250G 6x2.5x2.5ft Reef Project

[acidjazz]

Left mountain.

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Right mountain after rescape.

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Last pic.

[hammy]

nice tank but too much anemone lah . can be a bit scary . any clown hosing them

[acidjazz]

nice tank but too much anemone lah . can be a bit scary . any clown hosing them

Yes the maroon clown is housing them. I took out a few anemones to sell.

In fact the maroon clown is so fierce tt he bites my hand whenever i go near the anemones.

[acidjazz]

Good news, the Atlantic Blue Tang started feeding already.

[vagabond]

Left mountain.

Wow! You can name it Anemone Hill... Nice

[iceman]

erm. .

Wah, this one required very strong light. . At least 400w. Hm it time to upgrade........

[acidjazz]

Wow! You can name it Anemone Hill... Nice

i might remove a few anemones along the way if there's no space for the corals.

[acidjazz]

Wah, this one required very strong light. . At least 400w. Hm it time to upgrade........

i think u come my place take the humilis lar. . . my MH only 150 watt.

[acidjazz]

Previous refugim.

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After decomm, replaced with live rocks.

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New custom made refugim tank, just delivered today.

[acidjazz]

Installed 3 x 11 watt energy saving bulb. Actual energy ouput is 3 x 60 = 180 watt!!!!

[acidjazz]

Lights sld be sufficent. . . .

[acidjazz]

Lights on!

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The piping behind is the downflow pipe.

The piping in front is connected to Quietone 1200 pump cuz the refugim needs an extremely slow rate pump.

[acidjazz]

Plans:

1) Put in 6 inches deep sand bed into the refugim. Estimated sand used would be 40kg.

2) Redo the entire tank's pipings. Replaced with better quality pipings in 2-3 weeks time.

[godzillaliu88]

i think u should make a reflector for the lights. so the it will be more focused in the refugim.

[acidjazz]

i think u should make a reflector for the lights. so the it will be more focused in the refugim.

that's an idea. . . . . but i dunno if its possible to find such reflectors.

[sunnymau]

bro..

any update on the performance of the chiller

looking for chiller..

how the noise level? still quiet?

how long it tank to chill your tank?

how often it kick in?

any area for improvement in this chiller can be done in you opinion?

[acidjazz]

bro..

any update on the performance of the chiller

looking for chiller..

how the noise level? still quiet?

how long it tank to chill your tank?

how often it kick in?

any area for improvement in this chiller can be done in you opinion?

Noise level: Still very quiet at the moment. Only chiller that it can't beat is Arctica.

Chilling capacity: Take approx an hour to bring the tank from 28 to 27 degrees.

Kick in: Ratio is 1:1.

IMO, for Hailea to improve on the chiller is the size of it. For most reefers, their concern is mainly electrial comsumption, noise level and size. Hailea manage to achieve the electrical consumption n noise level part, but improvements can be made to the size.

However, for $559 its value for money.

[acidjazz]

I was toying with the idea of adding a wavebox to minimize deadspots and kinda under the influence of another reefer. However, after some intensive readings, decide to drop the idea, especially since it will shorten the lifespan of my tank.

As quoted below from one of the threads i dig:

OK, I spent the last couple days at a seminar with Claude and Axel and I took notes and have the full scoop on the wavebox. Here is what we know.

The shorter the tank, the faster the frequency.

Frequency is fixed by resonance and cannot be adjusted- you can tune the frequency but for alll but the longest tanks only one frequency is effective in prodoucing a wave. In a tank over 2m a double wave is possible, in a tank over 4m a 4x wave is possible.

Here are the wave sizes at full power- amplitude can be adjusted on the driver that is common to all Tunze Electronic pumps and does not affect controller function at 100% the following is known dimensions are in cm, F is freq in seconds, w is wave height (crest to trough in mm)

70-50-50 F=.45s W=40

100-70-70 F=.56 W=35

120-70-60 F=.63 W=35

150-100-60 F=.83 W=30

180-100-60 F=.86 W=30

220-80-50 F=1.10 W=25

200-80-65 F=1.15 W=25

Round and Triangular tanks create an elliptical wave pattern.

Rock layout and corals effect resonance and adjustments have to be made every feew months to acccomodate coral growth.

The Pros of the wavebox are

In a 2m tank you can move 100,000l/h of water with 30w of power!

The pressure and dynamic of the wave improves permeation in to the rock and sand bed improving bio function

Detritus is almost non existant- no dead spots exist

Cons

On a old tank it could cause algae problems as the detritus and opening of the structure to flow will liberate phosphates and drop redox

Tank life is shortened by the dynamic load. We approximate a tank constructed to DIN standards looses 10-20% of it's life when all other assembly and installation is 100% correct. (Unfortunately the US has no standard system like the Deutches Institute Normalization but we can estimate that a well made name brand US tank will have a 15 year life and the wavebox will reduce that to 12 at most if all other instalation is correct-i.e. it is level and properly supported)

The flow is not exactly natural, the natural wave would be much longer but given the size of the device and ultimate in energy savings it is the best that can be accomplished and is the most natural flow available to hobbyists.

So, the ideal flow system now is two Electronic Streams on opposite ends back corner aimed to the front center glass and operated on interval mode 2 on multicontroller 7095 with changes in pump operation every 6hrs or so. The wave box is coordinated and shuts off at night. This flow is a 50% approximation of what exists in the ocean and the best accomplished yet by any means.

Some details for the controller 6091:

The unit can run three ways- one box connected to the multicontroller or two boxes independent and run synchronously (same side for bigger tanks) or Inverse where to boxes are run opposite on huge tanks to boost the flow. Maximum freq is 1.4 sec- any longer and the box prodouces bubbles.

That is all the info I have and that is direct from Claude Hug the developer and primary tester of the wavebox 6212.

__________________

Roger Vitko

Tunze USA

[acidjazz]

Instead, i might want to add a calcium reactor. The pro is that on the long run, can save on addictives. Con is the running cost and initial start up cost of the unit, as well as the difficulty in tuning it.