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Country:
New Zealand
Description:
Aquarium Profile:
Main Tank:
2.4 x .850 x 720
approximately 1500 Litres
Sump Tanks:
Two
1.20 x .50 x .400
approximately 500 Litres
3 year old tank
Filtration:
Protein skimmer.. Deltec AP1004
Calcium Reactor.. aquacare
Computer system.. IKS
Main Pump .. Deltec 5250, 6000L
Top up.. Tunze Osmolator, IKS dosing pump
Water Flow .. Tunze Streams, 4 x 6100(12000L) 1 x 6200 (20000L)
Nitrate Reactor.. Natureef
Phostphate removal .. Salifert Phostphate Killer
Temperature: 25 - 27°C (IKS Computer)
pH: 7.80 - 8.10 (IKS Computer)
Specific gravity: 1.025 (Refractometer)
Calcium: 400 mg/l (Salifert test kit)
Magnesium 1300 ppm (Salifert test kit)
dKH: 8.5 (Salifert test kit)
Nitrate: 2ppm (Salifert test kit)
Phostphate: .20ppm (Hannah Photometer)
Redox 450
Lighting:
4 x 400 watts Coralvue 14K single-ended metal halide bulbs
8 x 54 watts T5s (osram blue 67)
Advice:
Buy the best equipment, so much money is wasted by always upgrading.
Fish Kept:
Fish: Main Tank
1 Leopard wrasse 5 Yellow Tang
1 Bartlett Anthias
Morish idol
2 Squampinis Anthias 1 Flame angel
2 Blue-green Chromis 1 Bellus angel
3 Scooter blenny 1 Psychedelic mandarinfish
1 Cleaner wrasse 1 Regal angel
2 maroon Clowns 1 banggai cardinal
Fish: Sump
7 Banggai Cardinals 1 Mystery wrasse
1 Majestic Angel 1 Yellow Tang
Corals/Plants:
Hard Corals
Red Stylophora ,Red Pocillopora
Alveopora ,Euphyllia,Tubinaria
Gonipora, Catalaphyllia,Cynaria
Red Seriatopora , Hydrophora
Various Acropora
Various Millepora
Montipora digitata
Montipora confusa
Montipora capricornis
Fungia,Blastomussa
clams
Soft Corals
Blue coral
Yellow leather
Finger leathers
Xenia
Tank Size:
500 gallons
Quote:
Deltec
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