Elliott's Reef: 900 DT , 400 sumps

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  1. Elliott

    Elliott Astrea Snail

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    Equipment List

    tank: acrylic 120" L x 48" W x 36" H

    closed loops: there are two, each driven by Iwaki MDH 423 pumps, 220v 3 HP, http://www.depcopump.com/datasheets/iwaki/mdh-423.pdf , each pump is controlled by an Hitachi VFD, each loop ends in 12 eductors buried in the rock work. The VFD's ramp the pumps up and down over about 30 seconds to a maximum output of 50% for about 10 seconds, then are off for about 30 seconds. So even though these are large pumps they are off half the time and when they are on, they are only at max output (max draw) for 10 seconds, so energy use is quite efficient

    Skimmers: (1) RK2 25 PE and (2) Barr 5220's

    UV: Emperor Aquatics 120W smart UV

    Ozone: (2) TMC 250's

    Calcium Reactor: Geo 1218

    Sumps: 400g total

    Algae Turf Scrubbers: (2) Santa Monica

    Auto Feeder: DIY fridge, feeds frozen and liquid foods

    Controller: Apex

    Reservoirs: 300g RO/DI , 300g Seawater, 50g Ca , 50 g Mg , 50 g Alk

    Peristaltic Pumps: used for feeder and dosing: BRS and Sepctrapure

    RO/DI: Applied Membranes ROC 275 and a Spectrapure unit

    Chiller: Copeland 1.5 HP

    Pumps: Panworld 250's run each Barr 5220 skimmer, Panworld 200 runs the venturi on the RK2 25 PE, Dart runs the feed line on the RK2, Reeflo Barracuda runs the return line from one area sump, Panworld 40 runs the return line from the second area sump, (3) Panworld 40's run the reservoirs for seawater, RO/DI and mixing, (6) Hydor pumps: one in each of the sumps to keep detrius in suspension, (3) Sicce 5's: one for each of the ATS's and one to run the chiller

    Lighting: (12) AI sol Blue on aluminum light rack on garage rails controlled by VDM (Apex)
     
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  3. SnooknRedz

    SnooknRedz Vlamingii Tang

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    What an incredible system you have Elliot. Awesome job! Nice selection in music too my friend.
     
  4. Elliott

    Elliott Astrea Snail

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    thanks SnooknRedz
     
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    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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  6. Elliott

    Elliott Astrea Snail

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    thank you Camkha1234
     
  7. elwolfe

    elwolfe Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Holy crap! You're a bad man, Elliott. You build all that yourself?

    Love the auto-feeder especially.
     
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  9. Elliott

    Elliott Astrea Snail

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    thank you elwolfe

    yes, I did pretty much everything except the drywall, new power to the project and excavating/plumbing drain.
     
  10. billielewis3

    billielewis3 Gigas Clam

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    What?! That's the craziest stuff I've ever seen. This is beyond remarkable. Beath taking. Speechless. How long as this system been set up?
     
  11. Elliott

    Elliott Astrea Snail

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    thank you billielewis3 for your kind words, system has been up and running for about 9 months, build out took about 3 months :)
     
  12. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    Incredibly awesome. And I thought I had alot of DIY. I can't hold a candle to you!

    the DT in the end of the vid doesn't look big enoujgh to be 900g, but what do I know?

    And yes, age of the set up?