20 long

[spear reef]

will this setup work.

equipment
-AquaC remora nano
-20 long aga tank
-hob fuge
-50 watt heater/nano chiller
-lighting 1x 250 watt hqi and 2x 65 watt pc

fish
-yellow headed jaw fish
-pair of percs
-randalli goby/randalli shrimp

inverts
-5 turbo snails
-10 blue leg hermits
-5 nass. snails

-22 lbs figi rock

 

[oldreefer76]

you are going to need some flow in there I would do with either a Tunze Nano Stream 6025 or better yet a 6045

 

[spear reef]

sorry forgot

i'll have a closed loop with a mag 5 going thru a scwd too two 1/2 locline returns one on each end.


another question...
can i drill 2 holes in the bottom and 3 in the back?

 

[reefman13]

I agree with old reefer. If you are doing the 250 watt. I would get a tuze if you intend on SPS.

No sump? I would think that you would want to do a sump (10 gallon maybe) with just some sand and LR. Put your skimmer on that and have a baffle that would fit a filter sock setup. Then you wouldn't even need a fuge cuz you'd have one down below.

 

[reefman13]

Sorry posted while you were posting.

I would think that if you did that many holes, to have a professional glass shop do it for ya.

 

[Rosseau]

That set up sounds awesome. You'll have some heat issues so make sure you're prepared to deal with it. At least have a few fans running across. But you never really know what the temp will be until you've got it all running.

 

[Rosseau]

Will this be in a canopy?

 

[spear reef]

revised list for 20 long

revised list for 20 long

equipment
-10 gallon sump/fuge
-AquaC remora nano
-9 watt uv sterilizer
-50 watt heater/nano chiller
-mag 5 return
-mag 7 closed loop
-1x 250 watt hqi 2x 65 watt pc\

corals will be shooms,softies, lps, sps, clams etc.
pretty much everything

plz read and review

 

[spear reef]

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[Rosseau]

You were easily swayed to add a sump. Why not add a 20G sump? or 30G?

More is better !

 

[BCreefmaker]

nice, but id rather go with a power head then a closed loop... gawd i hate closed loops they can be quite noisy if not set up correctly and very hard to trouble shoot to find the cause of the noise. just my opionion tho good luck bro.

 

[spear reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9786359#post9786359 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rosseau
Will this be in a canopy?

yes it will be in a canopy with 2 fans blowing out of it for circulation:strooper:

 

[spear reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9787311#post9787311 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rosseau
You were easily swayed to add a sump. Why not add a 20G sump? or 30G?

More is better !

i just said 10 cause I have a unused 1 somewhere but i could do another 20 long just as easily

 

[spear reef]

here is the hole placement/closed loop diagrams

 

[spear reef]

anyone

 

[spear reef]

Ice Probe Chiller

Ice Probe Chiller

will the ice probe chiller work for my setup

 

[oldreefer76]

probably not those 2 mag drives are going to generate alot of heat

 

[kaserpick]

I think the closed loop is a great idea. I'm designing another tank to improve on my current setup's cosmetics. I hate having equipment in the display! I'm sure tunze streams work well, but I think they're an eye sore. The whole setup sounds like it's got really good potential! Just my .02 though.

 

[spear reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9787884#post9787884 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by oldreefer76
probably not those 2 mag drives are going to generate alot of heat

they will both be external if it changes anything. i could do another brand of external pump also.

 

[LNell]

I would definitely use another type of pump for the closed loop. Mag drives are not built to be used externally for saltwater. I would use an iwaki. They are very nice pumps and will last forever. Eheims are awesome, too.