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Hello everyone. Im finally feeling the need for a new tank and I've decided on a deep blue reef ready 35g 20x20 cube. So far my tanks have all been small (12x12 cubes or a 15g aqueon fowlr). As such i never did sumps, just hang on filters filled with chemipure and purigen + live rock.
As such, i have a lot of questions and im looking for advice/recommendations!
what i know i am going with/have
heater will be two 100w eheim jagers. ive always used these heaters and trust them. two for redundancy.
i usually get live rock but i may try brs reef saver this time just for fun. i use caribsea oceandirect live sand usually as i like the look.
ato will be a tunze 3152 nano osmolator. ato container will probably be a 10g tank with a custom top i will cut from acrylic for a good, tight fit
circulation i will use an ecotech mp10.
for filtration media type things, macro in the fuge, live rock, chemipure elite, and purigen.
I do want to hard plump although never having used a sump i am going to need recommendations on this and watch some videos on proper set up.
i am probably going to be building the stand out of pine 2x4's with plywood "tabletops" for the tank and sump to sit on.
sump
This will be my first time with a sump so i am looking for suggestions on what brand! i see some expensive ones like trigger systems are popular as well as this eshopps one
im not sure what to be looking for in a sump tbh all i know is i want space for a fuge for chaeto or some other kind of macro, space for a skimmer (speaking of which i need a recommendation for this too... theres so many), and a space for live rock (and ofc the heater and my ato sensor which barely takes space) . my only criteria is that it fit under my stand which will also be 20x20 like the tank, so the insides are probably going to be a bit smaller? i was thinking a 10g tank size sump but i wasnt sure if there were any prebuilts that would be good for what i want.
In talking of the sump, i see so many options for return pumps that im not sure what to do. im leaning towards and eheim because people like them and i always use eheim stuff. if it was a bigger tank id probably go for one of the ecotech vectras as i love their stuff and am going to use an mp10 in the tank.
lighting
so ive only used kessils a80's before. i tried an orbit marine pro but i wasnt a fan.
for this tank i was considering between a kessil a360, picking up a used radion, a prime hd (i am going for a mixed reef so i dont think this will be strong enough?), a hydra 26, an sb reeflight, or whatever else is recommended!
i would prefer to keep it to one light fixture though.
i think this covers everything i had questions with so far. please enlighten me with your knowledge
As such, i have a lot of questions and im looking for advice/recommendations!
what i know i am going with/have
heater will be two 100w eheim jagers. ive always used these heaters and trust them. two for redundancy.
i usually get live rock but i may try brs reef saver this time just for fun. i use caribsea oceandirect live sand usually as i like the look.
ato will be a tunze 3152 nano osmolator. ato container will probably be a 10g tank with a custom top i will cut from acrylic for a good, tight fit
circulation i will use an ecotech mp10.
for filtration media type things, macro in the fuge, live rock, chemipure elite, and purigen.
I do want to hard plump although never having used a sump i am going to need recommendations on this and watch some videos on proper set up.
i am probably going to be building the stand out of pine 2x4's with plywood "tabletops" for the tank and sump to sit on.
sump
This will be my first time with a sump so i am looking for suggestions on what brand! i see some expensive ones like trigger systems are popular as well as this eshopps one
im not sure what to be looking for in a sump tbh all i know is i want space for a fuge for chaeto or some other kind of macro, space for a skimmer (speaking of which i need a recommendation for this too... theres so many), and a space for live rock (and ofc the heater and my ato sensor which barely takes space) . my only criteria is that it fit under my stand which will also be 20x20 like the tank, so the insides are probably going to be a bit smaller? i was thinking a 10g tank size sump but i wasnt sure if there were any prebuilts that would be good for what i want.
In talking of the sump, i see so many options for return pumps that im not sure what to do. im leaning towards and eheim because people like them and i always use eheim stuff. if it was a bigger tank id probably go for one of the ecotech vectras as i love their stuff and am going to use an mp10 in the tank.
lighting
so ive only used kessils a80's before. i tried an orbit marine pro but i wasnt a fan.
for this tank i was considering between a kessil a360, picking up a used radion, a prime hd (i am going for a mixed reef so i dont think this will be strong enough?), a hydra 26, an sb reeflight, or whatever else is recommended!
i would prefer to keep it to one light fixture though.
i think this covers everything i had questions with so far. please enlighten me with your knowledge