Dreamer13
07/19/2013, 09:15 AM
G'Day, I'm Paul, and I'm about to embark on my new build, nothing big, but hopefully a nice looking, nicely operating system.
First of all, my current & somewhat embarrassing tank is 36Lx14Wx18H, with some corals, 2 clowns, 3 blue/green Chromis, the alpha hermit crab (he killed the others) a couple of tiny snails, an AquaOne CF-1000 canister filter, and a recently added AquaOne G220 protein skimmer (hanging off the side for now), and the main feature being a HEAP of algae!
My interest in marine aquatica sparked after watching "Finding Nemo"...Na just kidding..although I wouldn't mind a dollar for every poor fish that was bought and died thanks to that movie.
Seriously though, I've always had an interest in the underwater world, and I've finally bought my own house, so I can now have a marine tank that I won't have to pack up and move to another rental.
Now, onto the forthcoming build, it will be similar dimensions, 36Lx24Wx18H (can't even be bothered doing it in my native metric) and my current tank will become my sump, with all my current stock being housed in another (3ft) tank till its completed.
Sump; drain/intake into single 200 micron filter sock, AquaOne G220 protein skimmer. 2nd chamber; live rock, chaeto algae. 3rd chamber; phosban reactor with both activated carbon, and gfo or something similar (two little fishies 150), return pump with uv steriliser in-line (maybe?).
So a couple of questions..
1, is it worth using a uv steriliser in this setup, or is it overkill?
2, would there be any benefit in using my existing water and live rock in the new setup, to reduce cycling time?
Any tips/thoughts are welcome.
Cheers, Paul.
First of all, my current & somewhat embarrassing tank is 36Lx14Wx18H, with some corals, 2 clowns, 3 blue/green Chromis, the alpha hermit crab (he killed the others) a couple of tiny snails, an AquaOne CF-1000 canister filter, and a recently added AquaOne G220 protein skimmer (hanging off the side for now), and the main feature being a HEAP of algae!
My interest in marine aquatica sparked after watching "Finding Nemo"...Na just kidding..although I wouldn't mind a dollar for every poor fish that was bought and died thanks to that movie.
Seriously though, I've always had an interest in the underwater world, and I've finally bought my own house, so I can now have a marine tank that I won't have to pack up and move to another rental.
Now, onto the forthcoming build, it will be similar dimensions, 36Lx24Wx18H (can't even be bothered doing it in my native metric) and my current tank will become my sump, with all my current stock being housed in another (3ft) tank till its completed.
Sump; drain/intake into single 200 micron filter sock, AquaOne G220 protein skimmer. 2nd chamber; live rock, chaeto algae. 3rd chamber; phosban reactor with both activated carbon, and gfo or something similar (two little fishies 150), return pump with uv steriliser in-line (maybe?).
So a couple of questions..
1, is it worth using a uv steriliser in this setup, or is it overkill?
2, would there be any benefit in using my existing water and live rock in the new setup, to reduce cycling time?
Any tips/thoughts are welcome.
Cheers, Paul.