http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php/index.php/index.html/_/src-totq/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:51:06 +0000 43200 SRC TOTQ http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php/index.php/index.html/_/src-totq/src-tank-of-the-quarter-winner-r48 Tank of the Quarter ( TOTQ ) winner . Jeremy aka (Eniram) beautiful SPS dominated mixed reef tank has been chosen to be showcase for this quarter.

Front View
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Side View
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Brief History of my Setup


Let me thank both the Singapore Reef Club staff and to everyone spending time reading this article. Really honored to be nominated TOTQ, but I believe there are more reefers out there who have just an impressive tank.

Reefing all began in 2001 when I chanced upon my uncles tank which was Fish Only With Live Rocks (FOWLR). It was ran with a canister filter, wooden air stone skimmer and only 2 tubes of T8 lights, NO chiller somehow that got me hooked on reefing, but the main catalyst that pushed me into reefing was when I was enlisted into the Navy where many exercises were held on the island P.Senang.

I was amazed by the corals and fishes that were within touching distance, sun corals growing on the jetty pillars, green turtles swimming past at night under the flood lights and the really rare chance to spot a school of dolphins off the coast of Singapore.

2003 I chanced upon SRC and the reefing poison slowly but surely kicked in. From there did a lot of research and got a lot of inspirations from our local and overseas reefing community. I remember heading down to Reborn, Harlequin, and another LFS around the area (had a seahorse logo, can't remember its name), Reef Aquarist along Koon Seng road and E-aquarist at Siglap. All these were my favorite haunts.

Due to financial constrains (straight out of NS) I got myself a 1.5ft tank with an IOS (Internal Overflow system), Weipro skimmer, some really cheap fluorescent lights that had blue and white infused into 1 bulb and a PC fan , but Keeping a reef with these equipments were a challenge, constant temperature and salinity fluctuations, PO4 and NO3 were going hay wire, red slime taking over my tank and countless unnecessary live stock and corals dying in my hands.

Furthermore it was making a mess in my parents place and work load took a toll on me and the tank. So I stopped reefing but was still hibernating on SRC, keeping in touch with the local reefing scenes.
2008 got my own place, by divine King Neptune's power of the trident, visited my wife's good friend and what did you know her husband aka Wilson had a 2.5ft cure reef tank!

The 7 year itch kicked in and the rest is history plus Aquarama 2009 happened to be round the corner, competition tanks were on sale, I told myself it's now or never or regret like a frogfish missed its dinner. This 3 footer lasted a year and by 2011 I got myself a new tank that is till today.




Tank details and specification

My current tank is built of a 12 mm thick glass, 48"x36"x20" 3 sides low iron glass. Sump Tank 36"x36"x12" the total volume of the system is about 200 US gallons. Decided to go bare bottom, this way I can maximize my wave makers without the sand storm.

Water circulation is provided by a Reef Octopus water blaster 5000 and a Ehiem 1262 that is linked to my chiller and out into Main tank.


Maintenance, Feeding & Supplements

To maintain calcium and alkalinity levels I added via a Bubble Magus dosing pump, which is used for supplementing all 3 main elements such as Ca, KH and Mg. Basically, I check the Ca and kH levels every second week and adjust them if it is necessary.
All water changes and top-off are done using DI water. I typically perform about 10% water changes every week. 20% every month, if not for the necessity of frequently trimming corals, the system would need little maintenance, which usually means emptying the skimmer cup, cleaning the tank's viewing panels, water changing, preparing Ca and kH solutions and replacing carbon. From time to time I check the most important parameters with Salifert testkit (Ca, Mg, kH) . Moreover, on a daily basis I monitor the salinity and feed my fishes, I don't feed my corals other then my super sun. I believe when I feed my fishes and the detritus that are floating around it feeds my corals.


Tank Equipments & system parameter

Calcium - ca ; 450~500

Alkaline - KH ; 8.5~10

Magnesium – mg ; 1450

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Tank system profile

Skimmer ; Running a Reef Octopus 3000 INT with bubble blaster 3000 pump

Mechanical filtration ; Cheap filter wool (changed bi-weekly with water change)

UV ;36W Coralife UV

Dosing pump ; Bubble magus dosing pump of Ca, KH, Mg

Chemical filtration ; PURA Phos-Lock Filter Media and PURA Carbon

Main return pump ;Reef Octopus water blaster 5000

Wave maker ;2xEco-tech MP40Ws,2xTunze 6055, 2xTunze 6045

Lightings;
2 x 2 tubes of 54W DD lighting fixtures
1 x 2 tubes 54W Giesemann razor

Lighting period;
4 ATI Blue Plus from 1100-2230hrs
2 ATI Aquablue special + 1 PAR38 14K 40deg from 1600-2000hrs

Chiller; TECO TR15


Refugium

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A simple DIY mini cheato box above sump, reason for making this box is so as to prevent unwanted broken off cheato drifting in Main Tank and clogging up return pumps.


Addictive used

Daily dose of Tropic Marine Lugols solution

More of this can be found on the forum here ; http://www.sgreefclu...quarter-winner/]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:48:39 +0000 47d1e990583c9c67424d369f3414728e