advise

[raskasio82]

hi all

I have a 265 us gallon cube fish tank: 1.20cm length 1.85cm tall and 90 cm depth.

equipment:
the new arcadia lights that comes with 36 LED and 6 t10 florescent.

EHEIM professional 3 Filter
EHEIM reflex UV 800
EHEIM SKIMmarine 800
200 liter sump

198kg live figi rock and live sand

1 vorteck mp40

do I need to buy any more equipment to start
putting fishes??


all advise is more than welcomed

 

[MrClam]

Not sure about the weather in Gibraltar, but a heater and/or chiller will likely be necessary unless you live in paradise. Not sure about the lighting but that doesnt seem quite enough for a tank that is 265g, but your measurements confuse me. Is your tank really 4ft long, 6ft tall, and 3ft deep? If so it is 540g not 265g.

 

[dave.m]

Or it might be:

1.85m Long * 1.2m Wide * 0.9m High

73" * 47.25" * 35.4" / 231 = 528+ US gallons

"Deep" is a really dangerous and confusing term to use, especially in the US where no-one quite agrees on what it means, i.e. is it vertical depth or horizontal depth? Perhaps it is better to stay with better defined terms like length, width, height.

As to the original question, I'm not familiar with your lights. Your use of canister equipment is not currently the norm and might prove expensive to maintain. Best to check with the Spanish reef-keeping community who are quite advanced and close enough to you to get expert help.

Dave.M

 

[raskasio82]

hi all ,
its 1.85 cm height 1.20cm length and 90cm depth. sorry for any confusion.

I do have a chiller that comes with another UV incorporated in it and a heater eheim

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=256481&stc=1&d=1387454035

regards

any advise Is more than welcome

 

[raskasio82]

by depth I mean width

 

[raskasio82]

http://www.arcadia-aquatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/OT2LED.jpg

this are the lights

 

[raskasio82]

any suggestions any1 plss

 

[dave.m]

I don't know if anyone here is familiar with this European brand. People need to see more than the picture. They also need to see the data. Based on what is claimed here it sounds like it has plenty of power for your aquarium (190 PAR @ 50cm) and has four programmable channels to control dusk/dawn and colour mix.

However I don't know anyone who has practical experience with Classica OTL. Who are their distributors? What is their after-sales service like? It is difficult to say for sure.

Dave.M

 

[MrClam]

Wish I could offer help, but I still have no idea what size the tank is.

1.85cm is incredibly small so I assume you mean 185cm or 1.85m? If that is the case you will need much stronger lighting, probably in the 400w-1000w MH range, but I cant really advise because I have no experience with a tank that deep.

But from the picture it does not look like your tank is actually 1.85m (6ft) deep, so I believe your measurements are getting lost in translation.