65g Build

Marc Daniels

Marc Daniels

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Like title says, 65g build. The tank is 36"x18" and 25" tall filled it with really nice dry rock I kept from my old 300g, and added 5lbs of nice cured rock to start the coralline process. My eventual plans are for an SPS tank once it has matured a bit. Until then, I am lighting with four 36w T5 and have the water movement at 2700gph+. Once the tank matures I will keep the T5 as supplemental lighting and add dual 250w halides.

Since stepping away in 2008 or so a lot of new technology has come along, as well as advances in husbandry techniques. So, if you can think of any additives, new secrets, technology, etcetera that I should have, or know about please, PLEASE chime in with your thoughts.

Still trying to get up to speed with all that has changed :spin2::spin1::spin2::spin1:
 
Good luck Marc.

For those who were not around when Marc got out, he had a very nice tank and set up. I still use the PM reactor on my second system I got from you back then ;)
 
Mark, thank you for the kid words. Glad to hear the reactor found a great 2nd home. Trying to go low tech, old school with this 65g.

I am assuming that the glass folding tops that come on the tanks are tempered...how well would they stand up to heat generated from halides? I want to have a 5" removable rim around the top of the tank to deter jumpers, with a large open section I n the middle where the lights are at. Just wondering how close I can get halides to the tempered glass...I realize that they will warm gradually as the halides come on, but what if they get a splash at the days highest temp?
 
Thx for the idea...I had not considered a mesh style top...LIKE THE &&^%#%$& ONES OVER MY SON'S REPTILE TANKS!!!! I have acrylic glue, thin strips of acrylic to sandwich the mesh between, and even know where I can get that type of mesh.

That means 0 jumpers...great suggestion. All for maybe $10 :)
 
Just make sure the netting is clear so light can penetrate it. The dark netting would hinder some light from getting into the tank. Yeah, I know. It may only hinder 1% but again, that is 1% less light your corals will be receiving. :D
 
Thanks Anthony

David, it looks like the same sort of netting they have...I just need to see if I can get it in a proper mesh size...it looks like theirs is 1/4". I might just order it from them, a 3'x7' roll is only $12. Thanks again for the suggestion.
 
Hoping I have the pic attaching figured out. Wanted to see what dual 250w halides in 20k flavors would taste like. Most of the internal crap will be gone or hidden once cycled. So, 500w a tad much over a 18"x36 footprint at 25" deep?
 

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In my opinion yes 500w is too much, i would use 1 single 250w with the t5 that you have for coverage. 500w in the winter will probably be ok, but in the summer that will be a pain. I lit my 150g 48x32x24 with 2x 250w radiums and grew sps on the bottom sides of the tank with no problem.
 
Well, end of the first week Ammonia .5, Nitrite .5, Nitrate 0 and pH 7.8. Salinity 1.025 and temp is sitting stable at 76.6f. So far no diatoms or algae to speak of. Four fish is QT...two firefish, a diadema dotty and a banggai cardinal. All colorful and stay relatively small.
 
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