Oceanic Tech Tank Owners Thread

[Gdubb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11929942#post11929942 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by surfnvb7
what are the dimensions on the 70g tech? i looked them up on oceanics website, and it says 36.5" x 18.5" x 25"....which is essentially the same foot print as a AGA 40g & 50g breeder, AGA 60g tall, and Oceanic 58g.

yet, i went into a LFS, and saw a tank with a "70 tech" sticker on the glass, but the footprint looked ALLOT smaller than the 40g breeder to the right of it.

can anyone confirm these dimensions?

also, would 2 x 250's be way too much on a 70 tech?

I saw a 70 tech yesterday and I think its 24" deep not 18.5". Could be wrong though

 

[dedfish]

The specs are correct.

 

[nismo driver]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11929942#post11929942 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by surfnvb7
what are the dimensions on the 70g tech? i looked them up on oceanics website, and it says 36.5" x 18.5" x 25"....which is essentially the same foot print as a AGA 40g & 50g breeder, AGA 60g tall, and Oceanic 58g.

yet, i went into a LFS, and saw a tank with a "70 tech" sticker on the glass, but the footprint looked ALLOT smaller than the 40g breeder to the right of it.

can anyone confirm these dimensions?

also, would 2 x 250's be way too much on a 70 tech?

i would say 2 250's would be great for SPS, but the 70 would be an ideal candidate for t'5 since its that in between length were its too wide for one halide but almost too short for 2. the 250's would be better though if you wanted to have corals lower in the tank of on the sand bed, the 25 inch depth is a bit too deep for the 150w halides and might be too deep for effective lighting from T-5. i had zoo's on the sand bed with a 150 over my tech 45 and they were barely getting enough light and sps mounted about half way up the tank were not really getting quite enough light either..

 

[dsn112]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11913515#post11913515 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bud's Reef
I think the new looks a lot better. I'm going to drill and build mine up as well. What did you use to drill and what did you use to hold the pieces together? Any problems drilling it wet? I was going to just use 1/2" PVC for mine but found some acrylic rods instead. I bought masonry bits to drill the rock, but haven't tried them yet. I'm still waiting for the rest of my rock to come from MarcoRocks so I haven't started it cycling yet since I wasn't sure if drilling it wet or dry would be better. I'm behind on reading thru the threads so if you already answered these questions you don't need to answer again. I'm just getting caught up on the thread.

Thanks, I took all the rock out, set it on cardboard that was cut to size of the bottom of my tank, marked the overflow and started stacking. Then I drilled holes with masonry bits and stuck rods through. Pretty simple. I used thin but strong rods.

 

[dsn112]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11936849#post11936849 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nismo driver
i would say 2 250's would be great for SPS, but the 70 would be an ideal candidate for t'5 since its that in between length were its too wide for one halide but almost too short for 2. the 250's would be better though if you wanted to have corals lower in the tank of on the sand bed, the 25 inch depth is a bit too deep for the 150w halides and might be too deep for effective lighting from T-5. i had zoo's on the sand bed with a 150 over my tech 45 and they were barely getting enough light and sps mounted about half way up the tank were not really getting quite enough light either..

I run 1 250w over my 70g and my zoos on the sand are getting a ton of light. The DE bulbs work well for up to 3ft. Plenty of light towards the top for sps.

 

[theop]

I use a 36" Sunpod (2 x 150W DE HQI MH) over my 70g Tech tank it it lights it very well. It's plenty of light (and in some cases too much) for what I keep: Bubble-tip anemone, LPS, zoas. I don't keep SPS so I don't know if it would adequate.

 

[Mr&Mrs Clown]

CAN WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON ALL THE 120s OUT THERE

 

[ryno212]

here is a shot of my setup Ijust did with my temp. lights without the canopy

 

[Joe]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11971068#post11971068 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mr&Mrs Clown
CAN WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON ALL THE 120s OUT THERE

Click my red house......

Joe

 

[WaterssretaW]

Hey everyone, been tagging along on this one. Going to be getting my Tech series 120 soon.

Could everyone post some pics of how they did they're plumbing please. This will be my first time trying to plumb a reef ready tank.

Any suggustions specifically with this brand of tank?

thanks!

 

[jlunde]

I think my 178 RR "Ultimate" series comes today! What are the recommendations for setting up a closed loop. Where do the holes get drilled. What size of holes get drilled. I'm assuming a local glass shop can do this?

 

[reefer334]

bump

 

[ReefingBuddha]

jlunde... a local glass shop could probably do it but you could also do the job yourself. Its nerve racking to say the least but its definitely doable and ends up being cheaper.

Location and size of closed loops holes is all a matter of what your trying to achieve. Depending on your overflow, where it is located, and how big it is, that may be your best shot for the closed loop without drilling to many holes in your tank. If you are thing of something more fancy like a oceans motion's 4 or maybe even an 8 way then the plumbing gets a lot more interesting.

What are your goals with the tank? And what are you currently thinking for flow? It may be cheaper and easier to just go with some tunze streams or some vortechs and then you never have to worry about the extra holes in your tank. These power heads could be easily hidden in and around the rock work.

 

[jlunde]

I will take it to a local glass shop if I decide to have more holes drilled.

I want to be able to have plenty of flow for any corals I decide to have. I will probably have a mix of everything in my tank. The other thing is, I will not have access to the outside sides of the tank as it will be built into the wall. I haven't done much research yet regarding flow, wavemakers, etc...

 

[Skorpinok]

Does anyone know how much flow (volume) of water can the overflow of the 120g tech series can handle? My 120g has 4 pre-drilled holes that will fit a 1 inch bulkhead (I'm assuming - i haven't inserted a bulkhead, yet). I can't seem to find any info on it from the oceanic website.

I'd like to crank as much water through the overflow.

 

[dedfish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12033473#post12033473 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Skorpinok
I'd like to crank as much water through the overflow.

Why? Moving lots of water through your overflow and through the sump will cause problems with micro bubbles and also reduce the efficiency of your skimmer. And to top it all off you'll have issues with noise. The best advice I can give you is to slow down the flow through the overflow and instead rely on closed loops and/or propeller style stream pumps for the majority of your flow.

 

[sditch]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12033615#post12033615 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dedfish
Why? Moving lots of water through your overflow and through the sump will cause problems with micro bubbles and also reduce the efficiency of your skimmer. And to top it all off you'll have issues with noise. The best advice I can give you is to slow down the flow through the overflow and instead rely on closed loops and/or propeller style stream pumps for the majority of your flow.

I could not agree more, I have a Corelife 10??gph pump and I have it trottled back. Consider you head pressure and the size of you sump\refug..

 

[jlunde]

The one thing I have heard is exactly that! You don't want a massive amount of flow going through your sump, as it will reduce the skimmer's efficiency. I'm just trying to figure out if I want to get the tank drilled or use pumps in the tank? Anyone have any opinions...pros and cons of each? I will have 178 Reef Ready tank and want to have enough flow for any types of corals I choose.

 

[Skorpinok]

I guess what I'm trying to do is maybe run a little close loop - I guess. I say in the previous post that someone had installed close loop using one of the four pre-drilled bulkhead holes.

 

[Joe]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12033473#post12033473 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Skorpinok
Does anyone know how much flow (volume) of water can the overflow of the 120g tech series can handle? My 120g has 4 pre-drilled holes that will fit a 1 inch bulkhead (I'm assuming - i haven't inserted a bulkhead, yet). I can't seem to find any info on it from the oceanic website.

I'd like to crank as much water through the overflow.

The returns on the 120 Tech are rated at 600 gph each. I don't think you want that much, though. If you're looking for flow, use powerheads. I'm using an eheim 1260 on my 120 Tech. It works out great. Some people even use an Eheim 1262, but I've heard they have to throttle it back somewhat.


Joe