Admittedly we are not going to build for a few months yet; I just figured it would be a great idea to login here drop some notes and see if others would chime in and head off any mistakes I might be making from the start, so just please feel free to drop ANY suggestions.
We are having a custom tank made by, most likely, Glass Cages to fit the opening of an existing pass through from the kitchen dining area to the living room/den. So, here goes:
Display Tank
We are having a custom tank made by, most likely, Glass Cages to fit the opening of an existing pass through from the kitchen dining area to the living room/den. So, here goes:
Display Tank
- Custom 78.9 (call it 80) gal. rimless Peninsula-style with a divider wall overflow on one short end, plumbed with 5 bulk heads( 3 - 1” drains & 2 - 3/4” returns). 3 drains for a Bean Animal. But after reading threads re. the constant headaches some have with them, I am seriously rethinking going with 2 - 1” holes and a Herbie.
- Flow, we are going Mixed Reef, probably softies/leathers, a few anemones, maybe a couple LPS and perhaps 1 or 2 select SPS in the best flow/lit area, so I I’ve worked out a couple options:
- 1. Two RED SEA – REEFWAVE GYRE 25s with 2 smaller Neros or Current USA 1000+ flow heads to eradicate dead spots, this has become the leading solution in my book, or
- 2. Two EcoTech MP10s, again with 2 smaller Neros or Current USA 1000+ flow heads to eradicate dead spots.
- Lighting:
- Two - AI Prime 16 HD, or
- Two or three - 165W Viparspectra LEDs (as I now see, you can easily decimate a budget on lighting, ugh)
- We are in Texas, so as a small caution, I’ll add a GHL Propeller Breeze 3, 3 Fan Black
- 20 gal. Long DIY with Fiji Cube baffle kit with refugium section & filter socks.
- Red Sea Reefer RSK300 Skimmer
- Vectra S2 DC Return Pump (1400 GPH) - Ecotech
- Dual Finnex HMX 300S Titanium Heaters w/Inkbird ITC-306A WiFi Temperature Controller
- Aux. return loop:
- Syncra Silent 2.0 Pump (568 GPH), Sicce
- 40 Watt IceCap High Output UV Sterilizer
- BRS Dual Media Reactor (planned for GFO & Carbon)
- BioMaxx BioPellet Reactor - Standard, future use
- Hygger 20W 12-18" LED Refugium Light