need sps expert advice

[dorky]

hello Im Robert i been in the reefing world for bout 4 years now set up lot of tanks but never done a full blown sps dom tank. I have some experiences with acros they grew well till now algae killed it. My fault for allowing it to happen. I want to take it to the next level I never done anything bigger than 56g which is what i have now and my next tanks will be know as the triple tanks. meaning will have two 20g long and 40g in the middles all three tanks will be on the same stand sharing the same sump. the 20g will be the frag or grow out tank n the 40g will be the display. I know i will upgrade to my dream tank which will be 125 rimless tank with the floating led hovering over the tank. it will happen couple years later. Algae scrubber will be acted as the main filtrations and i will add protein skimmer if it needed. as for the light i will get the diy led kit from reefledlight.com i just like their kits better. i just want ur advice on what equipments are needed to have in order to have great growth success in the sps dom tank. ps pardon my english writing skilled I am ashamed b/c i just graduated from college. Thanks oh btw im starting over from scratch with this tank build. will use dry pukni rocks and live sand only in the 40g and the growout tank will have egg crate to hold lot of frags

 

[SantaMonica]

What kind of scrubber?

 

[squaretankguy08]

You're no doubt going to need a skimmer on that size of system that is sps dominated

 

[dorky]

What kind of scrubber?

a standard type the one the will be plumb to the overflow not the upward type.

 

[dorky]

You're no doubt going to need a skimmer on that size of system that is sps dominated

i went with skimmer route it okay for me but realize that i have to invest some serious $$$ just to get good growth and health. I talk to couple of people about the idea who actually have done this before and still doing it. they wish they would started before investing lot of money on equipments that wasn't really needed. from my understanding if u run on skimmer only it will cause more issue down the road dealing with algae n replacing elements that is needed and dosing etc. the algae pretty much prevent any type of algae entering the dt not only that export nutrition and keep the pos4, nitrite, nitrate and ammonia down. like i said before if i need skimmer i will get it