Beautiful set up.....
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Hello Alex,
I am also Alex, with a 300g-ish penninsula setup.
Good work, I am quite a few months away from it looking like yours.
I am hoping for about 70% SPS.
Hi Alex, thank You!
I hope you having a successful start.
Is it gonna be SPS dominant to?
Hi! I also have a 6 ft peninsula. I’m currently having problem with not having enough flow on one end. 2 have 2 WAVs on my overflow side.Thank You! They are a bit tricky in placement and adjustment of the flow direction.
The first time I had them without deflector or something and the flow was very soft not reaching my front window. Now with the rectifier it’s a completely different pump, very powerful stream.
In terms of noise they are the best I ever had. Dead silent. I heard they are a bit louder with the deflector but I haven’t tried.
Hi,
I had the same problem but with adding the rectifier to the Tunze Stream 3 the flow is strong enough to reach the front of the tank.
In this Video you can see the rectifier:
Currently I have 2 Stream 3 and 2 MP40s running but I’m not 100% satisfied and probably add two Gyre350s.
I am in the very early stages of planning a Peninsula SPS reef, 400g, somewhat shallow due to lower ceiling height and ease of maintenance
Dimension 96" x 48" x 20".
I am giving alot of consideration to Flow, Sandbed or Barebottom, and Overflow.
I like your build and have some questions...
1) Curious why you went with ATI Hybrid + Radion LED. Why hybrid ATI why not just straight T5 + Radion. Is this because you wanted some LED spectrum in the middle of the tank?
2) My debate of sandbed vs. barebottom is same as most, and I feel it is even a more critical design element in a peninsula given the flow challenges.
my thought process is something like this:
+/- of barebottom:
a) +/- aesthetic: black or white bare bottom may have some reflective aesthetic properties (think colorful acros against a black backdrop) -- however in time that barebottom will carry very visible detritus, coraline, etc.!
b) + flow: barebottom allows for lots of flow across bottom
c) + maintenance: detritus clean up easier
d) + coral health: no sand to hit acros
e) - wrasses: better have sandbed
+/- of sandbed (aesthetic layer 1/4" - 2" depth):
a) + aesthetic: clean sand bed very natural looking
b) - flow: must be more careful
c) - maintenance: vacuum/turkey basting
I imagine you debated sandbed and I really liked your approach with a wrasse den bordered in rock rubble!! I also like how you mounted rockwork on a platform.
>Can you please comment on your wrasse den and what lead you to this, and please comment on your rockwork platform, how did you do this? /materials/fasteners/etc. and please comment on your overall sandbed vs. barebottom debate. Any regrets? how is everything looking long-term?
>Please comment on lighting choice (ATI hybrid vs. straight t5)
>Any suggestions for those building a large peninsula sps tank? lessons learned?
Thanks & I love your tank!
-Greg Demos
Curious why you went with ATI Hybrid + Radion LED. Why hybrid ATI why not just straight T5 + Radion. Is this because you wanted some LED spectrum in the middle of the tank?
Also -- did you ever contemplate building a closed loop for flow on far end? what made you decide for/against closed loop
Please comment further on your approach with Sangokai (first i've seen about this method). what steps/products are involved?
And I see that you have a DaStaco CaRx yet you are also dosing trace elements plus a good water change routine with frequent ICP testing.
What media are you using in the CaRx, and what elements have you found are not completely provided by the reactor media and are therefore dosing?