Got hooked on this educational hobby April 2000 and started with the biggest tank I could afford a 180G All Glass Reef Tank.
THE EQUIPMENT:
. 180G. Reef Ready All Glass Aquarium
. Water: Using RO/DI from Kent with 100GPD capacity
. Salt: Used Bio Sea till 9/2001. Having difficulty locating Bio Sea locally & now trying other salts
. LIGHTS:4X160W VHO Actinic; 3X175MH; 3X250MH
. SKIMMER: ETS 800
. Calcium Reactor: Korallin C-1502
. Sump: In Basement 40G
. Refugium: 15G On top of main tank. Gravity feed into main tank (set-up 9-2001)
. Dosing: ESV B-Ionic Calcium Alkalinity additive; Iodine, Kalkwassar, Magnesium, Stronium
. Live Sand: 2-3in. layer;
. Live rock: 250lbs.
. Circulation: Mag 5 in basement sump circulating water via one inch PVC piping throughout the tank Plus small Rio's
. Heater in sump 200W
. Chiller Aqua Logic drop in Cyclone 1/3HP
. Controls: Neptune System controls all Equipment ( Lights, pumps, heater, chiller, Calcium reactor with CO2)