What has changed!?!?

[SeaBreezy]

Hey! I've been around aquariums all my life, but school and life got hectic, I starting spawning my own creatures...so the fish tank became a nuisance and dismantled. Here I am today....My creatures found dad's old tank in the basement and want it set up. It sounded great - but man, I feel like I forgot how to swim (and all the brands have changed).

At my highest point, I had a 75 gal Oceanic glass reef tank (big thick glass) that would make grown men cry when we moved it a few times and lights that made me cry when I opened my electric bill.

Then I got into the Nano scene with a few Biocubes. Before finishing with a 29 Gal Biocube HQI.

This is the tank I'm setting back up. What suggestions do you have for me?

I do not want the Metal Halide, I want to move to LED - but I want to have the ability to do any corals as we move along. LEDs were just coming to the party when I quit the hobby

I do not want to go rimless,

I want a sump (to expand the water volume).

What would you do if you were setting up it up?

 

[Peace River]

Welcome to Reef2Reef! You may want to check out the build thread section for inspiration.

 

[WIReefer]

Welcome to R2R!!! Do some research on some new leds on the market there are nice options out there.

 

[Fred2482]

Welcome!

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/nano-reefs.89/

 

[ScottR]

Welcome to REEF2REEF!!!

 

[Redfoxtang]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Waters]

Welcome :) :) !!

 

[Auquanut]

Welcome to the Family! As suggested before, I would check out some of the build threads in the size you're setting up.

 

[KJ]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[bsr2430]

Welcome!
Another one sucked back in!

 

[Zach B]

Welcome :)

 

[lavoisier]

Howdy. Welcome to R2R. Budget and time you want to spend on your system will be determining factors for your questions. Looking at build threads will help you refine your thinking.

 

[Billldg]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[SPR1968]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[CMMorgan]

Welcome to the fishy family. I would start watching the BRSTV videos and subscribe to some of the wise YouTube folks like Tidal Gardens and CoralFish12. There is so much info out there, just take the time to digest it.
You can do some great things with LED and we could start a war arguing Kessil vs Radion vs AI vs Black Box. Ultimately, the choices are yours based on desires and budget.
I'd start by gathering all of the supplies - one factor at a time... return, sump, skimmer, lights... then build.

 

[kutcha]

Welcome back, I will say do plenty of research, go slow and make a budget that your ok being flexible with lol

 

[DxMarinefish]

Welcome to Reef2Reef.

May I also add that you have a long term view, and look at the kind of corals/fish you want to keep.

That should dictate your system design trajectory. :)

 

[Weasel1960]

Welcome back to the hobby and to R2R. Lots of good info in the various forums here and second the suggestion for the BRS videos.

 

[Hydrored]

Welcome!

 

[Jeffcb]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!