75 Gallon FOWLER

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The tank is a older marineland 75 gallon with a tempered glass bottom.

Live Rock and dead rock from LFS
Natural Reef Arag-Alive! Live Reef Sand


Sump: 30 gallon acrylic (three chamber)

Chamber 1: bio media, skimmer, UV filter pump
Chamber 2: fluidized K3 MEDIA using air stones
Chamber 3: Return pump and copepod basket (this basket is setup as it own chamber that allows the pods to grow an has a line that allows them to enter the return water after the pump)


Return pump: YCTECH 24V Aquarium DC Return Water Pump Flow Pump 3170 GPH with Controller Wave Function
Return Nozzles 2:1/2" Loc-Line Random Flow Generators
Skimmer: Bubble Magnus Curve 5
UV filter: 15 Watt Advantage 2000+ UV Sterilizer with Hanger Spout
Uv pump: Sicce Syncra Silent 0.5 Pump (185 GPH)


Circulation Pumps:
1: Jebao/Jecod SCP-120 Cross Flow Pump Wavemaker w Controller Updated CP-40 (PET-SCP-120) (4300 to 4600 GPH)
2: Skimz SS18.0 Supersilent DC Wavemaker (4755 GPH)
1: Hydor Smart Wave Circulation Pump Controller
1: Hydor 60701151 Koralia 3G Third Generation Circulation Pump, 2450Gph/8.5watt

Biological Filtration system:
K3 MEDIA
Pawfly 7 W 254 GPH Commercial Air Pump 4 Outlets Manifold Quiet Oxygen Aerator Pump for Aquarium Pond
AQUANEAT Aquarium Air Pump up to 300Gal w/Gang Valves & Tubing Oxygen Aerator Ultra Quiet Fish Tank Air Pump Two Outlets

CerMedia MarinePure Block Bio-Filter Media for Marine and Freshwater Aquariums, 8 by 8 by 4-Inch

Lighting:
Aquatic Life 48" Hybrid T5HO 4x54W Fixture
2: ATI 54W 48” T5 Blue Plus
2: ATI 54W 48” T5 Aquablue Special

 

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I will post more on this build...I am aiming to see how will this filtration system works in combination with more modern equipment. I am not aiming for ultra low numbers but am looking to allow the system to manage its main numbers without having to dose.

The system is set with a high bio load in mind because this is a predator system.

 

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Got the wire loom ready to do some cable management

 

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Here are a couple of pictures of my tank

 

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Tank Stock

1 x Large Domino Damsel
8 x Four Stripe Damsels
4 x Sargent Major Damsels
3 x Velvet Damsels
1 x Dragon Wrasse
1 x Undulated Trigger
1 x Spotbreast Angel
1 x Lyretail Wrasse
2 x Gold Stripe maroon Clown Fish
1 x Saddle Valentini Puffer
1 x Chain Moray
1 x Scopas Tang
1 x Blue Hippo Tang
1 x Humu Trigger
3 x Blue and Yellow Damsels
1 x Pink Spot Gobby
1 x Green Spot Puffer

All of these guys are babies right now...except the Large Domino Damsel. I am planning a tank upgrade next year after I have started my 150 gallon reef tank. I already have tank but am going to refurbish stand and reseal the tank before starting it. This is my summer project unit PS5 comes out. Stocking is complete.

 

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Current tank video everyone seems happy.

 

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figured I would share what my tank looks like when it gets cleaned. Because of my aqua scape design there are plenty of caves scattered throughout the tank. This is good for flow and aggression. This combined with a lot of water flow means the medium grade substrate gets moved around throughout the week. This requires me to redistribute the material around the tank. I noticed when I did this the substrate would release the extra nutrients into the water (not much but enough to create an haze in the water). Since I have to do this every week, I clean out the cave and cracks by hand or with a turkey baster. I then turn all the expose substrate over an spread it around...this turns the substrate and prevents the build up of muck in the substrate. I put a filtration sponge in the baffle between my fluidized media and my return pump to catch anything that makes it to that point. the whole process takes about and hour for the water to return to crystal clear.

Right after

5 Minutes after

15 Minutes after



30 Minutes after


1 Hour After


You can see the water is clear and substrate is crystal clear from top to bottom. I have done this every week since started my water changes for this tank. That is why this method works for me... nothing has built up in my substrate, so turning it all at once isn't an issue. I pull the sponge filter and run water through it put it in the container next to the tank for reuse.

I know this might be different why but I have more or less used this method since I started with freshwater aquariums and into saltwater systems. I know me... syphoning off the substrate is not going to happen all the time. I know I have to redistribute the substrate anyway so it makes since to turn it all and let the filtration system take it up. I been doing it from a month after my tank started. When I do water changes (20%) I precede that with a turning of the substrate prior to the water change.