Additive
Additive
TestKit
Food
TestKit
Food
Additive
TestKit
TestKit
Food
Food
Lighting
DIY LED
3 x 2140 long aluminium channels each with 16 groupings of 2x Royal Blue and 1 x White Cree LEDs, 7 UVs and 6 tri0-colour LEDs. Dimmable control through Arduino program and LDD drivers.
Not currently using the Tri-colour LEDs.
Installed on December 20, 2013
Heater
2
Ebo Jager 300W Heater
Placed in the back closed loop pump section in the Display tank
Installed on December 20, 2013
Aquarium
Custom made 2115mm long
Starphire front, 900mm wide with a glass panel dividing the rear 150mm to house two Dc 10000 pumps for closed loop circulation. Plumbed so that the pump at one end pumps out it's own end, in the center and out the far end, and vice-versa.
Water is plumed from the 2 IBCs in the garage to a valve under the tank, and water can be pumped into the sewer at the turn of another vale.
Installed on December 20, 2013
Stand
DIY pine stand
Sits 1000 high, giving the tank a maximum height of roughly 1600.
Clad in Thermowrap MDF so water can't expand the panels.
Has a hinged panel to access the control gear and a sub-floor to hold the sump.
Installed on December 20, 2013
Skimmer
Cleaning
Pump
2
Waveline DC-10000
Housed in the rear section of the display. Controled with an arduino to speed up and slow down individually to change the flow patterns in the tank
Installed on December 20, 2013
Sump
Custom 1200 long by 600 wide
Has the skimmer section, the middle with live rock and calurpa, and the return pump section. Has a red and blue ebay LED panel over it for growing the calurpa.
Installed on December 20, 2013
AutoTopOff
Controller
Arduino based
Lighting is controlled by self-authored lighting sketch and water changes are done by an Arduino based DIY solution that stops equipment, drains water, fills with new water and restarts equipment.
Installed on December 20, 2013
Pump