40 gallon cube advice

funstarfish

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Setting up a sumpless 40G cube. dims are 24x20x20. simplicity is my hope. it has an overflow built in that i will use as a "sump"
Id like equipment ot be as hidden as possible and as minimal as possible. Goal is to have a very clean sps look with lots of long branching stags. ill start with a very shallow sand bed and see how it goes from there. All advice, experience and reccomendations welcome.

return: some submersible 300gph pump, quiet and efficient.

Lighting: 250 watt de 14k in a new sls lumenmax.

Skimming: remora pro with upgraded pump. hang on is required here unfortunately.

flow: Jury is out on this one. closed loop flow of some sort, thinking about going as large as a sequence reeflo snapper, but this is a lot of flow so maybe something more simple at 1200gph or so. silence is key; as is minimal power consumption.

chilled: a PCI nano chiller i think the cl300?

ill run carbon and consider O3. Ill start by dosing 2 part and see how it goes from there. Jury is also out on the salt. Anyone totally stoked on something new? If not, IO seems a safe bet.

Thanks

Go Holland and Sweden
 
i will set up a reservoir with float switch etc for autotopoff... there is a micro "sump" which is a built in overflow box. im considering a sump, just for skimming purposes... but i don't want to deal with any overflow issues. nor do i want to have to find a place to put a sump.
 
i like your ideas, but having a hard time seeing this in my head. i would use the "micro sump" for a refugium, what do you plan on putting in the "sump", if you going with a hangon skimmer?
 
the sump will controls bubbles for the hangon skimmer basically. thats about it. matybe a sack of carbon and a return pump...
 
any thoughts for a closed loop pump for this sps tank? tank is being purchased today so i need decisions soon. im looking for silent and efficient... a sjuper squirt may be incorporated...
 
any thoughts for a closed loop pump for this sps tank? tank is being purchased today so i need decisions soon. im looking for silent and efficient... a sjuper squirt may be incorporated...
 
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