Lighting and providing flow a odd sized cube tank

[zach_discus]

Hello fairly new to the forum. Original goal was to start small but I'm not very good at that. Plus for cheep I picked up a 100g tank, problem is the dimensions. It is 28"x28" square and 30" tall. My last reef was a 90 lit with two TaeTronics AL-09s. While not the best they did a admiral job and convinced me on LEDs. Now the catch is I'm trying to keep the lighting cost moderately low with a budget of $375. I will not be using any controllers so dimmable would be a huge bonus.

As for flow my rockwork will be roughly 3/4 the depth of the tank and a central island stack is the plan. Would four bigger Korallia alternating plus something like a SeaSwirl provide a nice turbulent flow?

Thanks for any and help/suggestions. Zach

 

[mfinn]

I would check with Barrier Reef or Oceans By Design for led lighting.
Be nice to be able to have a local company for warranty issues.

Also Ocean Revive is a sponsor here and I see a lot of good reviews.
Then there is Reef Breeders.


The koralias are kind of big, and I've never had good long term success with them.
This is where I spend some money and look into Tunze.

Sea-Swirls are awesome return pump devices.