Hello
My friend Watter give me a tip about this forum and i will introduce my self first. My name is Jorgen and i also come from Sweden, i have been a reefer since late 80. My mainly interest is sps and Lps corals.
I will show you how my tank looks like. This tank will soon be a FOWLR and the corals will be moved to a smaler 160G tank. but more about that later. I hope that my English is understandable. I get better and better.
technique
Tank 828L /219G with a 52G sump
230x60x60cm (7,5 x 2 x 2 ft)
Overflowbox: Shuran
Skimmer: Aqua Medic TF 5000 Single
Calcium reactor: DIY
Circulation: 1
Tunze stream 12000L + 1 marea stream 4400L
Return pump from sump: As New jet 3000
UV: Deltec 39w
Nitrate filter: None (I use zeolite + vodka)
Lightning: 3 x 400w metal halide BLV 14000k + 2 58w osram 67 bulbs
Water parameters
Ca 400
Mg 1350
Kh 8,5
Phosfate 0
Nitrate 0
Potassium 350
Silicat 0
ammonium 0
PH 7,8 - 8,3
Vodka is just a carbon source for the denitrification bacterias and i have used it for almost a year now. I dose 7ml (0,24 fl oz) every day with a Grotech
dosing pump.
