2FT Full setup to go

[johntanjm]

Buyer bailed out so here I am again with equipment sales again.

2ft x 1ft x 1.5ft(height) glass tank powered by:

1. eheim 2227 (eheim substrat pro)

2. eheim 2224 (biohome and chemical media)

3. Prizm skimmer (not shown in picture)

eheims, and prizm come with undated warranty and are in excellent condition.

lighted by:

single pendant 150W MH Iwasaki 20KK Aqua2 bulb (new bulb used for 4mths)

The above equipment will work best if they're bought as a set as I have taken great pains to study and to pick the optimal equipment mix. It has powered a very successful reef tank @ http://myfishyroomates.blogspot.com . If you're interested, I can set up the tank for you and replicate the same effect.

Upon buyer request, I can remove all traces of coraline encrustation on the pipes and tank. You may also choose to keep those scraps of coraline to seed your new tank.

Free gifts such as test kits, water purifier, refractometer, hydrometer, additives, tank cleaners, additonal plumping, air pump etc. will not be out of the question.

Give me a honest offer and i'll give you a honest deal.

[johntanjm]

Forgot to mention, the reason why this tank was closed is because I'm leaving the country for a year. Want to recover some cost and pass on some goodies to fellow reefers.

[johntanjm]

This is a very clean setup, no messy plumping. Many say that canisters are inconveneint when washing/changing media. Many reefers have criticised me on that. Actually that is not true. With the eheim valve technology, the canister can be disconnected from the tank, brought to the toilet, flushed out, and then popped back in. All without a drip of water in your living room. can you carry a sump to the toilet to wash and then bring it back so easily and conveniently?

[johntanjm]

With this system, i'm also able to achieve a water turn over rate of 26 times an hour. that means ALL the water will go through the filter 26 times and hour. Even if you conservatively half that, it's still 13 times an hour. normal sump aquariums can at most perform at 6-8 times?

[Sapp]

With this system, i'm also able to achieve a water turn over rate of 26 times an hour. that means ALL the water will go through the filter 26 times and hour. Even if you conservatively half that, it's still 13 times an hour. normal sump aquariums can at most perform at 6-8 times?

Hi,

No offence but cannister has its limitations as compared to a sump. Turnover rate really depends on the return pump in the sump. If you have a strong return pump, you can achieve a turnover rate of 10 to 20 times easily.

Sump dun need regular cleaning although u might need to siphon out the detritus buildup once in a while. End of the day, every system has its pros and cons.

[johntanjm]

yeah agreed. every system has its pros and cons.

For a 100L tank if you have a eheim 1262 pumping at 3400L/H you get 34 times an hour. if you have a 1260 at 2400L/H you get 24 times an hour. But seriously, how many of us would install a 1260 pump to power a 2ft? The trend is that as the tank size increase, we tend to substitude turnover rate with flow rate that is generated by wavemakers. It is possible to achieve high turnover with sumps but not many people do that because it is costly, espcially if the tank volume is big.

well yes sump don't need regular cleaning. but i'm sure you will wash out the wool in the 1st mechanical filter stage of your sump pretty regularly? If i had a sump, i'll defintely try to wash that everyday! I'm not saying that canisters is any better. I'm just saying that canisters is not any worse off then a sump.

[bluezing]

alamak bro...sad to hear abt the closing down of ur tank...those coralline!!!! wah...wasted..haha...anyway..gd luck for ur sales...

shall seeya again in....1 yrs time?

[johntanjm]

yes yes see me in one year's time. I'm gonna scrape off the coraline discs on the glass walls. this sounds damm cheapskate but do you want the bits? it might be able to help seed your tank with some nice coraline.