! I am having them posted to my parents place in the uk and will pick them up in september myself .....way cheaper.