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Alexcyf
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Okie, back to more backdated updates on my equipment list.
Nutrients export
For mechanical filtration, other than simple trusty polyester filter wool, I opted to use back the same Monzter SM251 that I used for my old tank, since its oversized and it should still be more than enough for my current setup. After 5 years of usage the skimmer and both its pumps are still pulling thick skimmate out of my tank, and I get to skip the run in phase! Probably Skimz, our local Singapore born brand, can really give other premium brands a run for their money
Managed to prop my skimmer to the right height with a few ceramic bricks.
Another trusted equipment from my old tank is my Macroalgae Reactor MBR157, again from Skimz! Other than helping my tank extract nutrients through the growth of chaeto, it will probably help to breed lots of pods that probably sustain a couple of my dragonets.. Chose to go with the macroalgae reactor again instead of a refugium so that I can maximise the volume vs foot print in sump. Not to mention, the Skimz reactor looks good in the sump and doesn’t cause a mess by keeping algae growth within the reactor.
Last piece of nutrient export is a Skimz fluidized reactor FM100 to run chemical filtration. I run rowaphos on it to keep my phosphate at bay.
One useful tip that I have learnt along the way, is to T off circulation from return pump, to feed the various reactors. Other than bigger less pump, it reduces the amount of heat that multiple pump produces in the sump.
In this case, my FR takes water from my UV Sterillizer, which in turn gets its water from my Vectra.
Nutrients export
For mechanical filtration, other than simple trusty polyester filter wool, I opted to use back the same Monzter SM251 that I used for my old tank, since its oversized and it should still be more than enough for my current setup. After 5 years of usage the skimmer and both its pumps are still pulling thick skimmate out of my tank, and I get to skip the run in phase! Probably Skimz, our local Singapore born brand, can really give other premium brands a run for their money
Managed to prop my skimmer to the right height with a few ceramic bricks.
Another trusted equipment from my old tank is my Macroalgae Reactor MBR157, again from Skimz! Other than helping my tank extract nutrients through the growth of chaeto, it will probably help to breed lots of pods that probably sustain a couple of my dragonets.. Chose to go with the macroalgae reactor again instead of a refugium so that I can maximise the volume vs foot print in sump. Not to mention, the Skimz reactor looks good in the sump and doesn’t cause a mess by keeping algae growth within the reactor.
Last piece of nutrient export is a Skimz fluidized reactor FM100 to run chemical filtration. I run rowaphos on it to keep my phosphate at bay.
One useful tip that I have learnt along the way, is to T off circulation from return pump, to feed the various reactors. Other than bigger less pump, it reduces the amount of heat that multiple pump produces in the sump.
In this case, my FR takes water from my UV Sterillizer, which in turn gets its water from my Vectra.
