For those of you that don't get over to RC. Here's what's new.
System Overview:
84"x40"x26" Elos Display (about 380 gallons) / Total system is at about 700 gallons.
200#'s Vanauatu Live Rock
70#'s CaribSea Seaflor reef sand
Display lighting:
3 - 400w in large Lumenarc vented reflectors - Two 4" Icecap fans on each LAIII.
2 - 250w PFO DE Pendants - One Icecap 4" fan over the top of each pendant.
8 - 4' Sunlight Supply T5 kits
4 - Neptune Systems LED lunar lights
Light cycle:
T5's - 10am - 10pm
MH's (400w) - 1:00-7:00 , 1:15-7:15 , 1:30-7:30 (These are Radiums)
MH's (250w) - 2:00-6:00 (These are Phoenix)
Lunar lights are on the Neptune lunar cycle
Display flow:
2 - Tunze 6105
2 - Tunze 6205
1 - Tunze 7095
Return flow via a Sequence Hammerhead
2 - Eheim 1262 (Each feeds a 1" Omni-flex dual nozzle)
The stand is all 1.5" steel that stands 40" tall
Refugium System:
2 - 60"x24"x20" split systems (One that houses sponges on both sides and the other is my azoox and elegance tanks).
I'm bare bottom in the sponge and azoox tanks.
I'm using Brightwells Koral Lagoon Substrate in the Elegance tank.
Refugium flow is supplied by the Hammerhead return.
Sump:
60"x36"x20" acrylic sump
1 - BK400 Internal with dual RD2500's
1 - Precision Marine reactor with 2 liters of Filtra M
1 - Precision Marine reactor with 5 cups of BRS Rox carbon
1 - Elos REA 200 Calcium reactor
1 - Deltec KM500s Kalk stirrer
1 - Marine Tech custom stirrer (For Brightwell MB7)
1 - Profilux 4 channel doser (Currently running MB7 and BioFuel throug the lines)
1 - Eheim Liquid Doser (Brightwell Koral Kolor)
2 - 210 gallon Water storage containers
1 - 40 gallon breeder as top off resevoir
1 - Tunze Osmolator
2 - Float Switches (Turns off skimmer and sends alarms)
4 - 300w heaters - titanium
System Control:
Neptune Aqua Controller III Pro
1 - DC8
2 - DC4 HD
1 - Expansion module
1 - DC4
1 - Lunar Module (4 bulb)
1 - IO module
1 - Linksys Wireless Gaming adapter
Quarantine:
40 breeder with 2 3' T5's, CPR large refugium, Aquatic life skimmer, two tunze 6025's, 150w heater, 40#'s vanauatu live rock.
I quarantine fish and corals here. Corals for two weeks and fish for a month.
Feeding:
Eheim auto feeder (Using Spectrum one) - 4x daily
Hikari Mysis and Prawn Roe - 1x daily
Zeovit Coral Snow - 2x weekly
Elos AA's - 3x weekly
Elos ProSkimmer - every other day
Fauna Marin LPS food - when I feel like feeding it
Fauna Marin mix for Azoox tank - 2x daily
Brightwell Microvore - 1x dail(Azoox and Display)
Parameters:
Temp. - 75 degrees
Ca - 440
Alk. - 10
Mg - 1350
PO4 - .05
NO3 - 0
I'm currently using Seachem Aquavitro Salinity salt, but only because Tunze hasn't had any available for so long.
So, I'm looking for a quality mix to start using. I'd stick with the Seachem, but I think they use Borate to buffer and I don't want that. I've considered Brightwell, and Tropic Marin Bio-Actif. Just not sure what I want to use right now.