need your thoughts on 180 gallon

[UNCsalt]

So I currently have a 90 rimmless reef and 125 gallon FOWLR, I am going to be breaking down the 125 and putting in a 180 gallon. I am using a 40 breeder for sump in the 125 and a NW 150 Skimmer. It will be a FOWLR, I know on the sump bigger the better but what is the smallest size I can get away with and I know I will need to get a bigger skimmer so also your thoughts on a skimmer.....

also may need to break this up into a different thread but I want to start fresh, meaning keeping the rock but cleansing it, had a small ich break out, have not seen it come back but I want to be safe than sorry. So your thoughts on that process as well it has been about 6 months when I last saw the outbreak

Thanks for the look....

 

[azjohnny]

I have a 75 gal sump for my 180, a 40 gal sump would be the smallest I would go with

 

[UNCsalt]

thanks

 

[Braves95]

Vinegar bath and then bleach the rock. That's what I did with my rock when I broke down my tank due to a hair algae outbreak. However you could probably get away with just bleach.

 

[UNCsalt]

thanks for the reply, I was trying to stay away from bleaching or acid baths, I know it will kill anything and everything, what I was trying to do is dip it then use it and set it up. Then maybe not all the BB would die off, I know some will but that the fresh water would kill off the ich..is this plausible....

 

[azjohnny]

I have used Algaefix for an algae breakout and it was very effective

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=4098

 

[marvelousone]

I used a 55gal tank for one of my 180 and the other one has a custom made 65gal sump.

 

[ca1ore]

Figure out how much water will overflow into the sump, and then adjust baffle height if you need more room.