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[ShanefromPG]

Hey there reef central,

Just wanted to say hello, I am new to this site, and still a bit of a noob in the hoby. I had a 25gal FOWLR which I kept for about a year, now it has converted to a 25gal reef!(for about 3 months) I have had fairly good success with my corals so far, nothing lost as of yet. (although I don't have that much in the tank).

I am still battling an algae build up on some LR I had when my tank was FOWLR. I have switch over to RO/DI water and have kept up with weekly water changes.

Here are some pics of what I have. And I am in the proccess of planning a 90gal upgrade, hopefully by May/2006.

 

[Cutiewitbooty]

Looks awesome !! Welcome to ReefCentral!!

 

[zukihara]

[welcome]

 

[AllenFord_SC]

[welcome]

tank looks good. You found the best place for advise there is.

 

[Sindjin]

Welcome Shane!

The tank looks great! Id like to suggest going to a 120 rather than the 90...I feel its a lot easier to aquascape!

 

[ShanefromPG]

12ogal eh! as much as I would love that I don't think it would fit well into the space I am putting it. I was considering a 110 AGA. The tank is 48"x24x24, or something like that. Maybe I will look into it a bit more.

My plan it to completely layout and design everything before I buy anything. So I guess there is no time like th present to ask my first question.

If id did get a 110gal tank,
How big should my sump be, and what kind of turn over rate should I aim for?

 

[zukihara]

I am partial to the shape of a 110g (48x18x29) and it makes for interesting aquascaping opportunities. On sumps, I would say the biggest advantage to a 120 over a 110 is you can get more sump under the typical stand. Basically, get the biggest sump you can and be sure to budget space for pumps, plumbing, skimmer etc.
Here is a link to my 110g

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=753712

 

[jgoodrich71]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6531102#post6531102 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ShanefromPG
12ogal eh! as much as I would love that I don't think it would fit well into the space I am putting it. I was considering a 110 AGA. The tank is 48"x24x24, or something like that. Maybe I will look into it a bit more.

Nope, that is a 120, 48 x 24 x 24 = 120.

 

[Andrew]

[welcome]

 

[Ti]

Looks Good~!

 

[want2reef]

Tank looks good.

You will learn a lot here at RC.