After having a 20g High for about 3 years and then switching over to a 20g Long for about 3 more years, I finally decided it was time to upgrade the size of my tank. In addition, those 6 years have been spent without a sump, and I plan on fixing that situation also.
So the plan is to go with a 40g Breeder with a 29g sump. I chose the 40g Breeder because I like the size, shallow depth, and the fact that my oversized light on my current 20g Long can fit on it. I originally was going to use a 20g Long for the sump, but felt the extra height from the 29g would give me more room for drain water, etc.
First, to give you a baseline of where I am coming from: here are a couple of pics of my current 20g Long. I am not proud of it, and it has pretty much gone to :thumbdown over the last 6 months - hence why I finally got the wife to say yes to a new and bigger tank. It is really dirty, so please excuse the mess . . .
Now the plan so far is the following:
40g Breeder Display Tank
29g Sump (Divided into: Refugium > Return < Skimmer)
Glass-Holes 700GPH Overflow
2x Glass-Holes 3/4" Returns
Danner Mag 7 Return Pump
Reef Octopus SRO1000Int Skimmer
Wave Point 36" 4 Bulb T5 Lighting
Vortech MP-10ES
Some of the stuff I have already bought and some is being used on my current tank. I should have all of it here by next week. Here are some pics of the new stuff, including the stand I built from the DIY stand thread here on RC. (Still planning on putting doors on the stand in the future.)
I also have 40lbs of BRS Pukani dry rock coming. Curing this and making sure the phosphates are in check might be what takes me the longest time to get this thing wet, but I am hoping to have everything in and filled and starting to cycle by the end of May.
So the plan is to go with a 40g Breeder with a 29g sump. I chose the 40g Breeder because I like the size, shallow depth, and the fact that my oversized light on my current 20g Long can fit on it. I originally was going to use a 20g Long for the sump, but felt the extra height from the 29g would give me more room for drain water, etc.
First, to give you a baseline of where I am coming from: here are a couple of pics of my current 20g Long. I am not proud of it, and it has pretty much gone to :thumbdown over the last 6 months - hence why I finally got the wife to say yes to a new and bigger tank. It is really dirty, so please excuse the mess . . .
Now the plan so far is the following:
40g Breeder Display Tank
29g Sump (Divided into: Refugium > Return < Skimmer)
Glass-Holes 700GPH Overflow
2x Glass-Holes 3/4" Returns
Danner Mag 7 Return Pump
Reef Octopus SRO1000Int Skimmer
Wave Point 36" 4 Bulb T5 Lighting
Vortech MP-10ES
Some of the stuff I have already bought and some is being used on my current tank. I should have all of it here by next week. Here are some pics of the new stuff, including the stand I built from the DIY stand thread here on RC. (Still planning on putting doors on the stand in the future.)
I also have 40lbs of BRS Pukani dry rock coming. Curing this and making sure the phosphates are in check might be what takes me the longest time to get this thing wet, but I am hoping to have everything in and filled and starting to cycle by the end of May.