symon_say
12-05-2012, 07:37 PM
Hi
I have been around for more than a year, but register a few days and this is my first post, I'm from Dominican Republic, i have been reefing for about 1.5 years and the ATS have always call my attention, my tank have been really clena since the beginning, but in the late time i have been adding more fish and some algae have start to develop, nothing serius by the moment.
My tank is mixed reef with about 160g in the system including sump. I use prodibio for my system, and have work nice, but is kind of expensive to use and i want to go for a more natural route, so i decided i'll give it a try to the ATS.
My first plan was and UAS but i have work really hard to make my tank as silent as possible, and i don't like the idea of creating bubbles in my system, so i decided i'll build WAS, i plan on feed it with overflow pipe, here are my question:
1. I decide to go with a 36^2" screen, illuminated for both sides, I feed 1 cube of frozen, automatic feeder throw about 25 pellets 2 times a day and every 3 o 4 days i put some nori in the tank, is this screen size correct??
2. I'm goind led route i want to use 12 3w leds, 8 red, 4 blue, or should i use 5 red 1 blue??
3. About flow, my overflow is a bean animal design (for those that don't know i have 3 1" to drain my tank) this design make it dead silent, but if i take the main pipe for the slot i'm afraid it will constrain flow to much in the slot, am i correct??
And in this matter, my drains work 1st pipe work like a full siphon, this is the pipe i plan to use, 2nd pipe works half its capacity, should i use this??
I have been around for more than a year, but register a few days and this is my first post, I'm from Dominican Republic, i have been reefing for about 1.5 years and the ATS have always call my attention, my tank have been really clena since the beginning, but in the late time i have been adding more fish and some algae have start to develop, nothing serius by the moment.
My tank is mixed reef with about 160g in the system including sump. I use prodibio for my system, and have work nice, but is kind of expensive to use and i want to go for a more natural route, so i decided i'll give it a try to the ATS.
My first plan was and UAS but i have work really hard to make my tank as silent as possible, and i don't like the idea of creating bubbles in my system, so i decided i'll build WAS, i plan on feed it with overflow pipe, here are my question:
1. I decide to go with a 36^2" screen, illuminated for both sides, I feed 1 cube of frozen, automatic feeder throw about 25 pellets 2 times a day and every 3 o 4 days i put some nori in the tank, is this screen size correct??
2. I'm goind led route i want to use 12 3w leds, 8 red, 4 blue, or should i use 5 red 1 blue??
3. About flow, my overflow is a bean animal design (for those that don't know i have 3 1" to drain my tank) this design make it dead silent, but if i take the main pipe for the slot i'm afraid it will constrain flow to much in the slot, am i correct??
And in this matter, my drains work 1st pipe work like a full siphon, this is the pipe i plan to use, 2nd pipe works half its capacity, should i use this??