200mfromocean
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Good afternoon. It's time to sell the house and break down my standard 120 gallon 2' wide by 26" tall by 48" in wall reef with 2 X 400 Watt LB minis and flanked by 4 54 watt t5's.
Due to space considerations the in wall is no longer an option and time to plan a standalone tank which will be accessible from 3 side not one.
I am thinking of going with a: 36" wide BY 48" long by 24" high = 150 G
or 30" wide by 48" long by 24" high = 187
I am lazy and am not looking to be TOTM or anything like that. Just a few fish and a spacious rock work, not 25=0#+ of LR crammed full of fish and corals. I want to keep running my dosing system and use my i-tech skimmer.
The new house is larger and will not be able to keep my house at 72 degrees and run fans to dissipate the heat issues. I am not sure if I want to keep the halides and run a chiller. I may just run 2 X current usa 6 lamp t5's in lieu of the halides. I like color in my sps and do not care for led only. Come to think of it I could build have a 30" tank or 32" tank on a 36" wide stand so I have somewhere to set my brew and test kits.
Thoughts and reservations of experienced fat tank users are appreciated.
Due to space considerations the in wall is no longer an option and time to plan a standalone tank which will be accessible from 3 side not one.
I am thinking of going with a: 36" wide BY 48" long by 24" high = 150 G
or 30" wide by 48" long by 24" high = 187
I am lazy and am not looking to be TOTM or anything like that. Just a few fish and a spacious rock work, not 25=0#+ of LR crammed full of fish and corals. I want to keep running my dosing system and use my i-tech skimmer.
The new house is larger and will not be able to keep my house at 72 degrees and run fans to dissipate the heat issues. I am not sure if I want to keep the halides and run a chiller. I may just run 2 X current usa 6 lamp t5's in lieu of the halides. I like color in my sps and do not care for led only. Come to think of it I could build have a 30" tank or 32" tank on a 36" wide stand so I have somewhere to set my brew and test kits.
Thoughts and reservations of experienced fat tank users are appreciated.