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Old 09-19-2013, 05:22 AM
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Default Ross' 67 Gallon Attempt At Recreating A Reef

My 67 Gallon Mixed Reef.

I set up this tank after deciding my 33 gallon tank would be better suited as a sump than a display tank.
My wife made the mistake of leaving me home alone one weekend while she visited family.
She came back to a new tank sitting on a 2x4 DIY stand.
Naturally she did what most of our wives have done several thousand times before. Rolled her eyes and gave her support.

I rather quickly acquired a wide variety of new and used equipment and buying up what ever I though was a good deal from the buy and sell section of Canreef and several stores in Calgary.

Hardware:
Tank:
The tank was new from Bow Valley Aquariums early in 2011.
67gallon with an internal left corner over flow.
The dimensions are 36"l x 24"h x 18"w.
It's held water for 3 years so I cant complain too much about it.

Lighting
DIY LED Lighting from Modular LED with heat syncs from Rapid LED.
Currently their are 192watts (3watt leds x64) of royal blue and white.
I have a few green and reds that I will be adding in the future to broaden the color spectrum a bit more.
I have the dimmable Inventronics 75W drivers simulating sunrise and sunsets.

Controller:
Automation/Control is done Via a Neptune systems Apex Lite with the optional VDM module.

Water Movement:
2 Koralia Evo 1050gpm powerheads
1 Tunze 6015 475gpm powerhead
Return pump is an Odyssea WP700 (700gpm)

Filtration:
Vertex IN100 Protein skimmer

Dosing:
Marine Magic 3 channel Dosing pump. (set up March 2012)

Reactor:
1 TLF phosban 150 Reactor powered off the return line running a few inches of Vertex biopellets
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