Help me with new tank size and order

[tonym10]

I am planning a fowlr inwall.
I would like it to be 60"x24"x30"
I have no preference over glass or acrylic. If glass is starphire the way to go? The front and one side panel will be viewable so the other two panels can be black.
I would prefer 2 external overflows or one the entire length. Is there a builder that makes glass with external overflows or is external overflows just acrylic?
I would also like back black so the external overflows are not visible so does that limit me to acrylic?
What else should I be looking at that I am not considering here?
At first I was thinking of drilled for closed loop too, but then I thought a Vortex would do the same thing as a closed loop?

Advise please.
Also what company should i be looking at who make these?
thanks

 

[tonym10]

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[viggen]

I just ordered a tank last week & I chose acrylic over starfire for these reasons

-cost ~ glass was 2x's + more
-glass would of been a PITA to move into my house

For a tank your size glass might be the way to go, you just need 6ish people to move vs 2 for acrylic. Being able to safely use magnets to clean it (not sure if I will try acrylic safe magents) is a big plus & cost should be similar I would think??

My tank is 120x30x30 with a single internal overflow & blue backdrop. I do not want 2 overflows.... For your tank I would do a single overflow in the back corner. It doesn't have to be a huge box but a single piece in a angle back there. I feel a single overflow is better since less food gets sucked down at feeding time. But that's just personal preferance Either material can do a black backing.

With the closed loop... I am also undecided on what to do there. I am leaning toward using a dart/snapper for a CL or one of their UNO pumps hooked to 2 ocean clear canisters (my tank is FO) but I cannot decide if they are needed. If I do not do CL I will add korila's (or similar) inside the tank... which I might do even with a CL.

 

[tonym10]

This does bring up a question of how much overflow is needed if most of the watermovent is created in the tank itself either by closed loop or by VorTex.
One corner overflow in the corner not viewed would be ideal. Would that creat enough flow through the sump at about 600gph?
This would creat a good flow of water pattern as I could put one VorTex on that end of the tank pointing straight at the other 60" end , down maybe about widwater level .
Here is my idea of how the water movement would be

 

[viggen]

exactly.... more effecient (so I have been told) to allow the water to flow like you are doing & the single overflow box would be able to supply you with more then enough capacity for what you need. Plus, It doesn't take up much room

With the amount of flow... I have no clue what is needed on a tank like you have. For my setup I am shooting for a 4x's turnover through the wet/dry so around 2000 gph is what I want. A dart will do 2700 ish gph at 6ft & I plan on feeding 700 ish directly to my skimmer. So I am down to my target.....

Not a clue what you need for what you are doing......

 

[tonym10]

I plan 200 lbs of LR no wet dry. The VorTech turns 3000gph.
So with one VorTech and one return pump I am guessing I have enough turn over

 

[tonym10]

I have made another design adding a closed loop to help move water that would beind the LR and in the LR.
Please critique this water flow and filtration as I feel this all ties in with how I order a tank.
First drawing is topview 2nd drawing is side view