Dkmoo
Valuable Member
Hi All - just bought a new house and started to plan for my dream 150G tank. This will be an upgrade to my current 30G mixed reef. Since i'm making the jump from a small tank i did quite a bit of research but I'd appreciate your inputs on my current plan below in terms of the equipment
1) Lighting - 3 orphik icon - my mixed reef is 50% acro so will want to hit 400 - 250 Par top to bottom. Is this overkill or not enough? Tank dimesion is the standard 5 x 2 x 2.
2) Skimmer - Reef Oct Regal 150 INT
3) Return Pump - will have a 70G sump/fuge in the basement, approx 10 - 13ft of head pressure. is 1 Vectra L2 enough? Really don't want to shell out $$ for a Abyzz200a unless necessary. I'm not looking for a ton of turnover out of the pump - 3x is enough. Most of the flow will come from the Neros. I don't want AC pumps b/c of the noise concern b/c my home office is next to the maintenance room in the basement.
4) flow - 2 Nero 5s
5) Fuge light - kessil H380
6) heaters - 250W x 2
7) Cooler - a 1/4 hp chiller - is this necessary? i live in central NJ.
8) UV - 40W Aqua Ultraviolet
9) Apex Controller with 3x DOS. (Alk/CA/redsea abcd) and ATO kit. For the Apex ATO i'm seeing mixed reviews - worth the concern or should i go for a stand-alone Tunze osmolator 3155?
10) Electrical - i'm having an electrician come in next week for a consult but with the above equip at max i'm looking at 16amp! (factor in things like DT/Fuge light, heater/cooler will run on opposite sch) - is that normal? Anyone with similar set ups run a dedicated circuit or plug to the existing?
Anything i'm missing? Brand/options for the equipment are not set in stone for now but i do want to get a pretty good estimate of the total wattage for the electrician consult next week so want to check if i'm forgetting any big ticket power-draw items.
Thanks everyone. appreciate your inputs.
1) Lighting - 3 orphik icon - my mixed reef is 50% acro so will want to hit 400 - 250 Par top to bottom. Is this overkill or not enough? Tank dimesion is the standard 5 x 2 x 2.
2) Skimmer - Reef Oct Regal 150 INT
3) Return Pump - will have a 70G sump/fuge in the basement, approx 10 - 13ft of head pressure. is 1 Vectra L2 enough? Really don't want to shell out $$ for a Abyzz200a unless necessary. I'm not looking for a ton of turnover out of the pump - 3x is enough. Most of the flow will come from the Neros. I don't want AC pumps b/c of the noise concern b/c my home office is next to the maintenance room in the basement.
4) flow - 2 Nero 5s
5) Fuge light - kessil H380
6) heaters - 250W x 2
7) Cooler - a 1/4 hp chiller - is this necessary? i live in central NJ.
8) UV - 40W Aqua Ultraviolet
9) Apex Controller with 3x DOS. (Alk/CA/redsea abcd) and ATO kit. For the Apex ATO i'm seeing mixed reviews - worth the concern or should i go for a stand-alone Tunze osmolator 3155?
10) Electrical - i'm having an electrician come in next week for a consult but with the above equip at max i'm looking at 16amp! (factor in things like DT/Fuge light, heater/cooler will run on opposite sch) - is that normal? Anyone with similar set ups run a dedicated circuit or plug to the existing?
Anything i'm missing? Brand/options for the equipment are not set in stone for now but i do want to get a pretty good estimate of the total wattage for the electrician consult next week so want to check if i'm forgetting any big ticket power-draw items.
Thanks everyone. appreciate your inputs.
