New Tank Plan_Suggestions Welcomed

[Hungriee]

Hello,

I have been in the reefkeeping hobby for about 14 months now and will be moving soon to my new house in the next 4 months. I started a plan on how to utilize my current fish tanks to make a larger reef in my new house.

Right now I own a 37G tank with a 20G Long Sump which have been housing mostly LPS and zoas and some Montis. I have success and will like to make an upgrade once I move to the new house.

So this is my plan, I have a 50G Breeder (36"Lx18"Wx18"H) which I will house LPS which will have a 3 sided view and a 40G Breeder tank (36"Lx18"Wx16"H) which I will house SPS placed perpendicular to the 50G tank forming a peninsula (L Shape).

I hope I haven't confused anyone yet, lol. Under neath the 50G tank I will house my 20G Long Sump (which I already have) and a 5.5G (16"Lx10"Wx10"H) refugium. The 50G will use my old lifereef overflow box (1" Drain) and will Tee off to feed my refugium (which is placed behind the sump) and then into the first chamber of the skimmer. The 40G will use a glassholes overflow box with 1.5"Drains which will directly drain into the first chamber of the sump.

The first chamber will just be filter socks and drain pipes, along with two heaters. In the second chamber we will will have my current MSX160 Skimmer which leads to three baffles to the third chamber which will house a Eheim 1262 for the return (or Eheim 1260). I'm not sure which one i should opt for.

The return line will be split into three lines which feeds the manifold (which will eventually feed my frag tank [Plan is to have a 24"L x 18"W x 14"H]), the 40G breeder and the 50G Breeder.

See the attached picture I drew in PAINT (don't laugh).:bigsmile:

 

[amay121]

Get the 1262. One thing though is, is that the biggest sized tank you want? I'm sure you can find something in the 75-120g range for a reasonable price (used that is).

Just asking because the thing I see the most is folks are never too happy with the tank size that they have, they're always looking for something bigger.

 

[Hungriee]

Get the 1262. One thing though is, is that the biggest sized tank you want? I'm sure you can find something in the 75-120g range for a reasonable price (used that is).

Just asking because the thing I see the most is folks are never too happy with the tank size that they have, they're always looking for something bigger.

I was thinking of the same too but would still like to keep the concept of two tanks mainly because I want to form the L shape, probably will due away with the 40G and opt for maybe a 75peninsula.

Another reason is I want to keep mainly SPS and zoas in one tank and LPS dominant in the other.

How does the plumbing plan look? Any flaws or suggestions?

 

[BluegrassReef]

cool idea....I may steal it from ya....lol...I am planning 2 40 breeders myself....hummmmmm

 

[Hungriee]

cool idea....I may steal it from ya....lol...I am planning 2 40 breeders myself....hummmmmm

I was thinking it be pretty cool too since I already have the tanks laying around and was just thinking of how to use them since they are good size tanks.

 

[amay121]

Everything thing seems fine and I understand where you're coming from. I have a local member that has 4 40B tied together (2 frag 40B tanks) + 40B fuge + 40B sump. Setup is nice, but it's a pain after a while to take care of, but since he has time and not too many other duties, I think he's good (until he has a kid). :)

 

[killingseed2000]

its workable, nothing wrong with that layout and should look nice when done.

 

[Hungriee]

So underneath the 40G peninsula tank, I'm thinking of a frag tank there (24"L x 18"W). Next to the frag tank, I plan on a 10G Top off tank or set up a dosing system for Calc, Alk, Mg. Otherwise I can just use a 30G breeder and separate a section off for the 10G, which one would look more appealing?

I plan sealing the metal stand with doors and having a window in the door to see the frag tank ( so it looks like it's an in wall concept). Not sure how it'll look yet but just some of my thoughts for now.

All inputs are welcomed.