Sunday, 29 August 2010

Getting Started

I'll list my basic kit 1st and try to explain further on subsequent posts

Aquarium - 10mm glass tank 3' x 2' x 2' holding approx 50 gallons

Lighting - 4 no. 30" T8's (2 actinic and 2 marine white) and 2 no. 34" T5's (1 white and 1 actinic) in a purpose-built tight-fitting timber hinged lid with reflectors.

Chilling - Cornelius beer chiller with 2 outlets from Ebay (£50) with New-Jet 1700 pump pushing 1700 litres/hour through coils

Circulation - 2 no. Marea Propeller magnet mounted pumps at 5800 litres/hour each

Skimmer - Skimmer Beast 400P skimming 1100 litres/hour

Filtration - Eheim Professional 3e canister filter pushing 1500 litres/hour

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