Hey everybody. I know a lot of people have done 40b builds in the past, and a lot of those tanks are what drove me to starting this tank. Hundreds if not thousands of people believe it has the perfect dimensions. I wish it was just 2 inches taller, but hey, its close enough.
For those of you who are going to ask immediately, I am planning for a SPS dominant mixed tank. All of my equipment is going to be purchased on the assumption that I will one day want to remove all softies and LPS and go strictly SPS. Im not a collector by any means, so all the corals I get will be what I like to look at. (plus I don't have a very good coral market around here that I know of) :xd:
This tank will be Bare Bottom to keep very high flow, because I hate the look of uneven sandbeds and the bare spots that can occur. All of my circulation pumps will be as close to the bottom of the tank as possible and hidden behind rockwork. I am planning on running an above display fuge in a 29g with a DSB and lots of macro and letting it drain into the display. This can be added at anytime in the future.
My equipment list so far is:
Tank- AGA 40 breeder
Sump- 20Long (I don't care what brand)
Glass-holes Overflow @ 700gph
Marineland 3000 return (750gph)
Lighting- 2x 150w XM 15k bulbs. (still looking for good reflectors)
Skimmer- ReefOctopus4 (100g) 2010 version
TwoLittleFishies Phosban Reactor 150
Koralia Evo 1400's x2 on a wavemaker of some kind (RKL most likely)
So far thats all I can think of. I will keep you guys up to date with purchases and will include many, many pictures, because I know that most people will not read a thread without pictures.
Any comments, questions, complaints, gripes, or even criticism(good or bad) are all welcome here. Just post right on here and don't bother sending a PM. If there is something to be learned then everyone should be able to see it. I am not an expert nor do I claim to be, so I will make mistakes. Just letting you know now ahead of time so you can prepare yourself in advance.
Thanks.
For those of you who are going to ask immediately, I am planning for a SPS dominant mixed tank. All of my equipment is going to be purchased on the assumption that I will one day want to remove all softies and LPS and go strictly SPS. Im not a collector by any means, so all the corals I get will be what I like to look at. (plus I don't have a very good coral market around here that I know of) :xd:
This tank will be Bare Bottom to keep very high flow, because I hate the look of uneven sandbeds and the bare spots that can occur. All of my circulation pumps will be as close to the bottom of the tank as possible and hidden behind rockwork. I am planning on running an above display fuge in a 29g with a DSB and lots of macro and letting it drain into the display. This can be added at anytime in the future.
My equipment list so far is:
Tank- AGA 40 breeder
Sump- 20Long (I don't care what brand)
Glass-holes Overflow @ 700gph
Marineland 3000 return (750gph)
Lighting- 2x 150w XM 15k bulbs. (still looking for good reflectors)
Skimmer- ReefOctopus4 (100g) 2010 version
TwoLittleFishies Phosban Reactor 150
Koralia Evo 1400's x2 on a wavemaker of some kind (RKL most likely)
So far thats all I can think of. I will keep you guys up to date with purchases and will include many, many pictures, because I know that most people will not read a thread without pictures.
Any comments, questions, complaints, gripes, or even criticism(good or bad) are all welcome here. Just post right on here and don't bother sending a PM. If there is something to be learned then everyone should be able to see it. I am not an expert nor do I claim to be, so I will make mistakes. Just letting you know now ahead of time so you can prepare yourself in advance.
Thanks.
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