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Rickyrooz1
01/17/2009, 04:05 PM
Tanks
300 Gallon Rimless, Starphire Glass Aquarium (72”x40”x24”) with black PVC bottom and back panel by Aquarium Environments (A.G.E.)
97 Gallon Sump with Refugium (50”x28”x16”)
60 Gallon Fish Quarantine Tank (36”x24”x16”) [Not connected to system]
30 Gallon Coral Quarantine Tank (24”x24”x12”) [Not connected to system]

Camera
5D Mark II Digital Camera (21.1 megapixel) with Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Lens
Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens

Water Movement Equipment
One Red Dragon 12 m3 Pump (3,170 GPH, 115 watts)
Four Vortech MP-40W GEN 2 powerheads with wireless wave controller (500-3,000 GPH, 12-35 watts)

Lighting Equipment
Three Lumenarc III Mogul Reflectors (19.5”x19.5”x8.5”)
Three 20K Radium 250 watt Metal Halides
Three 250 watt Lumatek Electronic Ballasts
One IceCap SLR retrofit T-5 60” lighting 2x80 watt (2 bulbs total)
Two ATI Blue Plus 80 watt T-5 Bulbs
Use perforated metal and metal sheets to make the light housing
Need fans in light housing for cooling
Refugium lighting
Two PAR38 Reflector 16 Watt / 5,100K

Water Quality Equipment
Bulk Reef Supply Deluxe 7 Stage 75 GPD RO/DI System
GHL ProfiLux standalone dosing pump (4) (Balling Method)
Bubble King Supermarin 300 Internal Protein Skimmer
Three Jager 250 watt Heaters (17”)

Additives
Reef Crystals Salt Mix
Bulk Reef Supply Calcium Hydroxide (Kalkwasser)
Bulk Reef Supply Calcium Chloride
Baking Soda (Alkalinity Buffer)
Bulk Reef Supply Magnesium Chloride
Strontium Chloride
Potassium Chloride
Bulk Reef Supply ROX 0.8 Activated Carbon
Two Little Fishes ReVive
Fluke Tabs
Interceptor (Large Dog pill)
Seachem Cupramine
Seachem ParaGuard
Formalin
Methylene Blue

Test Kits
Portable Refractometer
American Marine Pinpoint Salinity Calibration Fluid
Salifert (Alkalinity/Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate/Calcium/Magnesium)

Fish List
25 Green Chromis (Chromis viridis) 62.5”
6 Lyretail Anthias (5 Female, 1 Male) (Pseudanthias squampinnis) 24”
7 Bartlett’s Anthias (Pseudanthias bartlettorum) 21”
2 Blotched Anthias (Holanthias borbonius) 8”
2 Spotted Mandarin (1 Female, 1 Male) (Synchiropus picturatus) 6”
1 Bicolor Blenny (Ecsenius bicolor) 4”
1 Tail Spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura) 2”
1 Purple Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum) 6”
1 Blue Spotted Kole Tang (Ctenochaetus truncates) 7”
1 Chevron Tang (Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis) 7”
1 Tomini Tang (Ctenochaetus tominiensis) 6”
48 Fish – 153.5” (1” for every 1.95 gallons)

Invert List
4 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
4 Peppermint Shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni)
50 Banded Trochus Snails
50 Astraea Snails
50 Nerite Snails
50 Nassarius Snails
50 Cerith Snails
25 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab
Chaetomorpha Algae
Ulva Lettuce Algae
Grape Kelp

I still didn't decide whether I want to have T5's or a MH over the coral quarantine tank. I'm open for suggestions as to equipment for the tank.

TandN
01/18/2009, 12:11 AM
Sounds awesome T5 would work fine over the qt