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Posted	marine set up
16-11-2006 08:37 by tank busters	giong to do a marine tank again and this is what i was gonna use,the tank is about 120 gallons and was gonna use 30kilo of live rock,some live sand,a cannister filter filled with rowaphos and filter wool,2 sets of t5s so i can keep some coral and v2 skimmer.can anyone see any problems and what power heads and how many should i use for movement and was gonna add a nitrate reductor,can anyone recomend one and how much r they.
16-11-2006 10:11 by Alan	Filter wool will clog up in no time better off with out. You won't need to fill the canister with rowaphos just use the mesh bag supplied and replace regularly. You will also need more live rock I would suggest a total of 60 kilos of live rock ideally you should aim for 1 kilo for every 2 imp gallons. You will also need a couple of large stream pumps either tunze turbelle or seio stream with the aim of turning over the tank volume at least 20 times per hour preferably more possibly over 40 times per hour. Other than that your plans seems sound I would recommend a refractometer for measuring salinity don't fall into the hydrometer trap they are far to inaccurate.
16-11-2006 10:12 by Alan	You might be better of going for metal halides ultimately but with out knowing the depth of thbe tank it is difficult to say but 4 T5 tubes should be sufficient for low to mod light softies.
16-11-2006 10:12 by tank busters	cheers alan how about a nitrate reductor,should i get 1 and what size seio pumps thanks
16-11-2006 10:13 by tank busters	tank is 34 deep
16-11-2006 12:53 by Ed	Spend your spare cash on more live rock.I had the minimum amount of kit running my marine and it was a beauty good luck.
16-11-2006 13:09 by wayne	what fish you got now? still got the goldfish
17-11-2006 09:32 by Alan	If you get good cured live rock such as that sold by www.stm-shop.co.uk and have the water turnover high enough your nitrate levels will never be high as the live rock when used correctly will completely cycle all the waste. with the tank being 34" deep I would consider opting for metal halides to give the light penetration to the bottom of the tank for sifties 150 watt metal halides would be sufficient but if you want to keep hard corals you will need to go for 250 watt halides and ideally a calcium reactor to with hard corals. Turnover wise I would be aiming for turning over a theoretical max of 4800 gallons per hour or 21,792 litres per hour. I would divy this up between at least 2 seio pumps possibly 4 top and bottom in both back corners aimed towards the opposite corner. You could infact have 2 sets of pumps and have a theoretical max of 80 times per hour if all were on at the same time but only put one half of the pumps on whilst the other are off and have it on a 6 hour cycle to replicate the tide. This would give a 40 times tank volume in both directions at different times and would reduce the potential for dead spots even further. The high turnover is vital for the succesful use of live rock in removing nitrate one thing of note you may get huge levels of coralline algae growth if you do you will need at least one sea urchin to keep this algae under control as it can affect the efficiency of live rock.
17-11-2006 10:02 by tank busters	would i need 4 pumps at each end of tank 2 at top and 2 at bottom
17-11-2006 13:40 by Alan	Not necessarily depends if you are going to go ahead with my tide idea you may only need a total of 4 stream pumps to do the tide thing anyway just 2 at each end.
19-11-2006 15:13 by garry	i have a 300 gallon tank and only got 2 steams either end
20-11-2006 09:21 by Alan	Do agree with garry only 2 would be needed unless you want to try the tide idea then a minimum of 4 2 at each end on alternate 6 hour cycles.

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