Hello guys (and gals).
So I've been lurking around in the hobby for about 5 years, been in the salt water game for about 2. My first tank (76g half cylinder) lasted about 9 months before I got the bug for more real estate and I stumbled across my current on craigslist and snagged it up. Tank is 8 foot x 3 foot x 18 inches with a filled WL of about 16.5-17 inches, or 240ish gallons. Tank is 3/4 glass and rimleed. Below is a 70 gallon custom sump from Glasscages in dixon tn (I've had great experience with them, others not so much, you can PM with any questions if you want). Drain is a bean animal style, all with 1.5 inch drains. Return is a pair of 1 inch pipes from my manifold.
Let's talk light Haha. So, on top of the tank I've got 4 zeus200s from aquazeal or something like that in China. Biggest problem is I wanted the lights directly ontop of tank, not hanging 6-12 inches above, and my tank is 24 square feet at the bottom. I called and asked and emailed till my fingers bled, and everyone wanted to sell me like 8 kessils, or 4 giant radions of hydras, or 8 AI primes ect ect. This was was too much given I was in the hobby for a few hundred bucks in equipment, and 1500$ for the tank and stand (which I would recoup half of selling my old setup). I broke down and spend a hair under a grand on these lights, wifi controller, and airmail from China (they got here in 5 days even with a custom color blend).
Sooo
In the sump, stole a bubble king mini 180 v2 from Ebay for like 145$, and was shocked to say the least when it showed up in a 2 foot tall box (it's got mini in the name LOL). 900 watts worth of heaters (through some scientificy type controller thingy with temp probe Haha), and a jaebo dct 12000 DC return pump. Also running brs dual media reactor and some dsuny lights I used on my old tank for refugium lights. I've got one of those generic float shutoff valves hooked up to a small (like 50gph) pump in my ro reservoir that is on an Amazon smart switch which comes on 4-6 times a day for 2-3 minutes (slightly changes seasonally based on evaporation, I try to use the float to maintain perfect water level in sump but the pump itself is timed to a point it was self sufficient for months without needing the float). Next post when I get around to it will be livestock (because I've got some questions on a few things).
So I've been lurking around in the hobby for about 5 years, been in the salt water game for about 2. My first tank (76g half cylinder) lasted about 9 months before I got the bug for more real estate and I stumbled across my current on craigslist and snagged it up. Tank is 8 foot x 3 foot x 18 inches with a filled WL of about 16.5-17 inches, or 240ish gallons. Tank is 3/4 glass and rimleed. Below is a 70 gallon custom sump from Glasscages in dixon tn (I've had great experience with them, others not so much, you can PM with any questions if you want). Drain is a bean animal style, all with 1.5 inch drains. Return is a pair of 1 inch pipes from my manifold.
Let's talk light Haha. So, on top of the tank I've got 4 zeus200s from aquazeal or something like that in China. Biggest problem is I wanted the lights directly ontop of tank, not hanging 6-12 inches above, and my tank is 24 square feet at the bottom. I called and asked and emailed till my fingers bled, and everyone wanted to sell me like 8 kessils, or 4 giant radions of hydras, or 8 AI primes ect ect. This was was too much given I was in the hobby for a few hundred bucks in equipment, and 1500$ for the tank and stand (which I would recoup half of selling my old setup). I broke down and spend a hair under a grand on these lights, wifi controller, and airmail from China (they got here in 5 days even with a custom color blend).
Sooo
In the sump, stole a bubble king mini 180 v2 from Ebay for like 145$, and was shocked to say the least when it showed up in a 2 foot tall box (it's got mini in the name LOL). 900 watts worth of heaters (through some scientificy type controller thingy with temp probe Haha), and a jaebo dct 12000 DC return pump. Also running brs dual media reactor and some dsuny lights I used on my old tank for refugium lights. I've got one of those generic float shutoff valves hooked up to a small (like 50gph) pump in my ro reservoir that is on an Amazon smart switch which comes on 4-6 times a day for 2-3 minutes (slightly changes seasonally based on evaporation, I try to use the float to maintain perfect water level in sump but the pump itself is timed to a point it was self sufficient for months without needing the float). Next post when I get around to it will be livestock (because I've got some questions on a few things).
