SRC Member jc85 Posted March 5, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted March 5, 2014 Hi All, Has anyone of you ever thought to setting up a intertidal type of design with your aquarium tank? Something like Simon Garrett's Reef tank where the water level goes down during certain cycle. Anyone have experience on this type of setup? Thinking of how I can convert my 5.5ft tank. Any ideas or advice will be most appreciated. Cheers JC Quote Earth Conservation Blog My Marine Blog For All Sengkang Residents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherman Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Wow something very new to me. Interesting Quote 6.5 * 2 * 2 + 3.75 * 1.5 *1.5,(Decomn on 14/9/08) 4*2*2 + 2.5*1.25*1.25 (Decomn on 1/8/09) 5*2*2 (Fully LED light system, 140 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm) 2.5*2*2(Fully LED Light System,96 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm) 5*2.5*2(LED only) Eheim return 1 * pump 1 HP Daikin compressor with cooling coil 2 Jebao OW40, 1 ecotech MP40, 1X6085 Tunze wm, 1 CURVE 7 Skimmer 1 DIY 80 led control by Bluefish mini 1 radion XR30W G2, 2 Radion XR15G3 Sump area lite by 5 ft T5 , 6 * SSC 3 watt red LED for refugium 1 Full spectrum E27 led light 1 CR control by bubble count Start No Water Change since 1st Dec 2016 Add new 2.5x2x 1.5 ft [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Very interesting concept, Ill be camping here. Somehow wonder how this works if u are using an overflow system. Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Quas111 Posted March 6, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted March 6, 2014 Hmm I'm interested to see how it affects the breeding cycle of shallow reef corals. I saw in some articles that the tides and moon cycle are important for some types of invertebrates to breed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member jc85 Posted March 6, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted March 6, 2014 I've some idea but still figuring out what are the options available that have been tested. One basic idea is to have 2 level of overflows and 2 returns. One at a faster rate than the other and when the cycle happen, the faster flow rate pump will be shut down. Cheers JC Quote Earth Conservation Blog My Marine Blog For All Sengkang Residents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tunicate Posted March 7, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted March 7, 2014 But switching a pump on & off too frequently may shorten its lifespan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member jc85 Posted March 7, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted March 7, 2014 Possibly but I believe failure rate can be prevented with a better build pump else maybe a variable speed pump like those use in fountain. However, I'm still exploring other methods thus open to any suggestions. Cheers JC Quote Earth Conservation Blog My Marine Blog For All Sengkang Residents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tunicate Posted March 8, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted March 8, 2014 You can have 2 overflows, one at a lower level with netting over it to keep critters away when water level goes over it. If there's a way to device an auto valve to close the lower overflow pipe at periodic intervals, then you probably only need one return pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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