Holy crap, that’s one sweet little tank! You’ve really done an amazing job with limited space.
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Haha, maybe it's the small tank that makes the corals look larger! Thanks for the compliment Nick, I recognize you from another particular Facebook group.What a beautiful system! The corals make it seem so much larger.
I really appreciate the compliment. Thanks!Holy crap, that’s one sweet little tank! You’ve really done an amazing job with limited space.
How do you keep your pH that high?I have updated the original post with some equipment details. More will be coming in the next couple of days. Thanks for the likes and comments.
Water Parameters
- Alkalinity: 7.5 - 8.0 dkh
- Calcium: 400 - 440 ppm
- Magnesium: 1380 - 1440 ppm
- Phosphates: 0.03 – 0.08 ppm
- Nitrates: 10 – 20 ppm
- Potassium: 400 ppm
- PH: 8.2 – 8.6
Equipment for the Display
- Tank: Aquamaxx 22 L (35”x12”x12”)
- Stand: Traditions, Red Mahogony color (36”x12”x30”H)
- Lighting: (3) Kessil A360WE with homemade hanging bracket
- Lighting: Neptune Lunar Simulator LED String, 2-LED
- Flow: (2) Maxspect Gyre XF230 Pumps (Only using one propeller cage per pump)
- Flow: (2) Vivid Random Flow Generators on the returns, ½” Loc-Line
- Rock: Custom insert by West Mariculture (28”x8”x5”H)
- Sand: CaribSea Special Grade
- Overflow: Eshopps Eclipse S
Equipment for the Sump & Filtration
- Sump: Bashsea, custom designed by me to fit the stand (35”x10”x15”H)
- Filter Cup: Red Sea 4” Filter Media Cup
- Skimmer: Eshopps S-120
- Skimmer Stand: Icecap Small Skimmer Stand (7”x6”)
- CO2 Scrubber: Bulk Reef Supply Universal CO2 Scrubber
- Reactor: Skimz ZAR-127 Automatic Zeolith Reactor
- Heater: (3) Cobalt Neo-Therm 75W Heaters
- Biological: Marine Pure 1.5” Spheres (1 gal box)
- Return: (2) Reef Octopus Varios 4 Pumps
- Dosing Line Holder: Printed Reefing Solutions 4 Line Holder (EuroBrace)
- Light: LED Light mounted for illumination during maintenance
Equipment for Control, Automation & Monitoring
- Controller: Neptune Systems Apex
- Neptune Systems Apex Modules & Sensors:
- FMK Flow Monitoring Kit (for monitoring drains & return lines)
- 1” Flow Sensor
- Lunar Simulation Module
- VDM Module (for controlling the return pumps & gyres)
- Break Out Box (Future projects such as emergency shutdown button, light settings toggle switch, & sump door switches for lights etc.)
- LDK (for monitoring leaks on the right & left sides of the tank)
- LD-2 Leak Probe (resting on top of skimmer lid to monitor for skimmer overflows)
- AFS (for feeding the fish while I’m away)
- (3) OS-1 Optical Sensors (for sump full, tank full, and ATO reservoir low alarms)
- Additional EB832 Energy Bar
- ATO: Neptune Systems ATK
- ATO Reservoir: Advanced Acrylics ATO111, custom sized (4”x12”x18”H)
- Doser: Neptune Systems DOS & DDR
- (2) Icecap Gyre Interface Modules
- (2) Icecap Battery Backups
I use a CO2 Scrubber. For a long time I struggled with even hitting 7.8 at the highest part of the day. CO2 runs high in this office environment during the week, so all week my PH was low and then it would raise slightly on the weekends. I believe PH is important for growth, I saw a huge improvement in growth once I started using the CO2 scrubber. However, it did not effect my colors, in fact I think my colors were better when the PH was low (could have been due to a number of factors). With all of this said, I would never recommend chasing PH with an additive or booster. I would rather have low PH and slower growth than deal with the problems those additives could bring.How do you keep your pH that high?