Ok.. So my wife and I have been working on our new house for 5 years now. We are two months away from moving in as long as my wife can decide on the granite in the kitchen and the plumping fixtures in the master bath and the paint colors and everything else that we have decided on five times and changed.
The aquarium is mine so it has not changed much"¦ except for its height and its height off the ground and size ect"¦..
So to fit with the millwork and look good, I decide on going with a tank that is 5' tall. It is going to be a pain to clean but it looks amazing empty, I cannot wait to see it up and running. All the equipment is 23' below in the basement so it is going to be a little harder on the electricity, I had a hub drain installed with an 8" curb around the equipment area so it should never be able to flood the house.
This is what I have decided at this point but nothing except the tank is purchased so I am open to suggestions.
Tank: TENCOR 6' X 3' X 5' approximately 675gallons
Stand: Tencor metal stand with poured in place concrete walls supporting on 3 sides
Skimmer: Reef Octopus FDNW 400
Chiller: EcoPlus 1 HP Chiller
Calcium Reactor: GEO Calcium Reactor 624
Lighting: 4X 400 watt Luman Max 2's with Galaxy electronic ballast 2X 10k XM's and 2 X 20k Radiums but open for suggestions
120 gal custom sump with Cheto and live rock
400 GPD RODI with level swith
300 gal mixing tank
Main Pump: Reflo Mantray (or maybe downsize to save energy)
Close loop: one Reflo DART pump
Controller: ???????? I have no clue
Budget: My wife went over hers by a factor of 1.5 (not kidding either) so I am home free
The aquarium is mine so it has not changed much"¦ except for its height and its height off the ground and size ect"¦..
So to fit with the millwork and look good, I decide on going with a tank that is 5' tall. It is going to be a pain to clean but it looks amazing empty, I cannot wait to see it up and running. All the equipment is 23' below in the basement so it is going to be a little harder on the electricity, I had a hub drain installed with an 8" curb around the equipment area so it should never be able to flood the house.
This is what I have decided at this point but nothing except the tank is purchased so I am open to suggestions.
Tank: TENCOR 6' X 3' X 5' approximately 675gallons
Stand: Tencor metal stand with poured in place concrete walls supporting on 3 sides
Skimmer: Reef Octopus FDNW 400
Chiller: EcoPlus 1 HP Chiller
Calcium Reactor: GEO Calcium Reactor 624
Lighting: 4X 400 watt Luman Max 2's with Galaxy electronic ballast 2X 10k XM's and 2 X 20k Radiums but open for suggestions
120 gal custom sump with Cheto and live rock
400 GPD RODI with level swith
300 gal mixing tank
Main Pump: Reflo Mantray (or maybe downsize to save energy)
Close loop: one Reflo DART pump
Controller: ???????? I have no clue
Budget: My wife went over hers by a factor of 1.5 (not kidding either) so I am home free
