Hello Reef2Reef users
My name is Jordan and I am new to this forum. I have been in the salt water aquarium hobby most of my life now (im only 22 its not that long). I personally started with a 8g biocube reef tank and moved up to a 20g long tank then back down to the 8g biocube. My father is a hobbyist as well and wants to build a tank set up from scratch in our means.
To start I have a pretty good background in nano tanks but were moving up in the world. So here we go, the tank and sump size are ganna be about a 100 gallon main tank and a 30 gallon sump. Now the equipment is what has got me baffled.
Protein Skimmer- Reef Octopus Classic 110 INT Protein Skimmer this is what im thinking about getting. I have read reviews and no one hates it. I also heard that its better to get the protein skimmer with the pump on the outside of it as appose to the inside.
Return Pump- So for this I know I want to buy from Eheim I have only hear good things about them. How ever I don't know which one. There is a compact one and the universal pump. Then im stuck on what GPH I want to get. i do know that this is heavily based off how far my sump is from my tank but i would just like to hear maybe what people are using just to get an idea.
Powerhead - Jabeo WP-25 However I do not know if I need to run another powerhead.
Now for the biggest part!
Lighting- However now I see LED is the way to go. Only problem, they are way out of my price range to light my whole tank. I was thinking of running some type of t5 system with 2 strips of LEDs on each side. Again if anyone can point me in a good direction or tell me there set up for an idea it would be excellent.
Any type of help is diffidently welcomed!!
My name is Jordan and I am new to this forum. I have been in the salt water aquarium hobby most of my life now (im only 22 its not that long). I personally started with a 8g biocube reef tank and moved up to a 20g long tank then back down to the 8g biocube. My father is a hobbyist as well and wants to build a tank set up from scratch in our means.
To start I have a pretty good background in nano tanks but were moving up in the world. So here we go, the tank and sump size are ganna be about a 100 gallon main tank and a 30 gallon sump. Now the equipment is what has got me baffled.
Protein Skimmer- Reef Octopus Classic 110 INT Protein Skimmer this is what im thinking about getting. I have read reviews and no one hates it. I also heard that its better to get the protein skimmer with the pump on the outside of it as appose to the inside.
Return Pump- So for this I know I want to buy from Eheim I have only hear good things about them. How ever I don't know which one. There is a compact one and the universal pump. Then im stuck on what GPH I want to get. i do know that this is heavily based off how far my sump is from my tank but i would just like to hear maybe what people are using just to get an idea.
Powerhead - Jabeo WP-25 However I do not know if I need to run another powerhead.
Now for the biggest part!
Lighting- However now I see LED is the way to go. Only problem, they are way out of my price range to light my whole tank. I was thinking of running some type of t5 system with 2 strips of LEDs on each side. Again if anyone can point me in a good direction or tell me there set up for an idea it would be excellent.
Any type of help is diffidently welcomed!!