calihawker
10/29/2003, 12:33 AM
Geetings Anthony!
I'm setting up a new system and I'm at the stage now where I can build anything and do everything right the first time. I'll just tell you what my plans are and you can correct me as I go.
The display tank is 300 gallons it has 2 corner overflows each with 2, 1-1/4 inch bulk heads, (total of 4 is that gonna cut it?). 50 gallon sump, 60 gallon refugium, protein skimmer and calcium reactor all from Lifereef.
Water flow:
A dolphin 3600 will pump into 2 sea swirl ocillating units for the majority of the circulation. The tank is 8 feet long and my plan is to have sps stonies on one side, soft corals on the other and a clam bed in the middle. So I was think of adding a flush type system as described by Eric Borneman to fascilitate natural water motion on the sps side of the tank. Either that or a manifold system with pumps hooked up to a wave maker. I don't want one stinkin' power head in my tank! If I decide on the toilet flusher how much water and how often do you think should run through it?
Filtration:
The refugium will have a plenum but do you think I would benifit from a plenum in the display tank? If not I'm thinking a DSB seeded with live sand. 4-6 inches of aragonite? Any thoughts? The refugium will be above the display tank to overflow into it and avoid running all those micro critters through a centrifigul nightmare. How many gph should I run through the refugium? Because of the mixture of species I was going to use activated charcoal in the sump.
Lighting:
Right now I have 4 250 watt MH multi spectrum and 4 actinics. Again I was going to shift the lighting to the sps side of the tank but I think there's going to have to be some experimenting on my part to see who needs what, when.
Any way, thats all I can think of right now. I'm sure ther'll be more later. I've been away from the hobby for quite some time and decided to jump back in the water in a big way!
Thanks for all your help and hope to here from you soon!
Steve
I'm setting up a new system and I'm at the stage now where I can build anything and do everything right the first time. I'll just tell you what my plans are and you can correct me as I go.
The display tank is 300 gallons it has 2 corner overflows each with 2, 1-1/4 inch bulk heads, (total of 4 is that gonna cut it?). 50 gallon sump, 60 gallon refugium, protein skimmer and calcium reactor all from Lifereef.
Water flow:
A dolphin 3600 will pump into 2 sea swirl ocillating units for the majority of the circulation. The tank is 8 feet long and my plan is to have sps stonies on one side, soft corals on the other and a clam bed in the middle. So I was think of adding a flush type system as described by Eric Borneman to fascilitate natural water motion on the sps side of the tank. Either that or a manifold system with pumps hooked up to a wave maker. I don't want one stinkin' power head in my tank! If I decide on the toilet flusher how much water and how often do you think should run through it?
Filtration:
The refugium will have a plenum but do you think I would benifit from a plenum in the display tank? If not I'm thinking a DSB seeded with live sand. 4-6 inches of aragonite? Any thoughts? The refugium will be above the display tank to overflow into it and avoid running all those micro critters through a centrifigul nightmare. How many gph should I run through the refugium? Because of the mixture of species I was going to use activated charcoal in the sump.
Lighting:
Right now I have 4 250 watt MH multi spectrum and 4 actinics. Again I was going to shift the lighting to the sps side of the tank but I think there's going to have to be some experimenting on my part to see who needs what, when.
Any way, thats all I can think of right now. I'm sure ther'll be more later. I've been away from the hobby for quite some time and decided to jump back in the water in a big way!
Thanks for all your help and hope to here from you soon!
Steve