alindell
Active Member
Bought the tank slightly used. For the most part it seems in good shape.
This is a 59 inch long, 26 wide, 23 high, 3/4 inch all glass aquarium. Currently in a low natural light, cool temp basement set up. The tank on stand, without water is for the most part level with a slight deviation front to back. I did not use the adjustable legs that came with the set up and instead have the bottom of the stand covered in felt pads sitting on top of a industrial looking garage plastic matt for floor protection. The matt is a high strength, durable material that is meant for cars to drive on it so it should help protect laminate flooring from indentations and salt water spills.
Lighting:
The set up came with the 48 inch hybrid aquatic life t5/ led fixture. 3 Xr30 blue G5 Radions LEDs sit in the middle surrounded by 4 t5 ho 54 watt bulbs. The fixture will be suspended about about 8.5 inches above water with the fixture slightly centered towards back of tank as the front of the tank will be more an open space.
Schedule: following a typical ab spectrum template from ecotech with ramp up and down periods. I'll probably have the t5s turn on first to warm up the tank or have them come on during more mud day for max spectrum photosynthesis.
Flow:
I will use one reef wave 45 gyre along with 2 opposing Mp 40s along with a S2 ecotech vectra return pump to start. I want to create a variable, intermittent flow system that has wave action and opposing variable strong flow on the top of the reef and slower flow near the bottom. I'm not sure if I need to add any more pumps. Maybe down the road
Reef Rock design:
I'm going for a negative space island look where there will be multiple islands separated to give depth and an open feel to the aquarium.
Sump/Filtration/Dosing:
I am using the red sea plumbing system except I have upgraded the main drain down pipe from the bulk head to us spec 1 inch pipe with a ball valve and upgraded spears gate valve as the stock red sea valve I have heard sucks. So far the rest of plumbing is stock and maybe further down the road I will add a manifold.
I will be utilizing filter socks, purigen and filter pads to collect large waste and be the initial filter. (Thought about getting a filter roller but I've heard they are hard to dial in and I didn't feel like cutting out the red sea sumps sections to fit it in.)
That will then go over to some biological ceramic filter blocks/media, then to a refugium with cheato lit by kessil H380, then to a skimmer section with a rsk 300 and bubble magus curve 5 skimmer and finnally a return section where dosing and apex probes will be. I'm thinking of also adding a brs carbon reactor to polish water and having it in the skimmer section.
I will be using the new red sea auto top off to replenish fresh homemade rodi water. For water change I will have daily small auto water changes via apex dos set up for the first couple years to add a majority of elements from premixed saltwater stored in a brute trashcan. Along with this I will be dosing kalk via a kalk stirrer and dosing all for reef too from a doser. If alk becomes a problem I have dosers to add in sodium bicarbonate and maybe later down the road add a calcium reactor to maintain demand.
I believe kalk us great for getting pH up, but the addition of other media dosing is important to maintain alk, cal, mag etc...
Brains:
I will using the newer apex system to monitor pH, salinity, temp. This will also control my heaters and dosers for auto water change and other elements that need to be added such kalk or sodium bicarbonate. I am using it to also control two brs titanium heaters.
I'm am planning on using Mobius for my lights and return pump. T5s can be on simple timers.
Red sea controller for reef wave and ato.
I have just started to get what I need and the set up. This project is still in progress and I am planning on it taking another month or two before water is added. I'm planning on making this a mixed reef tank with a healthy population of diverse fish. Let's see how it turns out!
This is a 59 inch long, 26 wide, 23 high, 3/4 inch all glass aquarium. Currently in a low natural light, cool temp basement set up. The tank on stand, without water is for the most part level with a slight deviation front to back. I did not use the adjustable legs that came with the set up and instead have the bottom of the stand covered in felt pads sitting on top of a industrial looking garage plastic matt for floor protection. The matt is a high strength, durable material that is meant for cars to drive on it so it should help protect laminate flooring from indentations and salt water spills.
Lighting:
The set up came with the 48 inch hybrid aquatic life t5/ led fixture. 3 Xr30 blue G5 Radions LEDs sit in the middle surrounded by 4 t5 ho 54 watt bulbs. The fixture will be suspended about about 8.5 inches above water with the fixture slightly centered towards back of tank as the front of the tank will be more an open space.
Schedule: following a typical ab spectrum template from ecotech with ramp up and down periods. I'll probably have the t5s turn on first to warm up the tank or have them come on during more mud day for max spectrum photosynthesis.
Flow:
I will use one reef wave 45 gyre along with 2 opposing Mp 40s along with a S2 ecotech vectra return pump to start. I want to create a variable, intermittent flow system that has wave action and opposing variable strong flow on the top of the reef and slower flow near the bottom. I'm not sure if I need to add any more pumps. Maybe down the road
Reef Rock design:
I'm going for a negative space island look where there will be multiple islands separated to give depth and an open feel to the aquarium.
Sump/Filtration/Dosing:
I am using the red sea plumbing system except I have upgraded the main drain down pipe from the bulk head to us spec 1 inch pipe with a ball valve and upgraded spears gate valve as the stock red sea valve I have heard sucks. So far the rest of plumbing is stock and maybe further down the road I will add a manifold.
I will be utilizing filter socks, purigen and filter pads to collect large waste and be the initial filter. (Thought about getting a filter roller but I've heard they are hard to dial in and I didn't feel like cutting out the red sea sumps sections to fit it in.)
That will then go over to some biological ceramic filter blocks/media, then to a refugium with cheato lit by kessil H380, then to a skimmer section with a rsk 300 and bubble magus curve 5 skimmer and finnally a return section where dosing and apex probes will be. I'm thinking of also adding a brs carbon reactor to polish water and having it in the skimmer section.
I will be using the new red sea auto top off to replenish fresh homemade rodi water. For water change I will have daily small auto water changes via apex dos set up for the first couple years to add a majority of elements from premixed saltwater stored in a brute trashcan. Along with this I will be dosing kalk via a kalk stirrer and dosing all for reef too from a doser. If alk becomes a problem I have dosers to add in sodium bicarbonate and maybe later down the road add a calcium reactor to maintain demand.
I believe kalk us great for getting pH up, but the addition of other media dosing is important to maintain alk, cal, mag etc...
Brains:
I will using the newer apex system to monitor pH, salinity, temp. This will also control my heaters and dosers for auto water change and other elements that need to be added such kalk or sodium bicarbonate. I am using it to also control two brs titanium heaters.
I'm am planning on using Mobius for my lights and return pump. T5s can be on simple timers.
Red sea controller for reef wave and ato.
I have just started to get what I need and the set up. This project is still in progress and I am planning on it taking another month or two before water is added. I'm planning on making this a mixed reef tank with a healthy population of diverse fish. Let's see how it turns out!
. Oh well I'm going to try and contact ecotech about the problem. Reverse issue on the other pump. 
