Thanks for the help it will be in the spring and I will make sure to get in depth with the tank build I would like to share how I was able to tear down and aet up with out losing and live stock. The rock was collected over the years and it is primarily Marshall island rock the rest I got from Midwest Reefs.
Here is my fish stock list and the years I have had them.
My reflectors are Lumenmax 2. I have to give all the credit to Steve at Midwest reefs this was going to be his tank but he went with the 200DD instead. I must say he has a wall hammer that almost consumes the entire tank. He explained to me that there is a long brace that runs the length of the canopy on the top inside. This needed to be removed and the brace relocated to be able to install the lumenmax 2 reflectors. The spread is great on them, no shadow cast from the "I" beam centerbraces that we have on these tanks. I added the uv covers for the DBL ended HQI Lumenmax 2 reflectors, to guard the finish on the reflectors from salt and corrosion. There is no shift or change that I have noticed by adding them. The reflectors sit 5" above the water, to my surprise no heat from this. I have 4 fans that draw air in on both sides, the canopy top is well vented. Temp stays at 80, the highest I have seen it ever get is 81. My room temp is set at 75 all year. The actinic lighting is VHO and it hits the mark in my application. I feel T5 have there place but fall short for my application, I would need a bank of T5, using up all the room under the canopy, when 2 160w VHO slice through. I tried T5........I will leave my personal thoughts out. Mark I hope this helps, the pics I have posted are general shots. If needed I can get better ones up for you.
