Critique My Planned System

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Need some advice and wisdom from those of you who have kept, or been keeping NPS corals with success!

Here is the plan
50g cube
Sump (at least 10 gallons, hopefully 20)
Skimmer- rated for 100+ gallons
Algae Turf Scrubber- built for a larger tank (maybe 100g)
Biopellets in reactor- rated for 50+ gallons
LED lighting- thinking about par30 or par38... any insight?
2 Tunze 6025 (660gph/2500lph)
Return Pump- Quietone 2200 (594gph)

I dont have a way to automate feeding, but at the beginning stages I hope it wont be as neccessary. The hope is that between the biopellets, ATS, and skimmer, filtration will be sufficient. And that between the ATS, and the biopellets, there will be some amount of natural food source in between feedings.

 

[username in use]

Everything will die!

Just kidding haha. It looks like a solid setup in concept. The one issue I am having with the par30's is they don't have enough of the red/yellow spectrum in them and certain colors in the tank just don't show up. Red's, purple's and yellows just don't seem to look good, and that is what a lot of the nps corals seem to be. I am looking at other lighting options now.

Just to get photo's Ive had to use white flashlight on the thing I shooting to get a decent shot, and full tank shots are not working at all because its just a blue box.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

That's a good consideration. I forgot about that aspect as I was looking for an all blue bulb

 

[username in use]

I went with bluer bulbs thinking "oooohhh that deepwater look" and it does nothing for the colors of the corals since they don't fluoresce the way regular corals do.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

What are you using now? Pics?

 

[howze01]

Be careful with the amount of biopellets you use and how quickly you start them. Overusing them or introducing them too quickly can cause more problems than they solve.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Be careful with the amount of biopellets you use and how quickly you start them. Overusing them or introducing them too quickly can cause more problems than they solve.

Thank you, I will be careful