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[Joseph Pat]

First off let me say hello to the MARSH Forum. I was directed to the site from fellow members on Nano-Reef.com for something a little more local, in hopes of meeting people in state who are in the hobby, as well as once I have everything up and running being able to purchase frags from people in state. I'm from McAllen, Texas and after being away from the hobby for about a year as things grew increasingly stressful in school, I'm back and ready to get another tank up and running. I've been shopping around for a few weeks on what equipment I'll be using and this time I decided not to cut corners on the important things. So here's my proposed setup.

(found bulkhead and Sump design on the google sketch up site.)


15 Gallon Custom from Micro-Reefs. Built in overflow and dual return setup plumbed to a 22 gallon Sump/Refugium below my desk where the tank will be held.


This brings me up to about 25-37 gallons, which is the biggest I've ever done.


Lighting:
Nano Sol


Equipment:
ProFlex 22 Gallon Sump
Coralife Protein Skimmer
I'm still trying to find a suitable return pump as well as wether to go with a loc-line flared nozzle for the returns or to give these guy's a try. Since the tank will take about 3 week's to be made and shipped. I'll be seeding some old LR I was able to get my hands on as well as about 15-20 lbs of Marco Dry rock from Premium Aquatics to fill out the tank and sump. For Livestock at the moment, I've only decided on a Yellow Clown Goby and a pair of Harlequin Shrimp which I'll keep their Starfish in the sump.


Hopefully these next few weeks fly by! I can't wait to get things set up and on the way.


Here are a few pics.


Old LR I got ahold of (about 20 lbs). After a thorough cleaning they'll be seeding in a 30 gallon bucket with a few maxijet's till the tank arrives.I'll also be adding the dry rock as soon as it gets here. The towel is supposed to be the tanks footprint, ehh it was close.

And where the tank and sump will be.

I'll be posting pictures of the tank when It arrives in a few weeks alongside the process of seeding my LR and equipment updates when the packages come in. Thanks!
Any suggestions or comments are gladly welcome!
-Joseph

 

[tektite]

Looks like a fun start

Welcome to MARSH by the way!

 

[Joseph Pat]

Thanks! I've done various Pico's before (3 Gallon JBJ Picotope, 2.5, 5.5) and since I'm still confined in size by my location. I won't be doing a big reef until I move into my apartment sometime early 2013. I can't wait to start receiving all the equipment so I can start plumbing/setup of everything before the tank arrives mid august. I'll be doing a 2 Gallon Temperate Tank in the meantime to keep me from going insane during the wait.

 

[ReeferMike]

nice I think I saw you're build thread on nano reef the other day like the plans and looks like a cool layout

 

[Joseph Pat]

Yeah I have the same post minus the greeting I have on here. And thanks! I wanted to do a plumbed tank since I've never done one before as well as a custom tank. I'm still a little unsure as to what kind of livestock I'm going Togo with. But I've got a lot of time to decide

 

[TiAg]

Looks cool and welcome! I'll be down your way the first couple weekends in September. I'm one of the guys that'll be making all the noise

You think about putting in a second drain in the overflow in case the primary clogs? Hate to see you get water all over your desk.

 

[Joseph Pat]

I'm going to have a filter sponge in the overflow to prevent that hopefully, and of I have to I'll have an extra drain tube to switch out if If needed. I have 15" of 1' vinyl tubing, as well as 20" of 3/4' tubing for the return lines. Since I'm not using PVC piping for the system everything will be secured with those metal tube locks, so that in the event I need to switch tubing out for any reason I'll be able to switch out individual tubes, or the entire return/drain tubes.