Ordered a custom Glass Cages

[Lifelongcane]

Ordered on Friday 5/29/26
Measures 36x24x20
Glass Cages stand- Cherry stain
2 Radions XR 15 G6 Blues
Bashsea Signature sump
2 VorTech MP 40

Considering:
Ultra reef 140 skimmer
Hydros controllers

Need advice:
Heater
ATO

Would welcome thoughts and advice!

 

[vcnt]

I don't recommend Hydros.
AFAIK, they wont work with your MP40s, and I have Hydros for my gyres, and I find the app a bit annoying.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/have-hydros-lost-their-way.1158540/ <-- recent thread of people discussing hydros.

Welcome to r2r and good luck on the tank !!

ps. if you end up going the controller route, apex needs the MXM to work with those pumps, and I think the lights too for apex control

 

[Lifelongcane]

I don't recommend Hydros.
AFAIK, they wont work with your MP40s, and I have Hydros for my gyres, and I find the app a bit annoying.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/have-hydros-lost-their-way.1158540/ <-- recent thread of people discussing hydros.

Welcome to r2r and good luck on the tank !!

ps. if you end up going the controller route, apex needs the MXM to work with those pumps, and I think the lights too for apex control

Thank you. I appreciate your response!

 

[mfinn]

I like the tank size.
From what I've read Glass Cages has really stepped up their game in the last few years.
I think a pair of MP40's is a bit too much for a tank this size.
Check out Tunze powerheads.
I really like my pair of 6055's I have on my 32" x 24" x 20" tank.

 

[Idech]

For heat, get 2 Eheim heaters and hook them to a (marine) Inkbird controller for redundancy.

For ATO, I like Tunze.

 

[X-37B]

Skip the mp40's and go with 1 Tunze orca 6075.
Tunze ozmo 3 ato.
Tunze 9430dc.
Do you see a pattern, lol.
I run Tunze ozmo 3's on 5 systems.
Tunze 9430dc and 9410dc skimmers on 4 systems.
I run Sea Sweeps with Tunze 6255's on my 170.
The Orca was not out yet and I will opt for them in the future.
Take a look at the Meridian 32. I run 2 photon 50's on my 170 because the Meridians were not out yet.
Current ext 170

 

[JumboShrimp]

A bit pricey, but I guess these are the latest and greatest in holders. (Great choice in Tanks, by the way... so what's a few extra dollars now to stay first-class .)