My Slice of Nature (Part 3)

Starting a new thread to document the progress of a new set up. Tank was given by a nice reefer (thanks!!). In return, I bought over his equipment. Its a nice sized tank - 5 x 2.5 x 2, 15mm glass, chengal wood stand. The physical condition of the tank wasn't great and took it as part of the fun to fix it during free time on the weekends. Some pictures : Upon closer inspection, there are several large patches of scratches in the middle (viewing area)

By SubzeroLT, September 4, 2016
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Been working on optimizing 'flow efficiency'. There are 3 pumps in the return section of the sump. 2 return pump + 1 smaller Vectra S1 pump that supplies water to all the reactors (eg. UV, sulfur, rowaphos) Ideally all the filtered/clean water should return directly to the display tank & not get recirculated back through the reactor again. This is the same issue/challenge for reefers who pump water to a chiller and return the water back to the sump instead of dir