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My name is Todd and I am a reefoholic, it all started when
my kids brought home a goldfish from the county fair 27
years ago. I went to the Local Fish Store to get a
fishbowl and have never stopped getting new "bowls" ever
since. Come to think of it I think I had a genetic
disposition toward this most addicting habit as I remember
my father having many fish tanks in his study so it must
be his fault.
My current state of addiction includes my most ambitious
system yet.
I currently am the indentured servant of a
150 Gallon Saltwater
Reef System
The Show Tank
The show tank section of the system is 48" Wide X 18" Deep X 31" Tall and
contains 110 gallons of saltwater, displacing some of the
saltwater is about 120 pounds of premium live
rock harvested by Walt Smith International in the Fiji
Islands following strict ecological protection guidelines
to assure a sustainable environmentally friendly business.
There is also a 5" layer of "southdown sand topped with
3/4" layer of crushed Aragonite rubble to anchor the
southdown sand.
The Sump / Refugium
I constructed this sump refugium
starting with a 40 gallon AGA breeder tank and adding the
custom cut .25" glass divisions with silicone
The first chamber on the right side is where the (3) 1"
overflows deposit the surface skim water from the show
tank into the skimmer chamber
The water then goes under the first wall of the bubble
trap and travels up the 1" chamber and falls over the
middle wall and then back down the
second 1" chamber eliminating almost all skimmer chamber
bubbles
Water then travels under the 3rd wall and enters the
refugium chamber
a short angled divider keeps the water from churning
up the sandbed while directing water up to the macro algae
refugium area
The water then falls over the 4th divider and enters a
passive media shelf area constructed from light grid
plastic where I put bagged media or floss if required and
then passes over the stainless steel 300 watt heater in
the bottom of the chamber then the water goes under the
5th divider and enters the pump pickup area to be returned
to the show tank
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