Jarrod's 22 Long Office Nano - SPS

Viking_Reefing · Mar 11, 2020

Holy crap, that’s one sweet little tank! You’ve really done an amazing job with limited space.

jwhall3 · Mar 11, 2020

Thanks. It averages 265 par across the whole tank measured at 25 points. 240 par being the low and 315 par being the high. I do believe that shadowing of the bases is/will becoming more of an issue. I may start to look at options to address this in the near future.

jwhall3 · Mar 11, 2020

nickkohrn said:
What a beautiful system! The corals make it seem so much larger.

Haha, maybe it's the small tank that makes the corals look larger! Thanks for the compliment Nick, I recognize you from another particular Facebook group.

jwhall3 · Mar 11, 2020

MichaelE said:
Holy crap, that’s one sweet little tank! You’ve really done an amazing job with limited space.

I really appreciate the compliment. Thanks!

fjpod · Mar 11, 2020

jwhall3 said:
I have updated the original post with some equipment details. More will be coming in the next couple of days. Thanks for the likes and comments.

Water Parameters

Alkalinity: 7.5 - 8.0 dkh

Calcium: 400 - 440 ppm

Magnesium: 1380 - 1440 ppm

Phosphates: 0.03 – 0.08 ppm

Nitrates: 10 – 20 ppm

Potassium: 400 ppm

PH: 8.2 – 8.6

Equipment for the Display

Tank: Aquamaxx 22 L (35”x12”x12”)

Stand: Traditions, Red Mahogony color (36”x12”x30”H)

Lighting: (3) Kessil A360WE with homemade hanging bracket

Lighting: Neptune Lunar Simulator LED String, 2-LED

Flow: (2) Maxspect Gyre XF230 Pumps (Only using one propeller cage per pump)

Flow: (2) Vivid Random Flow Generators on the returns, ½” Loc-Line

Rock: Custom insert by West Mariculture (28”x8”x5”H)

Sand: CaribSea Special Grade

Overflow: Eshopps Eclipse S

Equipment for the Sump & Filtration

Sump: Bashsea, custom designed by me to fit the stand (35”x10”x15”H)

Filter Cup: Red Sea 4” Filter Media Cup

Skimmer: Eshopps S-120

Skimmer Stand: Icecap Small Skimmer Stand (7”x6”)

CO2 Scrubber: Bulk Reef Supply Universal CO2 Scrubber

Reactor: Skimz ZAR-127 Automatic Zeolith Reactor

Heater: (3) Cobalt Neo-Therm 75W Heaters

Biological: Marine Pure 1.5” Spheres (1 gal box)

Return: (2) Reef Octopus Varios 4 Pumps

Dosing Line Holder: Printed Reefing Solutions 4 Line Holder (EuroBrace)

Light: LED Light mounted for illumination during maintenance

Equipment for Control, Automation & Monitoring

Controller: Neptune Systems Apex

Neptune Systems Apex Modules & Sensors:

FMK Flow Monitoring Kit (for monitoring drains & return lines)

1” Flow Sensor

Lunar Simulation Module

VDM Module (for controlling the return pumps & gyres)

Break Out Box (Future projects such as emergency shutdown button, light settings toggle switch, & sump door switches for lights etc.)

LDK (for monitoring leaks on the right & left sides of the tank)

LD-2 Leak Probe (resting on top of skimmer lid to monitor for skimmer overflows)

AFS (for feeding the fish while I’m away)

(3) OS-1 Optical Sensors (for sump full, tank full, and ATO reservoir low alarms)

Additional EB832 Energy Bar

ATO: Neptune Systems ATK

ATO Reservoir: Advanced Acrylics ATO111, custom sized (4”x12”x18”H)

Doser: Neptune Systems DOS & DDR

(2) Icecap Gyre Interface Modules

(2) Icecap Battery Backups

How do you keep your pH that high?

jwhall3 · Mar 11, 2020

fjpod said:
How do you keep your pH that high?

I use a CO2 Scrubber. For a long time I struggled with even hitting 7.8 at the highest part of the day. CO2 runs high in this office environment during the week, so all week my PH was low and then it would raise slightly on the weekends. I believe PH is important for growth, I saw a huge improvement in growth once I started using the CO2 scrubber. However, it did not effect my colors, in fact I think my colors were better when the PH was low (could have been due to a number of factors). With all of this said, I would never recommend chasing PH with an additive or booster. I would rather have low PH and slower growth than deal with the problems those additives could bring.

I'm actually a little concerned with how high it gets during the day. I'm considering using a solenoid controlled by my Apex to bypass the CO2 scrubber when the PH gets above 8.4. However, I'm leery to mess with things and make them more complicated than it needs to be.

jwhall3 · Mar 18, 2020

I have updated the original post with information on what I dose and add to the system. More details to come in the next couple of days.

Dosing, Additives, Food, & Misc.

Fauna Marin Balling Light System
- Calcium Mix
- Carbonate Mix
- Balling Trace 1 Metallic Color & Grow Effect
- Balling Trace 2 Metallic Metabolic Color Effect
- Balling Trace 3 Metallic Health Fluorescent Effect
- Magnesium: Red Sea Foundation C (Because it’s convenient) (Manually dosed as needed)
Fauna Marin Zeo-Light System
- Zeo Light: Zeolite mixture for nutrient reduction
- Coral Balance: Water treatment
- Reef Vitality: Nutrient control and coral nutrition
- Color Elements Blue/Purple Complex
- Color Elements Green/Blue Complex
- Color Elements Red/Purple Complex
Coral Food
- Benepets Benereef Reef Food
- Reef Chili Coral Food (Anthias also love it)
- Korallen-Zucht Pohl’s Coral Vitalizer
- Korallen-Zucht Sponge Power Concentrate
- Korallen-Zucht Amino Acid Concentrate
- Korallen-Zucht Acroglow
Fish Food
- LRS Reef Frenzy
- Reef Nutrition TDO Chroma Boost Small Granule
- Hikari Seaweed Extreme
Nutrient/Algae Control
- Underwater Creations Inc. Vibrant For Reef Aquariums
- Brightwell Phosphat-E (As needed)
Misc.
- Potassium: Brightwell Aquatics Potassion (As needed)
- ATI Elements Supplements: Strontium, Vanadium, Manganese (As needed, determined by ATI ICP test kits)
- Salt: Tropic Marin Pro-Reef
- RODI: Bottled Distilled Water (Blizzard or Great Value brands only!)

jwhall3 · Mar 19, 2020

Here are the test kits I use and have on hand. I have also updated the original post with this info. Let me know your thoughts or questions.

Test Kits

Alkalinity
- Hanna Instruments HI772 (Primary)
- Tropic Marin Basic KH Test Kit (Backup)
Calcium
- Red Sea Calcium Pro
Magnesium
- Red Sea Magnesium Pro
Nitrate
- Red Sea Nitrate Pro (Primary)
- Nyos Nitrate (Backup)
Phosphate
- Hanna Instruments HI736 (Primary)
- Red Sea Phosphate Pro (Backup)
Potassium
- Salifert Potassium Reef Test
PH
- Neptune Apex PH Probe (Primary)
- Salifert PH (Backup Low-Range)
- API High Range PH (Backup High Range)
Salinity
- Neptune Apex Salinity Probe (Primary, yes it works)
- Hanna Instruments HI98319 Marine Salinity Tester (Primary)
- Milwaukee MA887 Digital Seawater Refractometer (Backup)
- Bulk Reef Supply Refractometer (Backup)
Temp
- Neptune Apex Temp Probe (Primary)
- Hanna Instruments HI98509 Checktemp Digital Thermometer (Backup)
Iodine
- Salifert Iodine (Primary)
- Red Sea Iodine Pro (Backup)
ICP Mail Order Kits
- ATI (Primary)
- Triton (Backup)
- Coral Vue ICP-Analysis (Backup)

While not mentioned in the original post update, there are a few kits I have used that I would not recomend or use again (probably). These include the Red Sea KH Alkalinity Pro, Red Sea Potassium, and Red Sea Iodine. These kits always produced inconsistent results for me even when testing multiple times back to back in the same sitting (which I do for all new test kits I get). With that said, I am a big fan of all of my primary kits listed and most of the backup kits listed.

I have also grown really fond of ATI for ICP testing. They were the first to offer a prepaid return which made it very convenient to drop into the outgoing mail at the office and they also test your RODI water. As I use bottled distilled water, the later has been very important. Not all brands of distilled water are equal and I have found some that are not clean. WB Mason's Blizzard brand and Walmart's Great Value brand have always tested clean through multiple tests each and I do my best to use them exclusively now. ATI ICP also closely matches my favorite test kits above (not all ICP tests do). I feel this is important because results can vary greatly between multiple ICP tests taken at the same time and sent to multiple companies at the same time. The fact that ATI's values of major elements match closely with my other test kits helps build confidence that the elements I cannot test for with a kit are also reported accurately. Lastly, ATI makes adjustments and corrections easy to do and follow with their recommendations section of their reports (so does Triton).

jwhall3 · Mar 23, 2020

Here is a list of the current fish in my tank. It is a full fish load and at some point in the future I will need to re-home the yellow tang.

Fish