Aquabacs
non-photosynthetic
- Website
- http://twitter.com/MLukaczyn
- Location
- Yonkers, NY
- Current Tanks
- 1. Tank volume (including sump)
24 gallon rimless starfire EcoCube (aka Current USA 24 gallon Solana starfire)
2. Filtration set-up (including skimmer, refugium, phosphate or carbon reactor, etc)
Skimmer: Sapphire Aquatics Solana Skimmer (new released version looks exactly llike the NC28)
3. Calcium Supplementation (DYI 2-part, reactor, etc) please include brand & type
currently maintained through weekly water changes
4. Lighting Set-up & photo period
Lighting set up:1 current USA 55 watt 50/50 CFL pendant.
Final light set up has not been selected. Working on Japanese spotlight set-up
Photo Period: 4 hrs a day
5. Salt Used
Coralife
6. Water Change schedule & volume changed
5 gallons of water is changed 2 x weekly
7. Circulation/ Flow:
1-Vortech MP10
UltraLith System
How long have you used the system?
Started using UltraLith system started 7.3.08 in my 90 gallon aquarium and started the transfer info my new aquarium 6.1.09
Volume of UltraLith zeolites used?
.25liter currently of UltraLith
Do you use a reactor or do you use the system passively (in media bag)
Currently using system in a reactor.
If you use a reactor what brand of reactor used?
Sapphire Aquatics nano reactor. Reactor was slightly modified so Ultralith can be plunged to remove biofilms from zeolites.
Dosage used in your UltraLith system
Daily: the skimmer is turned off for about 3hrs while dosing UltraLith system. UltraLith plunged 6-10 times while skimmer is off
1. UltraBio:1 drop dosed directly onto the UltraLith zeolites
2. UltraBak: .4 ml dosed into into chamber 3 in the back of the aquarium
3. UltraMin S: .4ml dosed directly into the aquarium
4. UltraOrganic: currently not using
5. UltraAmin:currently not using
6. PowerTrace 1-4:.5ml of each daily
Also using Fauna Marin's Dendro system
- Years in Hobby
- 20 +
- Filtration
- UltraLith System
- Current Fish List
- Parvulus Cardinalfish
- Sex
- Male
- In a Relationship?
- Married
- Here For?
- Learning about reefs
- Smoke?
- No
- Drink?
- Yes
- My Twitter
- MLukaczyn
Signature
Put down the halide and step into the shade...welcome to the darkside of reefkeeping.
Current tank: 50 gallon rimless non-photosynthetic
Using Fauna Marin UltraLith system since 7.3.08
Experience in the Hobby: 30 yrs +
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum...bacs-50-gallon-azooxanthellae-tank-build.html
Current tank: 50 gallon rimless non-photosynthetic
Using Fauna Marin UltraLith system since 7.3.08
Experience in the Hobby: 30 yrs +
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum...bacs-50-gallon-azooxanthellae-tank-build.html
