Major OverHaul

After about 3 months of struggle with water parameter stability, fighting algae & aiptasia, loss in livestocks, twice weekly water change …etc, I had finally succumb… 

I decided to go for a DIY sump. I am hoping to achieve the following.

1. more water = more stable

2. deep sand bed to help reduce nitrate

3. more space for cheato to grow more nutrient export

4. reverse lighting for refugium to maintain stable PH

5. more water flow in display (added a 2000l/hr return pump)

Bare Bottom - removed sand from display tank (messy job)

 Sump & Refugium

1. Filter sock

2. Deep sand bed

3. Cheato

4. Return pump in Skimz iBox 8 (safety measure for overflow failure)

Display Tank & Cabinet

Equipment

1. Eheim 2213 canister filter

2. TLF Phosban 150 with Eheim compact 600 powerhead

3. Teco Chiller TR10 with Eheim 1250 pump

4. Skimz Overflow Box OM2500

5. Tunze wavemaker 6055 with 7092 controller and light sensor

6. Eden TB135 return pump

7. Aquazonic 2xT5 Super Sun 12k - Sump

8. Aquazonic 6xT5 (1xSuper Sun 12k, 2xActinic, 2xATI coral plus, 1xATI actinic)

9. Digital thermometer

10. Refractometer

11. Magnet glass cleaner

12. Red Sea Test kit - Calcium, Alkalinity, Magnesium, Phosphate, Nitrate, Iodine, Potassium, Iron

13. Red Sea Supplements - Reef Foundation A & B (Calcium & Alkalinity), NoPoX, Corals Color A,B,C,D

14. Red Sea Prizm Skimmer delux