I was thinking of a small internal coast to coast overflow (maybe 2" wide x 90 some inches long x 8.5" high) siliconed into the tank. 1.5" bulk heads will transport the water out of the internal overflow into an external overflow. That'll be big enough to put in one 1.5" beananimal overflow.
Returns - I was thinking of two darts off of the sump to feed 4 total sea swirls.
Internal - I'm waiting on the XF170 Maxspect Gyre - probably run two of them - I might also run two MP 40's on the back wall.
Lighting: Already have 2x Pacific Sun Pandora S2-2 models - 4x 39 W T5 + 2x 145W LEDs. That should provide for plenty of coverage across the span of the tank. I'm also running a Pandora S-3 model on my frag / quarantine tank (the 150 I got from JMonk - haven't gotten it running yet). So the lights will match in intensity and style.
Sump: I already have my custom sump I was planning on running on my 120 - it's 24x48x 19 - it should have plenty of capacity to handle all my needs.
Skimmer - ready have my Avast CS3 w/ dual Sicce 1000.
Already have my Filter socks of course
I may get an additional DC pump to run a chiller and a UV and future lines for possible reactors (although - I don't see any reactors in my future). This additional pump will also be my water change routine w/ a PVC Venturi (
http://www.millerplastics.com/eductors) set-up so I can siphon the display and the sump back into the filter socks or via a water change.
I'm still tossing around the idea of a sand bottom. Why should I limit my fish choices w/ a bare bottom?
I still also need a new Apex for this set-up (I have one - but it's going on my 150 Frag/quarantine).
