Hi,
My name is Ricardo Pinto and I'm from Portugal (Europe).
I would like to share with you our latest setup (this project is shared with my reef buddy Pedro Torres), which we developed in a outhouse over the backyard of my house.
Some time ago, in 2016, we have decided to build a reef system exclusively for breeding corals and eventually breeding fish (clownfish).
Until now, it has been a valuable learning experience, we have now more than 600 frags. Whenever we need more space or corals are just too big, we spread a good amount of frags for local reef stores. This is a private project and it wasn't our main goal when we started this project just to sell corals online.
Future plans include continue expanding aquariums all over the room, in order to increase the number of corals and more important increase the number of species we currenty own, especially with more high-end rare sps.
Here are some details from our system
Coral Farm setup date: November 2016
System Dimensions: 1500L divided in 8 aquariums
System parameters:
Temp 25-26ºC
Salinity 1026-1208
Kh – 7,0
Ca 440
Mg 1370
PO4 0.022
NO3 0.0
Lightning
8x Ocean Revive Led
2x Marsqua Led 320w + 1 Marsaqua Led 160w
1x ATI Sunpower 6x80w
Photoperiod: 2pm to 0 am
Equipment:
Skimmer Bubble-King Double cone 250
Return pump: JEBAO DC 12000
Circulation pumps: 10x JEBAO WP4 and WP8
120L aquarium - refugium with chaetomporha
Deltec Calcium Reactor PF601S
Neptune Apex aquarium controller system
Maintenance, Husbandry & Additives:
Triton traces supplements (K; Br; B; Sr; I; Zn; Mn; V) in a mixed R/O solution and dosed daily through a dosing pump. The solution is prepared every 15 days
Triton testing every 2 months and dosing adjustments based on test results
10-20% water changes with Atlantic Natural Seawater every 2-weeks / every month
Our friend Pedro Gomes, well-known in this forum by his aquarium the "Island Reef", he made this top-quality video:
Hope you enjoy and more photos will come over the next days / weeks.
We would appreciate your comments / suggestions and we will be delighted to answer your questions.
Cheers,
Ricardo
My name is Ricardo Pinto and I'm from Portugal (Europe).
I would like to share with you our latest setup (this project is shared with my reef buddy Pedro Torres), which we developed in a outhouse over the backyard of my house.
Some time ago, in 2016, we have decided to build a reef system exclusively for breeding corals and eventually breeding fish (clownfish).
Until now, it has been a valuable learning experience, we have now more than 600 frags. Whenever we need more space or corals are just too big, we spread a good amount of frags for local reef stores. This is a private project and it wasn't our main goal when we started this project just to sell corals online.
Future plans include continue expanding aquariums all over the room, in order to increase the number of corals and more important increase the number of species we currenty own, especially with more high-end rare sps.
Here are some details from our system
Coral Farm setup date: November 2016
System Dimensions: 1500L divided in 8 aquariums
System parameters:
Temp 25-26ºC
Salinity 1026-1208
Kh – 7,0
Ca 440
Mg 1370
PO4 0.022
NO3 0.0
Lightning
8x Ocean Revive Led
2x Marsqua Led 320w + 1 Marsaqua Led 160w
1x ATI Sunpower 6x80w
Photoperiod: 2pm to 0 am
Equipment:
Skimmer Bubble-King Double cone 250
Return pump: JEBAO DC 12000
Circulation pumps: 10x JEBAO WP4 and WP8
120L aquarium - refugium with chaetomporha
Deltec Calcium Reactor PF601S
Neptune Apex aquarium controller system
Maintenance, Husbandry & Additives:
Triton traces supplements (K; Br; B; Sr; I; Zn; Mn; V) in a mixed R/O solution and dosed daily through a dosing pump. The solution is prepared every 15 days
Triton testing every 2 months and dosing adjustments based on test results
10-20% water changes with Atlantic Natural Seawater every 2-weeks / every month
Our friend Pedro Gomes, well-known in this forum by his aquarium the "Island Reef", he made this top-quality video:
Hope you enjoy and more photos will come over the next days / weeks.
We would appreciate your comments / suggestions and we will be delighted to answer your questions.
Cheers,
Ricardo