To Have a Reef Aquarium

For a long time, I resisted having a reef aquarium with the real or aquarium artificial coral, I always had it clear that if he started with a marine aquarium would be a reef, but it took me enough to have my own aquarium. I must admit I read and learned a lot by participating and reading tips and I got to handle a lot of information without realizing it and still always preferred a well-planted aquarium freshwater. Until one day the option to build, design and maintain an authentic reef tank for a company was presented. And I would love to show you what kinds of aquarium equipment you need.

Lighting: as we discussed, lighting plays a fundamental role in our system, and it could help us to see clearly what’s inside the tank, like aquarium decor rocks. If we project our reef in time always end up wishing for more demanding species and are generally more demanding of light, so the optimum is to have lights Metal Halide 10,000, 14,000 or 20,000 K.

Filtration: The best option in my opinion because it has given me excellent results is to use a sump with a good skimmer. Having a good filter allow us to eliminate the proteins of the system before they are transformed and passed to the system as waste is essential. This coupled with good circulation of water.

Water: An important factor is the preparation of water. The ideal time to prepare adequate water for our aquarium is to have a team of RO or RO / DI because this gives us purified water, removing elements that commonly come in the tap water.

Salt: Salt is essential to prevent health problems in our fish and seaweed avoiding problems. On the other hand, a good salt allows us to have appropriate parameters in our aquarium. We must maintain ideally a pH between 8.1 and 8.3, a specific gravity between 1.021 and 1.024, ammonia (NH3 / NH4 +) to zero, nitrite (NO2) to zero, nitrate (NO3) less than 10 ppm, a level of oxygen (O2) 6-7 ppm and phosphate (PO4) zero. In order to maintain proper control of water in our aquarium, it is necessary to have the test or ways of measuring the parameters outlined above. To maintain proper salinity with a hydrometer to measure need.

Temperature: the optimum temperature for a marine aquarium fish is 25 ° C, but there is a tolerance range that is between 22 and 27 ° C, which could be detected by aquarium digital thermometer. We must remember that all equipment in the water (water pumps, heads, etc.) and external equipment such as lighting will generate heat to increase the temperature of our aquarium.