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Hi, Anthony. I spoke to you a while back about my 65g tank, and would like your help setting up my 90g tank. I have since taken the 65g tank down as it was just not self sufficient enough. I'm considering starting the 90g off as a softy & lps tank, and then maybe going into stonies when I have more money for a reactor and such.
90g measures 24" tall x 5ft long x 13" wide. It is currently not drilled. I was hoping to get a new tank, drilled, the works, but money is tight, and I'm considering getting a sort of generic overflow worked in with just 2 holes in the side. It is viewable from 3 sides, so all equipment must work off of one 13" side.
Do you recommend drilling a couple holes in the side or going with an overflow?
Do you think a couple of sea swirls worked into both ends of the tank would suffice for flow, one on each far end? Or do you think i'll need something stronger for such a tank? I was thinking 1" or 1.5" sea swirls on each end, but don't want to leave dead spots in the tank, and have no room in the tank for powerheads as they would not be concealable.
Another option is to possibly wait on the small tunze unit and put that on the blind end, and a sea swirl opposite it.
Can you tell me where you would go with this? And, comment if possible on my thoughts for it? I was hoping to go sps with calc reactor, etc, but I think I have to forgo that for now and maybe work it in later. I have 2x 175w metal halide mounted now on this tank (not setup yet), and I have 1x 400w 20kk that I can mount later if I need to. I also already have some type of skimmer, but i'm not sure I really want to use a skimmer because my nano does so well without one.
equipment I have:
Lighting (2x175w halide, 1 x 400w halide), Skimmer (red sea I think), Return pump (aquasea 3600).
I'll have to set up a sump and auto top off below the tank, but have not obtained those yet, as well as the tank drilling or overflow dilema, it cannot be drilled on the bottom as it is tempered.
Please give me your suggestions. Sorry for the book. Thank you in advance. Feel free to pm if this is not appropriate for this forum.
thanks so much.
Angela.
90g measures 24" tall x 5ft long x 13" wide. It is currently not drilled. I was hoping to get a new tank, drilled, the works, but money is tight, and I'm considering getting a sort of generic overflow worked in with just 2 holes in the side. It is viewable from 3 sides, so all equipment must work off of one 13" side.
Do you recommend drilling a couple holes in the side or going with an overflow?
Do you think a couple of sea swirls worked into both ends of the tank would suffice for flow, one on each far end? Or do you think i'll need something stronger for such a tank? I was thinking 1" or 1.5" sea swirls on each end, but don't want to leave dead spots in the tank, and have no room in the tank for powerheads as they would not be concealable.
Another option is to possibly wait on the small tunze unit and put that on the blind end, and a sea swirl opposite it.
Can you tell me where you would go with this? And, comment if possible on my thoughts for it? I was hoping to go sps with calc reactor, etc, but I think I have to forgo that for now and maybe work it in later. I have 2x 175w metal halide mounted now on this tank (not setup yet), and I have 1x 400w 20kk that I can mount later if I need to. I also already have some type of skimmer, but i'm not sure I really want to use a skimmer because my nano does so well without one.
equipment I have:
Lighting (2x175w halide, 1 x 400w halide), Skimmer (red sea I think), Return pump (aquasea 3600).
I'll have to set up a sump and auto top off below the tank, but have not obtained those yet, as well as the tank drilling or overflow dilema, it cannot be drilled on the bottom as it is tempered.
Please give me your suggestions. Sorry for the book. Thank you in advance. Feel free to pm if this is not appropriate for this forum.
thanks so much.
Angela.
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