[1500L] Matthijs' Built in wall reef

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Hello guys,

15 years in the hobby :)
Time to share my setup on here

It's a 200X80X70cm (80x32x28") built in wall that I started October 2017 but did a restart with liverock March 2019 as I wasn't pleased the way the tank was running on RRR.
It all started like this :

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After a while it looked like this:
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I decided to restart the tank as I got issues keeping SPS alive even though my ICP test didn't reveal any issues in the parameters.

This is my tank as it is today :
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Some more info on my setup :
- Lighting : 4x ATI Straton
- Flow : 2x Panta Rhei ECM42, 3x AI Nero 5, 1x Tunze Stream 3, 1x Tunze 6105
- Return pump : Abyzz A200
- Skimmer : Bubbleking 250
- Aquarium controller : GHL Profilux 4 + KH Director + ION Director + GHL Dosing pumps
- Frag tank coupled to the main tank
- Dosing method : Modern Reef RKS + Complete reef food + Polypop

A short story about the tank, more pictures will follow later on

Grtz,
Matthijs
 
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How are you enjoying the GHL system? I’m looking into it as I’m currently running no controller. Specifically interested in the KH Director
I'm very happy with it! I'm using the KH Director since June 2018 and my first ph probe is still functional :)
Measures consistently and asks allmost no maintenance, at this moment it measures 4 times a day.

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How do you keep that monty in the top right in check? I imagine with good water parameters it must grow like crazy.. Does it encrust over everything?
I cut it from time to time like I did today, it's an easy to maintain/cut coral.

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