MacDracor
Aquarium Advice Addict
Uv sterilizers. Bah! Waste of electricity and money.
More flow, more flow, and then maybe some more flow. Did I mention more flow? 150 is a huge tank. Almost 3x the size of mine and I have almost as much flow as yours does. That should give you some perspective. Also look at Mr X's build threads. The guy is a wiz at this stuff.
And did I read that correctly that you are using tap water? Oy... The friends with sw tanks that use tap water? Their tanks are not thriving. They appear to be. Big distinction. They will crash. Maybe not today. Maybe not next week. Maybe not even next year. But they will crash. Tap water does not belong in sw tanks. I use the Glacier machines outside grocery stores. It's RO, sterilized, and carbon filtered. I wish it was DI as well, but we can't have it all.
More flow, more flow, and then maybe some more flow. Did I mention more flow? 150 is a huge tank. Almost 3x the size of mine and I have almost as much flow as yours does. That should give you some perspective. Also look at Mr X's build threads. The guy is a wiz at this stuff.
And did I read that correctly that you are using tap water? Oy... The friends with sw tanks that use tap water? Their tanks are not thriving. They appear to be. Big distinction. They will crash. Maybe not today. Maybe not next week. Maybe not even next year. But they will crash. Tap water does not belong in sw tanks. I use the Glacier machines outside grocery stores. It's RO, sterilized, and carbon filtered. I wish it was DI as well, but we can't have it all.