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Revamping my AGA 120
I originally posted this in the Reef Discussion forum, it got a lot of views but no replies. I'm hoping that you local guys might be a little more helpful. I have talked to Warnberg about it a little. I have worked with him for about 6 yrs now. Let me know what you guys think. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
So I have decided that it is time to revamp the 120 that I have. It has been up for about 3 yrs but is serious need of a redesign. In addition to revamping the way that the tank is set up I am also going to build a new stand and canopy. The followinig is a list of equipment that I currently have: - All Glass Aquariums 120G pre-drilled 4ft x 2ft x 2ft (corner overflows) - 30G Acrylic Sump (from FAOIS) - Gen-X PCX55HP for return pump - Euroreef CS6-2 Skimmer - 2 IceCap 250MH Ballasts with 2 250W XM 10K bulbs - 1 IceCap 660 Ballast with 2 Super Actinic 4ft VHO bulbs LR/LS: - Approximately 150 lbs. Fiji rock - 3 Inch sandbed Current Inhabitants: 1 Gold Striped Maroon Clown 1 Royal Gramma 1 Mandarin Goby 2 Pepperment Cleaner Shrimp Assorted small crabs and snails for cleanup. I originally went with MH lighting and supplememtal VHO because I really wanted to get into SPS. However, I don't think that the flow in the tank is really adequate. I have read various threads regarding closed loops in addition to return pumps. Some others have approached the problem by adding Tunze streams or equivalent powerhead pumps. I still have two MAG 7 pumps sitting around, they were the previous return pumps. I was reading a thread here where Anthony Calfo had suggested dropping some MAG drive pumps in the overflows and plumbing up from there to a closed loop manifold. That way no additional holes need to be drilled in the tank. Any thoughts on this one. I know that lighting and flow are two of THE most important things to be considered when it comes to SPS tanks (excellent water quality being a given). Is the lighting that I currently have adequate for most SPS? What are the suggestions for tackling my flow problem? At this point I am really looking at completely redoing the plumbing when I move the tank to the new stand. I am open to any suggestions you guys have in order to set this up the way it needs to be done.
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