the 210gallon upgrade thread

[mbaychuk]

hello id like to introduce myself first. my name is mark and my nephew is purebullet417 on this websight. my current tank is a 125 gal with a 20 gallon sump. after setting it up i wanted a bigger tank so today we ordered an aga 210 with mission stand and canopy that will be here by the end of the week. we are going to set it up right and this will be the equipment list

210gallon tank
H&S A200 1260 skimmer
40b sump
dart return pump
geo calcium reactor(612 or 618?)
2x tunze 6100 on glass and 2x tunze 6000 in rocks with a 7095 controler.
72" solaris H4 400w light allready ordered

thats all i can think of. ill post some pics of the 125 when i get a chance but what do you guys think of the list. thanks alot. btw heres the last shot i have from dec

[purebullet8]

nice tank i buy it for 1,500

[purebullet417]

who ever is trying to copy me stop. anyway the tank should turn out very nice and i cant wait to start it.

[nss9400]

cool tank!

[purebullet417]

thanks he said hell try to get some more pics up later

[ukspice69]

how will you pump the dart return pump,

I have a 210 that i what to set up it come with the mega flow system, i wanted to use a dart due to performance and low watts, my issue was the 1.5 inch outlet and the 3/4 inch return bulkhead,

PLease help me if you got good ideas

[mbaychuk]

I have the new 210g coming at the end of this week. When I lay out the plumbing for the tranfer from the 125g Ill let you know.

[mbaychuk]

here are current pictures of my 125g

[purebullet417]

looks good but you did the same pic twice

[LarryW]

are you guys going to use LR or dry base rock to create your aquascaping?

[purebullet417]

we already have about 150lbs of LR and will be getting 100-120 lbs more for your lfs. the aquascaping in the current tank was done by me with all LR

[purebullet417]

dose anyone know what type of calcium reactor to get. im thinking the geo 618 but is the geo 612 better

[mtran]

Mark - I have an identical setup (210 cherry red, mission stand and canopy w/ mega flow). Currently in the process of installing the plumbing. FYI - the canopy is a little short for my preference. Not much room for arranging rocks and corals once the MH + VHO are installed. As for plumbing, I decided to use both holes in both mega flows for drainage. Interested in how you setup yours.

[purebullet417]

thats somthing to think about. when he reads this hell tell you what he thinks about it. we are using a solaris fixture so the rooms shouldn't be to bad

[mbaychuk]

Hi mtran as my nephew said we are planning to install the new 400w solaris light. Im planning on customizing the canopy to fit the light so I can get my hands and arm in. I wont know till I get the light, Its back ordered I expect by end of July. Ill let you know how it goes. Dont know to many people who have the solaris. If any one dose any feed back appreciated.

[purebullet417]

yea thinning about using draw slides to slid the light back and forth in the canopy

[LarryW]

I love mine, I don't have any thing in the tank yet, but we put it over a fellow reefer's 90 at a meeting last month. he has almost all SPS and the color was amazing.

[purebullet417]

sounds great cant wait to get it. he got a lux meter today and plans on using it to match the old light then measure the new light

[purebullet417]

light should be shipped the 27th. only a couple of weeks away

[mbaychuk]

Great to hear about the solaris because I really dont hear any great feed back on the light yet. I was beginning to think I made a mistake.

[purebullet417]

skimmer was shipped today and i think he got the tunzes. tank should be coming sat. ill see if he can get pics asap

[LarryW]

the LED's are focused Light. so you need to measure it accordingly. there are many 250w owners with SPS, who love the light, and have seen growth. remember you can have 1000w halides over your tank, but if your water quality, and trace minerals are not where they need to be, no amount of light is going to get them to grow.

[purebullet417]

yes that is true. well see hopefully the light turns out to be realy good but the thing that sold us was you can touch the light and its cold. there is no heat given off to really get trapped in the canopy and heat up the tank

[LarryW]

yeah, You can run them for hours, then walk up, and touch the unit, and the plexi shield and it's just a little warm. Just make sure you put holes on the side of the canopy for the fans. on set pulls air in, the other exhausts.

[purebullet417]

yea we wanted to use like central air vents but cant find wood ones. dose anyone know where to get them