davidrobb's RedSea S-400

RedSea S-400

Andover, UK
Age 9 years, 2 months
Volume 400 Liters
Make Red Sea
Model Max S-400
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Filtration

The MAX S-System is supplied with the main system pump which also feeds the C-Skim 1800 protein skimmer and Chiller. Mechanical filtration is by sponges which are located on the feed to sump, Carbon filtration is after the skimmer compartment in the Sump.
The Sponges are washed every other week to stop the becoming biologically active.

Lighting

The MAX S-Series slide & swivel lighting system consists of three individually switched lighting units. The identical front and rear 4 x T5 units are hinged to the lighting chassis that slides across the top of the aquarium providing total access for all maintenance and reefscaping tasks. The centre unit has an additional 2 x T5 lights and 12 LED moonlights.
I have removed the control of the lighting from the built in analog timers and now control them individually through the EB6 on the Apex

Flow

The aquarium includes a discreet rear chamber housing powerful circulation pumps and a flow controlled downpipe to the in-cabinet sump. The positioning of the circulation pumps guarantees complete water circulation throughout the entire aquarium. I have added an additional 2 Tunze power heads to increase water movement around my live rock aquascaping.

Measurements

26.5
Temperature
8.15
pH
35.3
Salinity
283
ORP
162
Alkalinity
0.00
Ammonia
10.6
Nitrate
0.53
Phosphate
430
Potassium
430
Calcium
1395
Magnesium
0.10
Nitrite

Inhabitants

15 Fish

Aiptasia Eating Filefish. Acreichthys tomentosus
6 BlueGreen Chromis Chromis sp
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
Canary Blenny Meiacanthus oualanensis
Lipstick Tang Naso lituratus
Ocellaris Clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris
2 Pajama Cardinalfish Sphaeramia nemanoptera
Powder Blue Tang Acanthurus leucosternon
Red Sea Sailfin Tang Zebrasoma desjardinii

37 Corals

4 Acan Brain Coral Acanthastrea
Bali Slimer Acropora yongei
Big Polyp Blastomussa Coral Blastomussa wellsi
3 Branched Montipora Coral Montipora digitata
2 Branched Montipora Coral Montipora digitata
Bubble Coral Plerogyra sinuosa
3 Gorgonian cream Gorgonian sp
2 Green Hystrix Seriatopora Guttatus
Green Star Polyps Briareum violacea
Hammer Anchor Coral Branching Euphyllia parancora
3 Leptastrea Red Leptastrea
Montipora tuberculosa Purple Star Montipora tuberculosa
Plating Montipora Montipora foliosa green
2 Pocillopora damicornis Pocillopora damicornis
3 Pocillopora damicornis Pocillopora damicornis
Porites densa Porites densa
Purple Plating Montipora Montipora monaseriata
Torch Coral Euphyllia glabrescens
2 Torch Coral Euphyllia glabrescens
3 Velvet Finger Coral - silverblue Montipora digitata

28 Invertebrate

Banded Coral Shrimp Stenopus hispidus
3 Berghia Nudibranchs Berghia Nudibranchs
Blood Red Fire Shrimp Lysmata debelius
Feather-duster worm Sabellidae worm
3 Maxima Clam Tridacna maxima
4 Peppermint Shrimp Lysmata wurdemanni complex
Porcelain Crab Petrolisthes galathinus
Sand Sifting Sea Star Astropecten polycanthus
5 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab Paguristes cadenati
4 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp Lysmata amboinensis
Tiger Sand Conch Strombus spp
2 Tube Anemone Cerianthus sp
Turbo Snail Turbo fluctuosa

Equipment

Additive
Aquaforest Coral A
Aquaforest Coral B
Aquaforest Coral E
Aquaforest Coral V
New Era Marine Frozen Food Enrichment (100ml)
2 Prodibio BioDigest
Red Sea Nopox
Tropic Marin PRO-CORAL A- ELEMENTS
Tropic Marin BIO-CALCIUM ORIGINAL BALLING - Part A
Tropic Marin BIO-CALCIUM ORIGINAL BALLING - Part B
Tropic Marin BIO-CALCIUM ORIGINAL BALLING - Part C
Tropic Marin REEF ACTIF
ZEOvit CyanoClean
ZEOvit Pohls B-Balance Concentrate - Automatic Elements
Aquarium
Bacteria
Fauna Marin Bio
KorallenZucht Cyano Clean
Nyos BAC
Nyos BAC
ZEOvit Biomate
ZEOvit ZEOBak
Chiller
Hailea HC-250A Aquarium Chiller
Cleaning
Flipper Cleaner
Controller
Neptune Systems Apex System
Tunze Turbelle 7096 Multicontroller
Dosing
Bubble Magus Container for Dosing Pump
Bubble Magus Dosing Tube Holder
Jebao DP-4
Kamoer KSP-F03 3 Channel Dosing Pump (Master)
Food
Aquaforest Coral F
Calanus - Reef Grazer
2 Gamma Rotifers Blister Pack
Salifert Coral Food
Salifert Coralline Aminoacids
ZEOvit Coral Vitalizer
Heater
Lighting
2 Cabinet lighting - LED Mains Strip light 400mm 3000K clear
lighting
Media
Penn Plax Nitrate Remover Filter Pad
Penn Plax Polyfiber Plus Filter Pad
Powerhead
NEPTUNE SYSTEMS - WAV PUMP STARTER KIT
Tunze Turbelle Nanostream 6055 Circulation Pump
Tunze Turbelle Nanostream 6095 Circulation Pump
Pump
Jecod DCT-8000 DC Pump
Reactor
Arcadia G400 Fluidising Bio-Reactor
Refractometer
RODI
10" DI Chamber including Housing, Resin Holder, Resin, Connectors and Tubing
Salt
Tropic Marin PRO-CORAL K+ ELEMENTS
Skimmer
Red Sea C-Skim 1800
TestKit
Seachem Reef Status Magensium and CarbonateBorate Alklalinty
Seachem Reef Status: Magnesium, Carbonate & Borate - 75 Tests
Other
AC power lead 2m wire ended
Coral Tongs
Kamoer KSP-F03 Dosing Pump (Master)
LED strip light link cable 500mm
3 Liquid Water Level Sensor Horizontal Float Switch
Neptune Lab Grade Conductivity Probe
Neptune Systems I/O Breakout Box
My target is to get the system in a ULNS condition. But with a large fish stock this may be a bit of a challenge.

Additives

I dose Red Sea NO3:PO4-X for the control of Nitrates and Phosphate.

Feeding See more

Brine Shrimp (2 cubes) · New Era Grazer Rings · New Era Marine Flakes · Frozen Krill Pacifica (1/2 Cube) · Brine Shrimp (1 cube) · Frozen Brine Shrimp (1 cube) · ZEOvit ZEOfood 7 · New Era Aegis Flakes · Polyp Lab Reef-Roids · Frozen Brine Shrimp (2 cube) · Polyp Lab Reef-Roids 1/4 tea spoon · New Era Marine Flakes (1 pinch) · New Era Aegis Flakes (1 pinch) · Gamma Brine Shrimp Blister Pack (2 Blisters) · Gamma Rotifers Blister Pack (1/2 Blister) · Nyos Coral Nectar · Calanus - Reef Grazer · Nyos Coral Nectar 4 drops · Aquaforest Coral F

On average you perform a 12.3% water change every 7 days.

0% total water change in August.

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