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top-up water reservoir, Corals Lab Kalk Stirrer & RM Fluidised Reactor. in the background is the I-Tub (given to me by my kind friend, Vinoth).

all essential equipment and sump are resting on 10x (2ft x 1ft) chenggai support stands used for outdoor flower pots. bought them from Far East Florist in Thomson.

the blue mat u see, is a waterproof anti-slip mat bought from Ikea.

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little to do in office, so calculated some turnover rates :fear: :

1) Skimmer Turnover Rate:

True water volume= approx. 200L

Skimmer pump (Iwaki MD55R5)= 4200L/hr

Skimmer Turnover Rate= 4200/200= 21 times/hr

2) Main Tank Return Turnover Rate:

True water volume= approx. 200L

Return pump (RD 6500)= approx. 4500L/hr (head loss of 2k factored in)

Main Tank Return Turnover Rate= 4500/200= 22.5 times/hr

3) Max. Main Tank Internal Circulation Rate:

Main Tank true water volume= approx. 150L

Red Sea Wavemaster Pro, 4x Maxijet 1200= 4400L/hr

Return pump (RD 6500)= approx. 4500L/hr (head loss of 2k factored in)

Max. Main Tank Int. Circulation Rate= (4500 + 4400)/150= 59.33 times/hr

Austin the Westie: "I may be your best friend, but you are my everything".

Lightning Strike's Back!!!

Reefkeeping Is Not My Hobby, It's My Obsession.

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Current Tank Inhibitants:

1x Chevron Tang (Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis)

1x Kole Yellow Eye Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus)

1x Royal Gramma Basslet (Gramma loreto)

1x Neon Dottyback (Pseudochromis aldabrensis)

2x Black Onyx True Percula Clownfish (Amphiprion percula)

1x Algae Blenny (Salarias fasciatus)

1x Blood Red Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius)

1x Peppermint Shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni)

Cerith Snails (Cerithium sp.)

Bumble Bee Snails (Pusiostoma sp., Engina sp.)

Nassarius Snails (Nassarius vibex)

p.s. My nassarius snails are spawning by the hundreds, can see all the babies crawling all over the glass panel when the lights r out. :D

Austin the Westie: "I may be your best friend, but you are my everything".

Lightning Strike's Back!!!

Reefkeeping Is Not My Hobby, It's My Obsession.

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wow! very nice tank. And you sure got lots of equipments! May I ask the reason for having both the kalk reactor and the calcium reactor? The calcium reactor is not enough? Just wondering.... :unsure:

1) kalk due to its high pH nature (ard 12 to 13) maintains pH in a reef tank when dose in steady and minimal amt; due to the use of CO2 for a CR, CR effluent always hv low pH value of ard 6.5. kind of balance up the pH.

2) kalk precipitates PO4.

3) short term solution in the case that CO2 needs decanning/topping up.

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Lightning Strike's Back!!!

Reefkeeping Is Not My Hobby, It's My Obsession.

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sps and rics you ZHAN!!! :yeah::yeah: But...lps? :rolleyes::lol:

cyanrina lah...and the darling shouldn't be placed on top of the other red one...the latter bites... :unsure:

oopps....... :P will shift later...... ;)

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Cool, looks like the one in my avatar :lol:

But if you tame me, we shall need each other.

To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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