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Equipment details
The tank is 1 meter (aprox 38") wide and holds 100 Gallons
Lighting is 250W + 150W metal halide with Ice Cap ballasts
Deltec 4040 return pump
Water circulation is provided with two Tunze Turbelle Electronics on a multi-controller and an aditiional MaxiJet 1200 will soon be replaced by a Tunze Nano-stream or one of the new Tunze Stream 6101.
The first year I had a Deltec APF-600 skimmer and about six months ago I upgraded to a Bubble King Mini 250. Both of these are really nice skimmers.
Here are the two side-by-side:
The BK is s serious foam machine
I use a Deltec Calcium Reactor to maintain Ca, Alk and Mg. The reactor is loaded with Rowa C+, Red Sea aragonite sand and Korallen-Zuch Magnesium crystals.
I have a homemade ZEOvit reactor and I´ve been using the ZEOvit method (modified to my taste) for almost two years.
A Captive Purity RO/DI unit provides pristine water for top-off and water changes. I use Oceanic salt mix (and yes, my Alk levels are always on the low end of the range).
A Resun Chiller keeps the tank cool during the hot Spanish summer.
Its been about one month since my last "weekly" water change. Yeah, between work, family and vacations, I've gone seriously off schedule over the last three or four months (and the tank really shows it). But now I hope to remedy that situation and start performing weekly maintenance, It makes a major difference. Then I'll happy to share some new pictures.
Cheers to all.