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The 870 USgal (gross) reef is running with the following devices:

Size: about 9.8 x 4.3 x 2.8 ft. frontglas made of LSG Optiwhite glas Silicone joints covered with glasbars

  • V2A- high grade stainless-steel stand
  • 4 * 400 Watt HQI Giesemann System 400 (Megachrome)
  • 4 * Lumimaster T5 (each 2*Aquascience special / 2*Aquascience Blue 54 Watt)
  • 5 * Lumimaster T5 (each 2*Aquascience special / 2*Aquascience Blue 24 Watt)
  • = 2944 Watt max. at high noon switched in 5 groups
  • 120 USgal filtersump
  • 14 m3/h Red Dragon with antichalk mod. as sumppump
  • 2 * 14m3/h Red Dragon with antichalk mod. outside the tank (closed loop)
  • 2 * 20m3/h Tunze Streams changeing every 6 hours with nightslowdown
  • 2 * 12m3/h Tunze Streams with nightslowdown
  • 2 * Tunze Wavebox with nightslowdown
  • 2 Tunze pumps with 2,2 kVA UPS(Battery power supply) each
  • skimmer Bubbleking 500 (580 - 1320 USgal )
  • IKS-Aquastar measuring for safety
  • IKS-SMS-module for remote monitoring/alarm
  • Grotech dosing pump (Mg/Sr/Traceelements)
  • 2 Harton industrial grade hosepumps (Ca/KH)
  • osmosis with ion exchanger (autom. rinsing/level 400 USgal container in cellar)
  • waterlevel in sump maintained by IKS (refill) with SP4800 hose pump (Grotech)
  • mech. prefilter in outlet shaft, finefilter (AMA pre-filter in sump
  • Rowa fluidized bed filter as phosphatabsorber
  • UV sterilizer from Deltec with 4 * 34 watts
  • temperaturecontrol via splitlevel aircon in tankroom
  • air exchange with Stiebel Eltron DL 13 cross flow heat exchanger fan
  • 1/2 of sump is dark and filled with some living rocks
  • 57 USgal frag tank (6*39watts of T5 lights)
  • 4 * 66 USgal tanks (some with 250 watts MH some with 4*39watts T5)
  • frag and other small tanks with a different sump system
  • > 50 USgal (one rainbarrel) waterchange a week with one week aged water

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