Mjl714
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Have owned various aquariums most of my life, but fairly new to reef keeping. Wife was suggesting we setup a smaller reef tank in kitchen, no less in front of a window. Sounded like a challenge, and I wasn't going to let the suggestion get cold, so we were off and running.
Started tank January 2014, with 20 gallon high, to fit our location perfectly. Aquired Ro system, and later added di, which polished the the water nicely, down to zero tds.
Tank build:
AquaC Nano Remora Protein Skimmer,
CPR Refugium, with Miracle mud, rubble rock and chaeto
Maxspect Razor 20", 16000k,
Vortech Mp10, eventually after using a multitude of lesser quality circulation pumps
BRS gfo/carbon reactor,
Apex jr
Current maintenance is changing about 10g per week.
Over time, we removed the protein skimmer. Didn't do much with water change routine, and light feeding. Over flow box was way to much maintenance, keeping the water at just the right level. Brs reactor seems to be the right idea, as far as reducing the light algae growth we saw.
Here's a current picture, gotta get a better camera:
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Started tank January 2014, with 20 gallon high, to fit our location perfectly. Aquired Ro system, and later added di, which polished the the water nicely, down to zero tds.
Tank build:
AquaC Nano Remora Protein Skimmer,
CPR Refugium, with Miracle mud, rubble rock and chaeto
Maxspect Razor 20", 16000k,
Vortech Mp10, eventually after using a multitude of lesser quality circulation pumps
BRS gfo/carbon reactor,
Apex jr
Current maintenance is changing about 10g per week.
Over time, we removed the protein skimmer. Didn't do much with water change routine, and light feeding. Over flow box was way to much maintenance, keeping the water at just the right level. Brs reactor seems to be the right idea, as far as reducing the light algae growth we saw.
Here's a current picture, gotta get a better camera:
View attachment 14416
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