![]() Lighting (display): three 400-watt XM 10K lamps with an IceCap ballast, 300-watt VHO Super actinic, 144-watt DIY LED (a 3 watt CREE white and blue LED unit) Water Movement: two Tunze Turbelle Stream 6101, one Tunze Turbelle Stream 6201, one Tunze Wavebox 6212, Tunze Multicontroller 7095, one EcoTech VorTech MP40W Return Pump: Atman MP6500 and LifeTech 9000 Skimmer: Royal Exclusive Bubble King 300 internal The stand was made of wood using traditional Chinese furniture technology the whole structure was joined by mortise and tenon joints without any nails or glue. The main display is made of low-iron glass while it does not compare to acrylic tanks in transparency, it is easier to clean. Within another month, a local vendor called X-Tank built it for me. Hence, the whole system is pretty “traditional” in design, and I spent only one month in planning. The other objective for the new system was to make it as simple as possible, because I believed a simpler system would be more reliable. Since the old 180-gallon tank was a shallow rimless tank, I wanted a different style tank with longer and deeper dimensions to try some new possibilities with aquascaping. By the way, the modern concept for the reef aquarium is accepted by most hobbyists and vendors in China, so it was easier for me to build this third system. In 2008 I built the present 250-gallon system and moved over most of the corals from the old tank. I then started my second reef tank, a 180-gallon lagoon style system focused primarily on SPS corals. In 2006 I decided it was necessary to re-design the whole system to reach my dream-an SPS dominated tank. ![]() So, in the first two years I kept making modifications to the system, and finally, I learned how to provide proper nutrition to the inhabitants, how to keep calcium and alkalinity in control, and how to deal properly with lighting and flow. The result was terrible! Fortunately, we live in the age of the Internet, and I have learned a great deal from Reef Central and Reefkeeping Magazine, and was able to buy equipment from various websites such as Premium Aquatics. So, as per the recommendation from my LFS, I started out in the hobby using dead rocks, a very low flow rate in the tank and many ceramic rings in the sump with a small and weak skimmer. It was difficult to find the knowledge and equipment needed for a reef tank in China at that time only a few people knew the basic concepts of reefkeeping such as the use of live rock and the Berlin method, and I was not one of them. I was born and raised in Beijing, China, and I started my first reef tank in 2003. I would like to thank the Reef Central team that has made my dream come true and given me a chance to share my story with reefkeepers all over the world. is kept at a constant 25.5 degrees using a dedicated 1HP aircon compressor.It is so exciting for me that my tank was selected as Tank of the Month, and it is a great honor for me and my country since this is the first Chinese tank to be featured as Tank of the Month. It is filled with 20Kg of Rowalith C+ and 5kg of Grotech magnesium Pro. The reactor stands at 2.5ft tall and 8 inches in diameter and CO2 supplied by a 6kg Cannister. ![]() As well as 8 X 54W T5, consisting of 2 X Korallen Zucht Coral Light T5, 2 x ATI AquaBlue Special, 2 x ATI Blue Plus and 2 x ATI Actinic Blue.įluid reactor used is the Resun FBF - 500, running with Rowaphos and Sorb-4 as well as activated carbonĬalcium and dkH levels are kept in check with a calcium reactor, due to the tank being a sps tank, calcium demands are high and hence i custom built a calcium reactor. Lightings includes 2 x 250W MH, both running on Hamilton 14,000K. it was really a pity i had to decommission the tank. Sorry for the very late reply and thanks for the kind words. ![]()
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