My 1200L Reef Tank

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Tank has been running since the 14th April 25 its coming along nicely having had a break from the hobby for around 7 years things have moved on a bit since then


Spec is as follows

Display Tank: 78" long x 30" Tall x 24" Deep

Lighting: 3 x Radion XR30 on RMS bar 1 x Radion XR15 in sump

Rock: 100 kilo Marco Dry Rock

Salt: Tropic Marin Bioactif

Sand: 50lb CaribSea Special Grade

Sump: 60" x 20"

Mechanical Filtration: Red Sea ReefMat 1200

Skimmer: Nyos 300

Pumps: 1 x Apex COR20 1 x Vectra M1

Heaters: 2x 650Watt D-D Titanum

Topup: Apex ATK

Wavemakers: 3 x Vortech MP40

UV: Troptonic 55 Watts

Ozone: Sander C200 Ozone controlled via ORP on Apex

Dosers: Apex DOS x 6 heads
Dosing Tropic Marin Balling A B C with additional MAG on 4th channel

Dosing Resivours: Apex DDR x 2

Reactors: AF 110 x 2
1 used as pellet reactor
1 used for Rowaphos

System Control: Full Apex Control System with custom pannel with buttons and tablet, wxm module. Ecotech battery backup x 2, Apex AFS (auto feeder)

Total system volume around 1200L

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Wow, a 7-year hiatus? Seems like you're coming back extra strong! Nice job.

Yeah decided this time to go for it when I last had one i wasn't in a position to do it as I wanted this time round I was hopeful it all goes as planned
 

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