Matt's 225g Custom Build
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Ryanaquarium
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Nice setup love the ati i was going to get ati but i went with metal halides and reefbrites as suplemental due to i hate replacing bulbs every 8 months but the color t5 gives is amazing
I hate replacing those too especially 8-60" bulbs. Going to add up. I considered halides but I am trying to keep the heat down as much as possible but still get good growth. I want to avoid getting a chiller. Part of the reason I went with the DC pumps as well.
I agree. I switched over to AI Hydras for about a year and wasn't happy with the results. LEDs are great for softie tanks but seemed to turn the majority of the SPS green. They did lower my electric bill quite a bit and I love the functionality of the dusk/dawn ramp up and the color controls but just not strong enough.
As I mentioned earlier I decide to do a bean animal overflow on this tank. I did a two drain one on a small frag tank setup I have in my home office and it's amazing. There is virtually no sound coming from it and one of my goals is to make this dead silent. Reason #2 for the DC pumps.
mpfeiffer1
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Enjoying the build. Nice equipment selection and you will love the DC pumps. I think we are all going back to T5 with LED for pop. Just a word of advise, the T5s do generate some heat. Depending on what you keep your house set at, you may need to incorporate a fan somewhere on your system to keep water under 80degrees but agree you should not need a chiller. Again, enjoying the build looking forward to the cool plumbing.
I keep my house pretty cool and run my 90g with no chiller and t5s but I have this just in case. GHL fan that looks pretty cool too.
Drains are 1 1/2" with the third (emergency drain) being 1".
Lilmatty5dimes
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Wow. The start of an epic build. Love the dimensions.
Started the layout of the sump here. This has been probably one of the most time consuming things so far. Trying to get the picture I had in my head of how it will look and run into reality. As I started this I decided I wanted or need more water volume to be in the safe side. The red trimmed tank is just a place setter while Ryan at Critical Tanking made me a 2nd sump. Didn't want to have a whole new larger sump made so decided to just use a 2nd plumbed one for a fuge or frag tank.
