City Pet & Aquariums 5x2x2 New reef display tank

[CityPetandAquarium]

Introduction:
We are starting up a new reef display, with a focus on SPS, rarer corals and fish. A tank to demonstrate "wet" all the various products we have in the store. And another display tank for me to play with :P

System Objectives:
System Type: Mixed reef with the intention of stocking with rare, harder to keep species

Display System:

Strike up Date: Wet November 19th 2012

Display Tank: 5x2x2

Display Lighting: Ecolamps LED

Stand: Custom made with high gloss finish

Hood: none

Sump: Custom 5 foot sump

Refugium: Miracle mud
Refugium Lighting: Small LED


Support systems:

System Water: Natural salt water

Display Water circulation: 4 x Tunze powerheads (undecided yet) with multicontroller
Return Pump: Eheim

Skimmer: Reef Octopus custom
Evaporation Top Up: Tunze auto top off

Chemical Support:

Calcium Addition: will be hooking up a calc reactor


Current Water Chemistry:
Havnt tested it yet! Just started the cycle on Monday

[CityPetandAquarium]

This is actually a 2nd hand 5x2x2 from a customer who is moving house. The overflow is simple with two holes drilled in the right hand corner with a return on the left. Dead quiet and pretty simple, although surface skimming will be compromised slightly with this design, its neat and tidy.



After getting the cabinet made, the tank was filled up last Monday. Skimmer is still to be installed, just put two Tunze 6105s in at the moment with a 7095 multi controller, and auto top off unit.

Used about 8kg of miracle mud in a small fuge section in the middle of the sump. A few large pieces of fresh live rock to start the cycle process. Matrix and filterfloss is used and will be changed daily!





Things to do in the next week -
* Install skimmer
* Install phosban reactor and biopellet reactor
* Install calcium reactor
* Chuck in another two Tunze pumps or Vortec not sure yet
* Install UV
* Tidy up all the messy wiring
* Let it cycle!

[parrdog]

Good stuff, I must come and visit youy guys soon!