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Summary: Aquarium operation and installation advice. Learn how to set up the 240-gallon saltwater captive reef aquarium in this free instructional video.
Marc Grover is the co-owner of Underwater Depot. He and his business partner, Chris Bernie, have over 30 years of collective experience in the aquarium industry. They are experts in...read more
"Hi! My name is Marc on behalf of expertvillage.com. What we have here is a 240 gallon saltwater captive reef aquarium. It is like the 180 gallon saltwater tank but a level or a notch above. This tank houses not only saltwater marine fish but coral, anemones, shrimp, different inverts, snails, starfish, everything you can think of, basically that will be in and around any of the reefs of the world you will find in a captive reef aquarium. The lighting in this tank is extremely sophisticated metal halide, very high output for resin or VHO, or power compact fluorescent. I tilt this up so you can get somewhat of a view, it is blinding to the eye, the reason for that is light and photosynthesis are the basis for the life in a reef tank, all of the colors of the coral and the actual life process of the coral are completely dependent on high intensity lighting, they get it from the sun in the ocean because they are very close to the surface of the water and they get the penetrating sun rays for life in the ocean, you have to duplicate that as best as you can in the captive aquarium. Down below, similar to the 180 you are running a lot of pumps for water flow, you have got another box filter, this is also, there is no biological process here at all, protein skimming, ozone reaction, and again custom plumbing is also entailed in this aquarium. We are also running in a remote location all the ballast for the lighting and refrigeration unit, lighting is so hot, that the ambient temperature of the tank has to be controlled by a chiller. Same process with the rock, it is stacked for your aesthetics, also for water flow, the sand is placed around it and then all the corals are placed in and on the rock. This tank is best left up, installed by a professional, it is very intense, it is very involved, and it is not impossible for the beginner to do, it is just like I said very involved and it would probably be better suited to hire a professional to take care of this job for you. "
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