My 600 Gallon Reef

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  1. LCP136

    LCP136 Sailfin Tang

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    how many fish you got in there?
     
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  2. reefer Bob

    reefer Bob Montipora Digitata

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    It can kill bacteria good/ bad. I think if you need one depends on what you will have in the tank. Like lots of tangs. My 265 came with a 40w Pentair. It takes extra power from the pump to push it through. And you have to compensate for the extra water in the sump also. If you are good with quarentined fish when you buy them then you shouldnt worry. But it wont kill any bacteria that is already on a fish.
     
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  3. tube

    tube Flamingo Tongue

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    Do you have a built in R/O system ??:-/
     
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  4. Beaun

    Beaun Fire Shrimp

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    Its a very nice tank, cant wait to see it really fill out in the future. Looks like you are letting it take its time, I like it.
     
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  5. goodwin9

    goodwin9 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I use a GE Merling RO system. Part of it is showing behind the buckets. I run a carbon prefilter prior to the water entering the RO unit and have a DI resin tank that I run through the tank in the foreground.


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    These are the 160 gallon mixing tanks.

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  6. goodwin9

    goodwin9 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Electricity runs around $1000. per month, higher in the summer and a little lowers in colder months.
     
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  7. goodwin9

    goodwin9 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    The Life Guard module only has two 40 watt UV's, two are mechanical filters, and the other two are chemical filters. After the tank had been running a while, I did add two more 40 watt UV's which I put behind the tank.

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  8. goodwin9

    goodwin9 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Sure am, Dakota Reef
     
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  9. goodwin9

    goodwin9 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    At last count, there were 90+ or so fish in the tank.....
     
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  10. Otty

    Otty Giant Squid

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    Nice set up. Love all the tangs.

    What controller you run??
     
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