I started with a 1200 x 550 x 500 tank and the corals were growing out of the tank so I upgraded to a 1500 x 750 x 600 or 5x2.5x2 ft.
Old 4ft tank tank
Old tank running on sunlight only
There was no room for my blue tang so it was either remove the sps or upgrade. So of course I upgraded which gave me the opportunity to move the tank from work to home and change some things I didn't like about the old tank.
New Tank specs:
Dimensions: 1500 x 750 x 600
Lighting: Radion gen 2 Pro and Radion Gen 3 std with TIR 120 degree lenses.
Filtration: live rock in sump, biopellets, tunze phosphate remover, zeo start .04 mL / day
Flow: x2 MP40s with battery backup, WP40 x1
Dosing: Currently dosing a lot of zeovit products. The plan is to back off from these once the tank is looking good to save money.
My goal for the tank was to have a clean looking design with a bit more height so my corals can grow and still have enough room for my fish to swim.
I will leave it bare bottom for now and will put white marble sand in once the corals are looking good.
I am painting some covers for the stand in white to cover up the sump etc.
This is a photo from my previous tank, that is what the blue stag use to look like. Hopefully it will return to that will low nutrients and T5.
The TIR Wide angle 120 degree lenses cover the tank on two lights however since I have large SPS and it is effectively a single source of light I get shadows on the corals. I am planing to put x2 T5 tubes on the back of the tank above the sps corals.
I am not sure what bulbs to start with, perhaps some of you will have an idea.
The unit I will probably buy comes with 2 ATI bulbs of my choice so need to pick from them. I am thinking a blue and pink at this stage.
Old 4ft tank tank
Old tank running on sunlight only
There was no room for my blue tang so it was either remove the sps or upgrade. So of course I upgraded which gave me the opportunity to move the tank from work to home and change some things I didn't like about the old tank.
New Tank specs:
Dimensions: 1500 x 750 x 600
Lighting: Radion gen 2 Pro and Radion Gen 3 std with TIR 120 degree lenses.
Filtration: live rock in sump, biopellets, tunze phosphate remover, zeo start .04 mL / day
Flow: x2 MP40s with battery backup, WP40 x1
Dosing: Currently dosing a lot of zeovit products. The plan is to back off from these once the tank is looking good to save money.
My goal for the tank was to have a clean looking design with a bit more height so my corals can grow and still have enough room for my fish to swim.
I will leave it bare bottom for now and will put white marble sand in once the corals are looking good.
I am painting some covers for the stand in white to cover up the sump etc.
This is a photo from my previous tank, that is what the blue stag use to look like. Hopefully it will return to that will low nutrients and T5.
The TIR Wide angle 120 degree lenses cover the tank on two lights however since I have large SPS and it is effectively a single source of light I get shadows on the corals. I am planing to put x2 T5 tubes on the back of the tank above the sps corals.
I am not sure what bulbs to start with, perhaps some of you will have an idea.
The unit I will probably buy comes with 2 ATI bulbs of my choice so need to pick from them. I am thinking a blue and pink at this stage.
