70 gallon frag tank

Kindred · Feb 20, 2020

Getting ready to start 70 g frag tank build. Advanced acrylic 4’x2’x1’. External overflow. Advanced acrylic sump and extruded aluminum stand from framtech. Ordered and awaiting delivery in a few weeks!

Kindred · Feb 20, 2020

Frame tech stand pdf

Peace River · Feb 20, 2020

Sweet! I look forward to seeing pictures!

Williamson’s Reef · Feb 21, 2020

I’ve been looking at those myself. Did you go with the museum option? I can’t decide if it’s worth the money. I’m thinking about going with the multilevel racks also. It sure adds up fast. Looking forward to your build.

Reefer40b · Feb 21, 2020

Just received a new frag tank from them for frag swaps turned out nice, great quality, clean seams!

Kindred · Feb 21, 2020

Nice! Looks awesome. I did go with the museum option , should be here in a few weeks will let you know then how it looks .

Williamson’s Reef · Feb 21, 2020

Kindred said:
Nice! Looks awesome. I did go with the museum option , should be here in a few weeks will let you know then how it looks .

I just ordered one...went with the museum option also. Been looking for over a week. Can’t seem to think about anything else...lol.

Kindred · Feb 22, 2020

Nice! What size?

Williamson’s Reef · Feb 22, 2020

72x24x12 ...went with the frag racks also. It was more expensive than my 245 DT I bought used. My great deal on a used tank has been really expensive in the end. I can’t seem to stop adding tanks and equipment...lol. I absolutely love the challenge/hobby of reef keeping.

Kindred · Feb 23, 2020

Biggestfish said:
72x24x12 ...went with the frag racks also. It was more expensive than my 245 DT I bought used. My great deal on a used tank has been really expensive in the end. I can’t seem to stop adding tanks and equipment...lol. I absolutely love the challenge/hobby of reef keeping.

Should be great, I went with the 4 foot version for space restrictions, but plan to go all in on equipment. Sump is being modified to allow claisea ( I hate socks)

For lighting I’m doing hybrid t5 and Radion. Timing was good on gen 5, preordered gen 5 blue for my display and will use gen 4 off display for frag tank.

Williamson’s Reef · Feb 23, 2020

Kindred said:
Should be great, I went with the 4 foot version for space restrictions, but plan to go all in on equipment. Sump is being modified to allow claisea ( I hate socks)

For lighting I’m doing hybrid t5 and Radion. Timing was good on gen 5, preordered gen 5 blue for my display and will use gen 4 off display for frag tank.

What are you planning for flow? I think I’m going with mp40s. I have mp40s and 60s on my DT. The 60s I think are overkill. I have a extra mp10 already.

I love the hybrid t5 setup. I have that with kessil AP700s on my main. I’ll go with the same but with the Kessil 360x as I already have one.

Kindred · Feb 23, 2020

Biggestfish said:
What are you planning for flow? I think I’m going with mp40s. I have mp40s and 60s on my DT. The 60s I think are overkill. I have a extra mp10 already.

I love the hybrid t5 setup. I have that with kessil AP700s on my main. I’ll go with the same but with the Kessil 360x as I already have one.

I’ll go with mp40’s maybe one or two. Probably go with eco tech return as well. Mp10 won’t work I think with the 3/4 acrylic as their rated for thickness <9.5 mm.

what bulbs do you use? I’m thinking two blue plus and two actinic...

going to set up calcium reactor too, just ordered from geo reef

Williamson’s Reef · Feb 23, 2020

Kindred said:
I’ll go with mp40’s maybe one or two. Probably go with eco tech return as well. Mp10 won’t work I think with the 3/4 acrylic as their rated for thickness <9.5 mm.

what bulbs do you use? I’m thinking two blue plus and two actinic...

going to set up calcium reactor too, just ordered from geo reef

I use two blue plus and two actinic on my DT. I really like it. I had two blue specials, two blue plus for a bit.. to white. I dose two part with apex and my frag tank is getting plumbed into my main system.

Williamson’s Reef · Feb 29, 2020

Are you putting anything on the bottom of the tank? I’m thinking maybe some ABS Sheets. I have a couple of coral covered rocks I’d like to put in my tank. I’m worried about scratching up the acrylic though. Never had a acrylic tank.

Kindred · Mar 1, 2020

Abs would work. I am not planning on using though.
My stand shipped , also switched out my gen 4 for gen 5 radion blues today to use gen 4 on frag tank.

I was surprised how noisy the gen 5 fan is vs gen 4....

Williamson’s Reef · Mar 1, 2020

Nice! I’m surprised to hear that. I’d be nervous to change my lights out on my main tank. Although I know those will be close...When I rented a par meter and made some changes...I lost a lot of coral. Just changing the height of my lights and distance for better coverage. It’s easy to burn them with led. Take it slow.

Kindred · Mar 16, 2020

Thanks so far so good matched par on average , my bottom readings a bit higher so will see how my zoas and lps do but good so far. My alk consumption went up around 20%