Madkenz

Chiller view, with union ball valve for easy removable during maintenance.

Sump view, overflow compartment with sock holder, follow by refugium on the left, and return pump + FR.

Filled tank with tap water today, 1" water line from glass edges, sleek and rimless effect, but not fish- safe. Check for leakage on tank & piping, also test out sump holding capacity to hold access water from main tank duc to power failure. After fired up mp40, decided to go for bare bottom.

you wanna train your Zoas to fly is it?

ThkZ for the infor MP60 for a 2' cube, anyone??

ThkZ for the infor MP60 for a 2' cube, anyone??

Since now on planning stage, hope to gather more advices and comments, will change equipment spec along the way.

SIR!!! Recruit Ken report back to unit!!! SIR!!! Need to do many research to keep up with the new technology in reefing after decom 2 years ago. Sir getting old… planning for mixed reef and chiller using Arctica

Thanks for the concern.

Thanks for the concern, definitely will keep both eyes big big on the stability of the cabinet when test run the system with tap water. Will get carpenter to add reinforcement if need to.

For return pump, will T-off to FR, the rest to chiller, then to main tank. The flow rate to main tank will be around 2000L or less after head loss. I estimated about 8X turn over. As for wave maker, don't think can operate at full power, definably will create sand storm within the 2 ft cube, will tune controller for adjustments. Alternatively, I will go for bare bottom for maximum wave motion , will see how it go.

I'm a all time flavour of refugium. some advantages that I can think of; Natural N/P export by harvesting marcoalgea. 24/7 light cycle maintain constant pH. Increase oxygenation of sea water Increase live food webs.

Yap, going for mixed reef, mainly zoanthids, ricordeas, mushrooms and some soft coral that will occupy the sandbed while sea anemones, clams and montipora on rocks scrape. Will try out some sps frags on hill top in the later stage. With lesser rocks, hope to create a clean/ zen looks and to generate some kind of lagoon tidal wave if possible. Tomorrow task… Fix up pvc piping to return pump, filter sock, chiller and FR.

Hi guys, Starting a new tank progress thread for my cube tank. Planning for lagoon reef concept, more open sand bed and minimal live rock. Tank & cabinet Display tank dimension: 600 x 600 x 600mm Sump tank dimension: 450 x 450 x 400mm Sump Compartments: Filter sock---> Refugium---> Return Pump Total Volume: 230L Cabinet dimension: 600 x 600 x 1000mm height Finish: As usual, Black glossy laminated finish Substrate 2" Live aragonite, colour not confirm yet… toying between black and white sand Rockscape minimalistic concept, less rock more open sand bed Filtration Mechanical filtration: Filter sock Biological filtration: Refugium mud + cheato Chemical filtration: TLF PhosBan Reactor Skimmer: Not confirm yet, most likely over hung type Lighting Not confirm yet, most likely LED for both display tank & refugium Wave Motion Vortech MP 40 Chiller Artica 1/4 Return Pump Eheim compact 3000 or 1262