set up for my 150 sps glass tank

[ycnibrc]

Hi
I just want to have some idea for setting up my sps reef tank.
Tank dimension is 24x60x24 with center over flow. It has 2 3/4" return. I use iwaki rxlt 40 for main return pump. I have 40 gal sump with a reef devil skimmer and a rio 3000. A rio 2500 feed to an Arctica 1/4 chiller then through a 50 gal refugium tank then gravity feed back to sump. I have 1x400 watt 14k hallide on each side and 1x175 20k in the middle. I also have 2x55watt acitnic power compact. I use an Octopus 3000 controller to monitor ph,orp and temperature. For flow I have a tunze wavebox and a tunze stream 6010. This tank was set up succesfully before with mix corals and fish. But now I want to try out the difficult SPS corals. I have move all my sand to the 50gal refugium and go bare bottom in the main tank. I think that I need to upgrade my skimmer?any thought?ASM,Euro reef or the Deltec.

Thanks for your input

 

[sidog1]

i would check out deltec or h&s skimmers. i have a deltec apf600 on my 38 gallon right now while waiting to upgrade to my 120. it kicks some serious butt. i've heard good things about h&s as well. it is a lil bit cheaper than deltec. check out the deltec and the h&s forums here on reefcentral

 

[orientalexpress]

avoid ASM ,they're use sedra pump,they're created too much heat.your chiller will be on constanley,same thing with ER,but they're do make them with difference pump which i never try them before.ER make external also,i would go that route if i get ER.Deltec and H&S are in it class by it's own.they're worth every penny.check out the new ATI skimmer ,they're not in the USA market as of yet.it's will be in a couple week.low watts pump mean which created less heat.gl


lapsan

 

[sidog1]

oh i forgot. you might want to look into a calcium reactor if going all sps...

 

[ycnibrc]

I'm thinking about just adding kalwasser and calcium supplement and not going the Cal reactor route. My tank is in my living room and I don't have space to set up the cal reactor. Can I still get away without the cal reactor? BTW beside deltec which other skimmers will do recirculate?

 

[orientalexpress]

ER and H&S both do external recirculate also.u can get away without the reactor.the most importance thing about keeping sps IS WEEKLY water change.between 5% and 10% .

 

[ycnibrc]

great......no cal reactor....start mixing water now

thanks for your advice....

 

[bookfish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8317192#post8317192 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by orientalexpress
ER and H&S both do external recirculate also.u can get away without the reactor.the most importance thing about keeping sps IS WEEKLY water change.between 5% and 10% .

Or more, depending on how much of a slave you want to be to your corals.-Jim (slave to corals and fish)