New Setup

[Jack]

Set Up Date : Dec 4/2003

Tank Size : 48''x16''x20'' 60 gal Euro-braced

1 1/2" Durso w/ Teethless Corner Overflow


Sump Size : 36"x12"x18" | 33 gal

Refugium Size : Not yet.

Live Rock : 100+ lbs Fiji LR

Live Sand : 1-2" Sugar Sand

Lighting : MH 2x250w Iwasaki (EYE ballast)
VHO 2x110w Actinic (IceCap 430)

Protein Skimmer : Ocean Aquatics 30" Beckett w/Gen-X Mak 4

Biological Filtration : LR/LS

Chemical Filtration : SeaChem Carbon for 3 days every two weeks.

Circulation :
4x MJ 1200 w/Wavemaker set @45 sec.
CSL Velocity T3 Closed-loop w/ 3-3/4"outlets and 1 1/2" Intake
Return via: 1" Sea-swirl



Return Pump : Mag 12

pH : 8.2-8.3 w/Pinpoint pH Monitor

Temperature :
80° F
w/250w Won Pro LED Digital controlled heater.
IceCap Variable speed fan venting sump.
2 RadioShack 4" muffin fans cool the canopy.

Specific Gravity / Salinity : 1.026

Alkalinity : 12.8 dkh

Calcium : 430 ppm

Fish : 2 Clowns, Yellow tang, 3 G. Chromis, Redheaded goby, Royal Gramma, Sixline wrasse.

Corals : SPS dominated.

Macro : N/A

Invertebrates : 60 mics snails (Astrea, Cerith, Margarita, Stomatella) Orange Fromia Starfish, Derasa, Longspine and shortspine urchins.

Maintenance Program : 7 gal water change per week (Instant Ocean bucket)

Top-off: 5g Kalkwasser mix w/50ml of Vinager on Kent float valve.


Misc. Items

Reefpure 50g/pd RO/DI w/Milwallke TDS meter

Ocean Aquatics 18" Calcium reactor w/10lb Co2 and Mag 7

[LostMind]

sounds nice. wheres the pics ?

[Jack]

When I get my hands on a good camera.

[sleeman]

Jack,
What does the Vinegar do? I am thinking about going to Kalk, as the ARAGmilk can't seem to get me above 380 and all I have are a bunch of snails and softies in there right now.

Cheers,

Al

[LostMind]

http://www.reefscapes.net/articles/b...alkwasser.html

This should help explain the vinegar/kalk thing

[Jack]

Well I guess Lostmind sent you a link.. but I'll explain why I do it. Saves you from reading all that.

Adding vinager to your kalkwasser mix does a few things for you:

It dissolves more calcium out of the solution, lowers the pH so you can add more to your tank, and also creates free carbon which your dinitrifying bacteria use to convert nitrate into nitrogen ect.

That's basically it. I've done it all the time. Watch the ammount of vinager you use. I use 10ml/gal but look up how much you should use.

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by Jack

I use 10ml/gal

Jack, is that per topup or per total tank volume?

[Jack]

Per top-up. Glad you brought that up.

So in my 5g of top-off I use 50ml of vinager.

[Namscam]

I ve heard some ppl use pickling lime instead of kalk mix,....does that work???

[Jack]

Richie, I use the pickiling lime. Same thing, basically.