Mattc123
Active Member
Hi everyone! I've recently been building up my 90 gallon tank setup and I think I've finally just about finished it for now. I'd love to know everyone's thoughts on my aquascape, sump setup, and more! To start, it's a 48x18 marineland corner flow aquarium which I have plumbed with a Herbie overflow. I have 80 pounds of AragAlive special grade reef sand, along with around 70 pounds of dry rock and 20 pounds of live rock. I'm using instantocean reef crystals for my salt keeping my water at 1.025sg. For my light I have a FluvalSea Marine 59W light set with all light channels to about 10% right now for the two clowns I have in there currently. For my main powerhead I'm using an IceCap 1k gyre pump, and I'm likely going to use a regular old powerhead to eliminate any leftover dead spots that the return doesn't flow into either. For my sump I have an ecoreef 100, currently with a filter sock soon to be a sponge. I have an extremely oversized BubbleMagus Curve 7 in the first chamber, 1L of some seachem matrix in my second chamber, and an aquamag 950 for my return pump along with an innovative marine ATO in the return pump chamber. Plumbed into a very rudimentary manifold, I have one aquamaxx reactor right now as well with a return into the second chamber. I plan on getting a small turf scrubber as well and putting it above the second chamber. And for a heater I have an Eheim Jager in my cornerflow chamber as far down as possible so it stays below the surface even in a power failure, and it's hooked up to an inkbird wifi temperature controller along with a grounding probe in there as well. I also have a wye check valve on my return and made sure to only put the nozzles about half an inch below the surface just in case, and my plumbing has about 4 90 degree angles with 4ft of height. That's about it and let me know what you guys think and any recommendations you may have!
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