Congrats on the new tank always fun when your in the planning stages and get to buy all these toys. I agree on the MH I wouldn't buy new there so many people selling them due to leds heat issues and power consumption. Personally I like t5 6x80 t5 you could keep anything in there but that's my opinion and in the end its up to what you want and by the way the vortechs are nice but also heard the tunze 6205 6305 etc are nice with great customer service.
Thanks man and I think Monday and Tuesday are out this week due to kids soccer practices and my buddy coming by Tuesday to measure out the basement, so hopefully Wednesday will work to pick up the Marco rock?!?!
I'm going to do some reading and compare people's experiences with the Tunz'es and the Vortech's and make my decision which I've got plenty of time to do. All this planning already has me losing sleep and it has only just started. :hmm3:
What are you planing on keeping?
I have no idea yet but I was shooting for a pretty wide range of possibilities and flexibility.
I would go with the full apex not the lite. So much more expansion. Love the fact that I can check everything on my iPhone with the aquanotes app. Also I am switching from T 5's to LED when I get some extra cash. Easy to build check rapidled.com. I have a octopus skimmer it's pretty good.
Thanks Zero I must admit though I am a little skeptical about LED's mainly because I haven't seen them in action in person. I will be going to rapidled.com today and start reading up. thanks for the tip! I think I'm pretty set on one of the Extreme Octopus skimmers so it's good to know it can hold its own.
the 6055 dont really put out a lot of flow -- i had 4 on a 120 and wasnt happy
for metal halide lighting maybe look into the bigger reflectors (u might be able to get away with 2 of them)
wavebox is cool for about a couple months than u dont even notice it
but everything depends on what your going to keep in the tank
skimmers-- there is a guy selling an older octopus for a few hundred on here if he still has it the 250 model only difference is the pumps (but the new pumps are a lot better)
When you say bigger reflectors are you referring to 450's or simply larger reflectors on the 250's?!! I never really thought of that, I was always under the impression that 250w would only spread a 2x2 area but if a larger reflector (which I would never see anyways) could expand that area and save me some money it's worth a look! Again thanks for the tip.
No way am I buying a used skimmer unless of course I were to find an absolute steal on one. I'd rather buy new and have it under warranty with brand new pumps.
Thanks again everyone for the support and suggestions. That's one thing I've come to notice after reading these boards for so many years, how it is such a tight knit group of people looking out for each other.
Such a great site Reef Central is. :thumbsup
