Frag tanks on abudget

[jmike50]

Hi everyone,
Check this out. This is my kind of set-up on my kind of budget...:lol2:

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[bluespot]

Sorry, but it won't let me watch it.

 

[bycjoe]

Looks good, what's total water volume and filtration? Also you said budget how much did it end up costing you?

 

[picoreefguy]

cool setup but hes gonna have trouble down the road with his auto top off setup. for one who knows whats in that canister its probably just a sediment filter so hes getting straight tap water in the tank and 2 it dosent look like he has a controller or a solonoid so if the float valve fails hes gonna have a flood of biblical proportions on his hands specially if it happens while hes away

 

[ddaddy2420]

Picoreefguy;857815 wrote: cool setup but hes gonna have trouble down the road with his auto top off setup. for one who knows whats in that canister its probably just a sediment filter so hes getting straight tap water in the tank and 2 it dosent look like he has a controller or a solonoid so if the float valve fails hes gonna have a flood of biblical proportions on his hands specially if it happens while hes away

Agreed, anytime u hook up to your water supply like that you want as much protection as u can have. All he would have to do is hook up a solenoid on a timer going to his system and he would be well protected. It is a nice simple setup though.

 

[jef4y]

What are you using for lighting?

 

[jmike50]

Okay guys...this is not my setup..this is some guy on youtube I found. I like the setup just for frags not fish. I agree on the problems that everyone pointed out with the water systemm and valve. I do not know what kind of lights? I left him a message on yt with some question..just waiting for an answer. If I done this I would have to do some tweaking to get it right like it should be.

 

[jef4y]

Ah okay, good. So now I can be critical.

Really this looks more like a cheap tank setup. Not a cheap frag system. The lighting does not look like it will support anything other than MAYBE some softies or macro algae. Certainly not a clam or SPS.

I'd be interested to see what happens when the power goes out. Gravity is going to pull a LOT of water off that top & second tank. Hope that sump is big enough. And the ATO setup, (1) the filtration is not adequate IMHO, and (2) having it setup without a failsafe is a disaster waiting to happen.

Overall, I think it's interesting how it's setup, but it has numerous, serious flaws.

 

[jmike50]

I know Jef4y. I would have to tweak it a lot and get some good lighting to grow SPS. I would have one of each for the SPS/LPS/Softies. I would not do this for fish.

 

[jmike50]

Okay everyone...just got an answer back from him about lighting. he stated he was using LED but did not give any other info.

 

[Reefplumber13]

What's the name ov the video I can't get it to play on my phone

 

[jmike50]

hi JT here is the name of the video....small coral frag farm update 1/30/12