Here's a pictoral overview of the equipment for the challenge discus.
60 gallon cube, sponge filter, 500w titanium heater, compact flourescents,full auto water change system.
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Aging barrel contains another titanium heater, airstone and is plumbed for a mix of hot and cold water set to temp and hooked up to a solenoid as part of the AWCS. (note: I don't use the RO/DI)
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10 gallon hospital/QT. just in case.:angel:
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Aquacontroller controls the whole mess. Display and grow out.
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I had the tank all setup and ready yesterday and then came up with a whole new idea for the AWCS so I tore the whole thing apart and this is what I came up with...
This a Sea Swirl. For you non reefers, it's designed to rotate the flow of water across the reef and create turbulent and variable currrents. It rotates back and forth 90 degrees in about a minute.
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It's hooked up to what looks like a spray bar but the flow is reversed so it sucks instead of blows.:o
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The sea swirl just sweeps the suck bar back and forth while draining the tank. It covers more than 70% of the tanks bottom. Will there be spots that detritus settles? We'll see.
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