So today was a big day! My new Husband and I put down our deposit on a custom 243G Rimless Tank from Planet Aquariums. The Tank dimensions will be 72x30x24 and will be made out of 3/4" glass with 1" bottom 20" Tideline (ghost) overflow that will run a herbie style drain and 2X 3/4" returns. We also decided to get a steel stand from Planet as well and also having a 5 year warranty isn't bad piece of mind either! Once the stand is here we will have to figure out some kind of paneling to cover the poutside and hide the sump from view, but thats in a different thread Here -> https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/panels-for-metal-stand.529656/#post-5498811
Our plan for the tank will to be a mixed LPS/SPS tank. Lights will be 4 Radions (2X Gen2Pros from previous setup and 2X Gen3s) and 4X 54W T5s (also from previous setup) but we may eventually upgrade the T5s to full 6ft bulbs instead of the 4ft but for the beginning until things really start to fill in, it should be ok. Ca and ALK will be balanced through the use of a MRC Calcium Reactor on my apex and possibly in the future some sort of alk monitor/controller but thats down the line.
As for flow inside the tank, we haven't fully decided on what to go with, we were thinking possibly either 2X MP40QD on either end and maybe 2-3 MP10's along the back wall pushing towards the front or possibly instead of the 2 MP40s maybe one of the new Gyres and the Mp10s on the back wall? i think part of that will be decided once we have the tank in place and can get our aquascape figured out so we know where pumps need to be/not be.
We close on our new house on Jan31 and the tank will be delivered shortly after that, but there will be many things to do once its here before it sees water. this is going to be a slow and calculated build thread, i don't want to cut any corners, and i want this to be the best reef that i can make it using my years of past experiences as well as drawing on others for help and advice.
I'll be sure to get some pics of things as we collect them for this build and keep updating this thread as often as i can. Thanks for taking this journey with us!
Our plan for the tank will to be a mixed LPS/SPS tank. Lights will be 4 Radions (2X Gen2Pros from previous setup and 2X Gen3s) and 4X 54W T5s (also from previous setup) but we may eventually upgrade the T5s to full 6ft bulbs instead of the 4ft but for the beginning until things really start to fill in, it should be ok. Ca and ALK will be balanced through the use of a MRC Calcium Reactor on my apex and possibly in the future some sort of alk monitor/controller but thats down the line.
As for flow inside the tank, we haven't fully decided on what to go with, we were thinking possibly either 2X MP40QD on either end and maybe 2-3 MP10's along the back wall pushing towards the front or possibly instead of the 2 MP40s maybe one of the new Gyres and the Mp10s on the back wall? i think part of that will be decided once we have the tank in place and can get our aquascape figured out so we know where pumps need to be/not be.
We close on our new house on Jan31 and the tank will be delivered shortly after that, but there will be many things to do once its here before it sees water. this is going to be a slow and calculated build thread, i don't want to cut any corners, and i want this to be the best reef that i can make it using my years of past experiences as well as drawing on others for help and advice.
I'll be sure to get some pics of things as we collect them for this build and keep updating this thread as often as i can. Thanks for taking this journey with us!