recent upgrade purchase and plans for upgrade...
recent upgrade purchase and plans for upgrade...
hey guys, jus wanted to share... this past week i obtained an 180g AGA RR tank with corner overflows which is in absolutely great shape & custom made tube steel stand w/ leveling feet... also received with the deal about 200 lbs+ of nice large reef rocks and (3) 100g rubbermaid feed stock tanks and (3) PFO 400 watt ballasts, well one single and one dual... as well as some other goodies as well... what i really like about the stand is that it has plenty of room under it and is ectra wide at about 32" and is 36" tall...
so of course, this means an upgrade in the near future, hopefully by the end of the summer if i am lucky
and here are some thoughts on that...
the components i have figured out at this time will be...
*180g AGA RR corner overflow tank (barebottom)
*custom tube steel stand
*120g standard 4x2x2' live rock refugium (large peices only, about 8-10 pcs, gravity fed, barebottom, will be drilled for drain and fed by 1 overflow)
*mag drive 24 to feed both returns to main tank and possibly feed dual BRS reactor as well
*3 vortec mp40esW's, still need to purchase 1 more (to be located on each end of display, and upper center on back wall back)
*2 koralia magnum 6's,.. still need to purchase 1 more (both for refugium/live rock flow)
*(2) american DJ power strips
couple more things i am not sure about at this time but are considering...
*2' x 2' x 18" tall sump, most likely to have custom made, this size is jus an estimate as both the sump and 120g refugium to be will be under the display stand... (will hold skimmer, heaters, return pump, gravity fed auto top off)
the lighting i am not sure about as of yet either... i may use the (3) 400 watt pfo ballasts and get some high quality reflectors and use radium 20ks, or i may stick with t5's and upgrade to a 60", 10 bulb fixture... it will be either one of these choices... most likely the t5 choice as it stands now...
also, i will not be using any of the rubbermaid stock feed tanks for this upgrade, but one will be used to cook all the new rock i got with this package deal, another is going to a local reefer who is in need of it...
and i may use a another small mag drive pump to supply the reactors if i dont tee it off one of the returns...
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as with my current setup, it will be kept simple with all barebottom througout, high flow. and powerful skimming.. i will most likely do (4) mp40s rather jus (3) as well... i will also feature the same look i have now as all the live rock will be in the fuge and the display will be a wide open showcase, well once i add more corals and it actually grows in lol, but you get the idea...
i figure to have 4 rows from front to back... the back row will have large colonies and i figure i will easily be able to fit 8, perhaps 9 colonies in the back row and between the overflows... in the 3rd row, i should be able to fit another 12 to 14 good size smaller colonies front left to right, depending on their size and leaving them with plenty of room to grow... the second row back will have most likely somewhere in the ballpark of 15 or 16 smaller colonies/large frags with plenty of room to grow... and the front row will have frags that are coming in nicely, small in size, and dont need as much room... i am figuring with 70" of inner tank width, i should be able to easily fit 18 or so in the row up front... again, all corals will be presented in the same fashion they are now, but with much more room and much more room for a few more fish and the room for them to swim freely amongst my coral pillars
jus some notes, and i wanted to share my new score and plans for it :beer:
