Nicklfire Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Hey All, I have posted my journal on ABAQUARIA and BCAQUARIA so i thought it was time i posted it here. Basically i have a 75 gallon aquarium but it's a pretty good setup It's running a Closed loop system (so that means all the hardware is below the tank and bulkheads installed on bottom of tank). Hardware and such - Bulkhead inlet goes into a RENA xp3 filter and goes back through the bulkhead - On the other side of the tank i have the inlet going into a aquamedia 1000 reactor which is what the pressurized co2 goes into, which then goes into a external pump, which then goes into a UV sterilizer, which then goes into a Hydor heater) - 3 pump auto doser pump (for fertz) - 54 w x 4 t5 lighting -10 lb co2 -7 bags of florabse substrate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayba Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Wow! Vvvvery nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nicklfire Posted December 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 The tank is only in it's starting stage and has alot of growing to do, most of the plants are very new, so give it a few grow out weeks and it will fill in Lots of the plants are very new so pardon the bare spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaFishMommy Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 looks great! can't wait to see that foreground carpet fill in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaykit Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Great looking tank! If the bulkheads are on the bottom of the tank how do you keep the substrate from flowing through your filtration system? (sorry, new to closed loop systems) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Where did you get your autodose fert pump from, and what are you dosing? and on what sort of schedule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayba Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Where did you get your autodose fert pump from, and what are you dosing? and on what sort of schedule? I was asking myself the exact same thing, I did find this forum discussion about it. Nicklfire where did you get yours from? How much? Happy with it? http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1938900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklfire Posted December 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 (edited) looks great! can't wait to see that foreground carpet fill in Ya you and me both Should be nice once it's filled in completely Great looking tank! If the bulkheads are on the bottom of the tank how do you keep the substrate from flowing through your filtration system? (sorry, new to closed loop systems) Yes the bulkheads are at the bottom Basically there are 4 bulkheads, 2 on each side. 2 on the left (1 is in and 1 out) and same thing on the right side. basically the bulkhead which is the inlet has about a 4" extension with a strainer on the end of it. The plants are covering it pretty well but if you look close it's the white pipe. Where did you get your autodose fert pump from, and what are you dosing? and on what sort of schedule? Ebay! he does not have them listed on ebay at the moment or else i would have sent you the direct link. I have not fully setup the pump as of yet so i cannot say i'm using it. I have been testing it with water so far and it seems to be working good. Basically i am using EI method and just using the pump to remember foro me. So basically macro and trace switch from day to day then on sunday there is a 50% water change. then it starts all over again. Where did you get your autodose fert pump from, and what are you dosing? and on what sort of schedule? I was asking myself the exact same thing, I did find this forum discussion about it. Nicklfire where did you get yours from? How much? Happy with it? http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1938900 I think it was about 180$, so far i'm happy, there are things that i dont like about it such as the buttons are very small.. i dont think i can fully say if it's happy with it until i start using it for a longer period... but so far so good. Edited December 20, 2010 by Nicklfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklfire Posted December 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 In the coming month or two i should have some good plant clippings available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Well if you were in Edmonton I would first dibs them haha - I also want to know if your doser is still working the way you want it and if it's worth the money (I'm horrible at remembering to dose) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklfire Posted December 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Well if you were in Edmonton I would first dibs them haha - I also want to know if your doser is still working the way you want it and if it's worth the money (I'm horrible at remembering to dose) I havnt had the chance to fully configure it yet, cant figure out how to turn it on for the seconds yet lol, really have not invested much time into figuring it out but i am on holidays tomrrow so i'll have lots of time to get it configured then i'll let ya know for sure ;0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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