Equipment We Use

This page lists the aquarium equipment we use to farm corals. We don't sell any of this to hobbyists. Just thought you might want to know what we use to be successful. There are many different suppliers of these so we can't recommend a specific retail source.

AQUARIUM SYSTEM COMPONENTS:
Salt Mix - (Instant Ocean,Reef Crystals, Coralife)
Tubing - (Eheim)
Electrical Timers - (coming soon)

AQUARIUM MONITORS/TESTING:
Wireless Thermometers (Pinpoint)
pH meters (Pinpoint)
Conductivity meters (Pinpoint)
Test kits Io, Sr, Ca, Mg, NO2, NO3, PO3 (Salifert)
Temp Alerts (Lifegard)
Specific Gravity Meter

CORAL ADDITIVES:
Koralith Phosphate free calcium reactor media (Knop)
Iodine (Humco Lugols Solution)

AQUARIUM PUMPS:
In-tank Water Circulation Pumps- (Eheim)
Skimmer supply (aka Foam Fractionator) pumps (Iwaki)
Circulation pumps between tanks - (Iwaki)

AQUARIUM LIGHTING:
250 and 400 Watt Metal Halide ballasts-(Universal Lighting Technologies)
VHO ballasts (Icecap 660)
Metal Halide bulbs- (all major manufacturers-Blueline, Iwasaki, Iwaki, Aqualine Bushke)
VHO bulbs (Super Actinic)
VHO Encaps- (German white)

AQUARIUM WATER TREATMENT:
Reverse Osmosis filtration, RO Si busting membrane, Carbon Filter, Mechanical Prefilter (Sandpoint, Kent)
De-Ionization (Cole Parmer)
Calcium Reactors - (Custom made, Knop Koralith)
Algae scrubber system - (EcoSystem Miracle Mud)

PLANKTON STARTER CULTERS:
Rotifers (Nanochloropsis) - (Florida Aqua Farms)
Daphnia -

SHIPPING MATERIALS:
Hot packs - (Kusuba's)
Styrofoam Shippers- (Propak)
Bags, liners - Sunpet