Hello R2R, Its been awhile since I've had a reef tank. My last tank was taken down in 2014 after all sorts of chaos and stress. With that being said, I've got the itch again after taking my nephew to the Long Beach aquarium last fall.
So with the purchase of a new home, and soon some remodeling I thought I'd sneak this in past the wife... well not entirely. It's going to be a pleasant surprise. I've decided to annex the entire garage for my setup. I don't want to deal with issues of water spills, plumbing through walls, system growth and most importantly endless chiming in about my insanity by my wonderful wife
I was going to wait to start this thread but I wanted some input on lighting and overall set up from all the great minds of R2R.
I placed my deposit for my build right before Christmas but since Reef Savvy's lead time is approx 7 months I was told there would be time for changes . My Goal is to have an SPS dominant tank
Tank (So Far) :
72x48x18 peninsula with dual ghost overflows and euro braced
Skimmer: ATB 1040A, purchased
Return Pump: Abyzz 400, purchased.
Lighting. TBD, thinking about ATI sunpower 60' inch 8 bulb, but still debating, could run 3x 36' inch 8 bulb lights perpendicular , maybe add Kessil's 360x's in between them. I had the ATI powermodule LED for my last build and loved it but honestly I didn't see much benefit of the added LED. It was great having some control and a single power cord but other than that I couldn't justify the additional cost and power consumption.
SUMP: TBD
CARX: TBD
Controller: Neptune Apex
Flow: TBD, leaning towards Panta Rhei ECM 63, also debating and internal closed loop with the drain on the side of the return lines.
Please , I could use much input as possible, so please chime in .
thanks,
nik
So with the purchase of a new home, and soon some remodeling I thought I'd sneak this in past the wife... well not entirely. It's going to be a pleasant surprise. I've decided to annex the entire garage for my setup. I don't want to deal with issues of water spills, plumbing through walls, system growth and most importantly endless chiming in about my insanity by my wonderful wife
I was going to wait to start this thread but I wanted some input on lighting and overall set up from all the great minds of R2R.
I placed my deposit for my build right before Christmas but since Reef Savvy's lead time is approx 7 months I was told there would be time for changes . My Goal is to have an SPS dominant tank
Tank (So Far) :
72x48x18 peninsula with dual ghost overflows and euro braced
Skimmer: ATB 1040A, purchased
Return Pump: Abyzz 400, purchased.
Lighting. TBD, thinking about ATI sunpower 60' inch 8 bulb, but still debating, could run 3x 36' inch 8 bulb lights perpendicular , maybe add Kessil's 360x's in between them. I had the ATI powermodule LED for my last build and loved it but honestly I didn't see much benefit of the added LED. It was great having some control and a single power cord but other than that I couldn't justify the additional cost and power consumption.
SUMP: TBD
CARX: TBD
Controller: Neptune Apex
Flow: TBD, leaning towards Panta Rhei ECM 63, also debating and internal closed loop with the drain on the side of the return lines.
Please , I could use much input as possible, so please chime in .
thanks,
nik
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