Troylee
all about the diy!!!!!
That's right im doing it again one last time!!!!! New tank will be 180gal 72x24x24 " external coast to coast calflo over flow with bean animals dead silent failsafe overflow" "BOTH THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS!!!" I like this size the best for some reason or another.... Anywho with this build I wanna accomplish a few things one total automation!! "lazy reef keeper" and I want to save money every where possible....all in all i expect this 180gal sps reef to flourish on only 500 to 600 watts less than most peoples lighting fwiw.....
Equipment....
# 1 by using led lighting... my diy led fixture is compiled of 100 royal blue and 50 cool white cree 3w leds "BIG THANKS TO BILL @ WWW.REEFLEDLIGHTS.COM" supplemented with 2 vho bulbs i know there killing the whole idea but i love them sorry...
#2 mp 60's for flow 7500gph at 10-60 watts...
#3 return pump is a atb flow star 3200 runs at about 45 watts and pushes 3200gph..
#4 skimmer atb 1050 deluxe pulling 40 watts...
Edit: forgot my jbj auto top lol..
for automation i will be running a apex that will control both mp60's, my diy led fixture that will cover from moonlight's to sunrise to sunset with high noon blast etc.. possibilities are endless.... it will also control my bubble magnus dosing pumps i have the head unit "3part" and add on "4 part" for a total of 7 seven parts dosing...
dosing pumps will have
#1 calcium
#2 alk
#3 mag
#4 potassium
#5 strontium
#6 micro bacter 7
#7 vodka or coral amino... depends if i run the np pellets or not...
these will all be brightwell aquatic products i love them!!!!!!
Other equipment if needed would be a couple tlf reactors for carbon and gfo..If i run vodka i won't need the gfo but with the pellets i will since they only seem to knock out nitrates and not po4....
i will also be building a cabinet to house all my electronics, controllers, dosing pumps, vortec battery back up etc... it will be a seperate unit but match the stand and canopy and just look like a piece of furniture next to it...
The whole thing will be built by yours truly including the tank,sump, auto top off, 7 part dosing liquid holder, stand, power cabinet, led fixture,canopy, and anything else you could imagine lol.... im sure some of you have seen my builds or followed my threads this is gonna be the big one!!!! i never finished half of my builds besides the famous drop down tank...my current tank has been running about a year and is cool but i never finished skinning the stand etc..."kind of industrial looking"
anyways im looking forward to this build and future tank of the month...1smile1 oh yeah it will house sps only with the exception of highly valued or rare lps....
no pics yet but tomorrow i will start the tank... plenty of pics to come from the whole build including all the acrylic work on the tank sumps etc....
Debating on making a continuously water change program or not...."NOT A FAN OF WATER CHANGES GOING ALMOST A YEAR STRONG NOW WITHOUT CHANGING MY WATER":tongue:
Equipment....
# 1 by using led lighting... my diy led fixture is compiled of 100 royal blue and 50 cool white cree 3w leds "BIG THANKS TO BILL @ WWW.REEFLEDLIGHTS.COM" supplemented with 2 vho bulbs i know there killing the whole idea but i love them sorry...
#2 mp 60's for flow 7500gph at 10-60 watts...
#3 return pump is a atb flow star 3200 runs at about 45 watts and pushes 3200gph..
#4 skimmer atb 1050 deluxe pulling 40 watts...
Edit: forgot my jbj auto top lol..
for automation i will be running a apex that will control both mp60's, my diy led fixture that will cover from moonlight's to sunrise to sunset with high noon blast etc.. possibilities are endless.... it will also control my bubble magnus dosing pumps i have the head unit "3part" and add on "4 part" for a total of 7 seven parts dosing...
dosing pumps will have
#1 calcium
#2 alk
#3 mag
#4 potassium
#5 strontium
#6 micro bacter 7
#7 vodka or coral amino... depends if i run the np pellets or not...
these will all be brightwell aquatic products i love them!!!!!!
Other equipment if needed would be a couple tlf reactors for carbon and gfo..If i run vodka i won't need the gfo but with the pellets i will since they only seem to knock out nitrates and not po4....
i will also be building a cabinet to house all my electronics, controllers, dosing pumps, vortec battery back up etc... it will be a seperate unit but match the stand and canopy and just look like a piece of furniture next to it...
The whole thing will be built by yours truly including the tank,sump, auto top off, 7 part dosing liquid holder, stand, power cabinet, led fixture,canopy, and anything else you could imagine lol.... im sure some of you have seen my builds or followed my threads this is gonna be the big one!!!! i never finished half of my builds besides the famous drop down tank...my current tank has been running about a year and is cool but i never finished skinning the stand etc..."kind of industrial looking"
anyways im looking forward to this build and future tank of the month...1smile1 oh yeah it will house sps only with the exception of highly valued or rare lps....no pics yet but tomorrow i will start the tank...
plenty of pics to come from the whole build including all the acrylic work on the tank sumps etc....Debating on making a continuously water change program or not...."NOT A FAN OF WATER CHANGES GOING ALMOST A YEAR STRONG NOW WITHOUT CHANGING MY WATER":tongue:
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