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Revamping the whole setup

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Blake
, 02-12-2012 at 09:42 PM (2048 Views)
To sum things up my tank is one of the worst offenders of the "Cheap reef tank attempts." But, Change is a comin'. My systems specs are as follows. Main Tank: 100 gallons 48in L, 24in W, 24in T. Protein skimmer: Sea Clone, Pump: Little Giant external pump, Reactor: Phosban Reactor rigged for Biopellets, Sump: 30 gallons no refugium. Chiller: 1 hp, UV: Built in AquaFine UV Sterilizer. Powerheads: two vortech MP10 and two hydor korslia 2's, Lighting: 2 120w Reef Bliss LED fixtures 55 LEDs in each one. Now the chiller, UV, the pump, and sump all came with the tank which i bought for exactly $100. Now some would say that I wasnt so frugal with my spending because I have two MP10's. But the truth is I got them both brand new in the box for $22 a piece. Had I not found them at that price I would still be using terrible powerhead's like I was before.
However in light of my cheapness I am redeeming myself. On the way to the house as I type this is a Bubble Magus BM-NAC7, and the newly released BR 1000ss Reef Octopus Biopellet Reactor. I will also be switching to a 10 bulb Tek lighting t5 fixture thst I will be running ATI bulbs in. I am also looking to order 100 pounds of dry rock from bulk reef supply as they have been very helpful to me.

I will post pictures of the new equipment as it arrives.

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  1. Siasl's Avatar
    Good luck with the new setup. Any reason for moving the biopellets from the phosban reactor to the Reef Octopus Reactor? I am 3 weeks into the process of switching from vodka dosing to biopellets (Little Fishes NPX) and have them happily tumbling in a Nextreef MR1 reactor. I only ask because I am paranoid about N/P and have had them at 0 and 0.4 to 0.6 respectively since day one of the tank...
  2. Blake's Avatar
    I have a few reasons for moving them. The first is the phosban reactor that I have came with a pump that i don't feel tumbles the pellets well enough to reach their full potential. And with the reef octopus 1000ss I have seen the pellets reach phenomenal potential as far as tumbling and effect on the tanks nitrates and phosphates. My second reason is the new 1000ss is a space saver for my sump and I need two reactors for my tank one for GFO and another for the biopellets because I am currently battling a Briopsis outbreak and it is very hard to kill so with a mixture of Tech-M by Kent and the gfo I should be able to win the battle and the phosban reactor works very well with gfo but not with biopellets for some reason? Anyways my nitrate and phosphate levels have been undetectable since the addition of the biopellets so its weird that you have such a range but all tanks are different so there might be another issue going on in ur tank somewhere that is unseen. I also dose bacteria after each water change (10% a week) and I believe this also helps with my levels. Good luck with your tank tho maybe if you give the pelletsnk a little more time it will turn around!