November Newsletter

November & December Newsletter 2012.
This is unfortunately the last newsletter of 2012. The next one will be January 2013.

Please take note that we are closing from Friday 21st December through to the Wednesday 2nd January 2013.
We have also launched Euro Spirit Facebook, for those of you that are interested, please contact Reggie. With Facebook you will be able to keep up to date with our weekly specials that we are going to be launching.

Euro Spirit Aquarium Management Show Tank.
As you all know the tank is only been running since the beginning of June with livestock. I ran the filtration plant prior to filling the tank for two months. The other big decision I went with was using LED lighting as opposed to metal halides. This was a long and hard decision to make as there is still so much development being done on this form of lighting. The LED lighting I decided to use is Maxspect Mazarra-p fittings.

I have still supplement to the LED lighting with T5 lighting only using one Aqua Medic Blue and one Aqua Medic 16 K White.
We also decided to go with UV steriliser, which I only run for about 15 hours a day. Finally I also went with the Vortech C 40 power heads.
Also have added the Aqua Medic Titan 2000 chiller

For live rock I added 180 kg of Kenyan rock and a further 60 kg Fiji rock, this was excluding live rock in the sump, which was a further 40 kg of small rock that I had accumulated overtime that I couldn't sell. I also went with a DSB using the plenum system with Caribsea sugar fine DSB medium.

Tank Specs.
Tank 2 m x H 750 mm x W 900 mm was built in 10 mm glass.
Sump 1.8 m X H 600 mm X W 600 mm has DSB and live rock

Equipment
Protein Skimmer H&S A-250-F 5000
Korallin C 4001 with CO2 bottle, regulator, solenoid and PH meter
Aqua Medic 5000 nitrate reactor with MV meter
Aqua Medic Kalk -Stirrer
Aqua Medic UV Steriliser
Aqua Medic Ocean Runner 6500 return pump
Aqua Medic Titan 2000 chiller
Powerheads Vortech C 40 2 units

Lighting
Mazarra-p LED fittings 6 units
Odyssey T5 fittings 2 dual 39W fittings
Tomini Tang.
Tangs are one of the staples in the marine aquarium hobby and for good reason. Vibrant colours, patterns, personality, ease of purchasing, hardiness for the most part all factor into
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Keeping Maxima
Aside from being some of the most intriguing of all reef aquarium species, tridacnid clams actually provide a range of benefits well beyond their beauty and novelty

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Reef Tank Water Parameters
Aquarists often ask what water parameter levels make for a successful reef aquarium. This is the recommended levels in your reef aquarium versus corresponding levels in natural seawater
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Marine Lighting Guide
The type and amount of lighting is one of the most important considerations when setting up a new marine aquarium. There are types of lighting to suit most budgets, all with their own pros and cons for specific applications.
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What's new in the market place.
Hydor Powerheads
KORALIA Nano-1-2-3-4 12V is a new innovative range of low voltage circulation pumps designed by Hydor. The five models (Nano-1-2-3-4) connected to the KORALIA WAVEMAKER 2 and 4, guarantee a continuous and powerful water flow
KORALIA 5-6-7-8 12V is a new range of low voltage circulation pumps designed by Hydor. The four models connected to the KORALIA WAVEMAKER 4 and 2*, guarantee a continuous and powerful water flow which can be directed freely thanks to the special suction magnet for great support in tanks .
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