- Location
- Queens/Flushing/Whitestone/NYC
Hello Reefers!!!
I'm back!!!! After leaving the hobby for 2 years, and lurking around, i finally can't resist and wanted to start my own tank thread. Hopefully this will be my last tank for many many many years. :lol_large The tank will be a mix reef, since this should be my last and final tank i hope........ i'll plan and do everything nice and slow, no more rushing it to get it up. I'll be lurking around to find some good deals.
The plan is to have the tank in the basement since it's more cooling, and i have a nice space to play around with instead of first floor, but getting it down to the basement will be a pain. The tank will be run on a dedicated 20amp line and another shared line, GFI protected, hopefully that'll do it. The wall behind it will be green board for better moisture resistant.
Miracles Rimless Tank
Dimension: 48L X 30W X 24H
Starephire front 3/4" glass
5/8" for all other glass
Temper glass for back panel for more strength
Center External Overflow, with a black acrylic to block of the front view
The back of the tank will be painted black
Equipment List
Lighting - 3 to 4 AI SOL blue as i always like the blue look. I'm hoping 3 AI would be enough, if not maybe a 4th.
Skimmer - will shop around as there is no immediate need for one
Dosing - since there is not much to start with, i'll not get one until i have more corals, water change should be sufficient for now but i'll go the dosin route.
Heater - eheim jager 2x 150 watt
Power Head - 2 MP40, is that enough flow, will have 2 3/4 inch return, probably getting a strong return pump for more water flow.
Return pump - Water blaster, eheim 2x?
RODI - typhoon III delux
Sump - ??? saw my buddy Moidol's sump, looks really nice with the rimless, if there's left over $, planning on getting a deep blue 48inch frag tank and put in the baffles but that is to be decided later.
Piping - planning to get all the piping from savako online, since they have those gray looking pvc pipes, looks much better than the home depot white pvc pipe. Didn't like the look when i had the 180 and 150g tank.
Sand - i think i like the sand bottom look more than bare bottom more, but haven't decide on which sand yet.
Rock - probably will go with some nice dry rocks, remember seeing member vendor selling some nice dry rocks, anyone can remind me who that vendor is????
coral & fishes
Mix of sps & lps and soft corals.
Fishes, i like schooling fishes, some anthias, dori, nemo and and several tangs, Naso tang, yellow tang, fat head.........
What other important stuff am i missing to run the tank?
A picture of the overflow design and retrun from the back view.
Comments and ideas are welcome!
I'm back!!!! After leaving the hobby for 2 years, and lurking around, i finally can't resist and wanted to start my own tank thread. Hopefully this will be my last tank for many many many years. :lol_large The tank will be a mix reef, since this should be my last and final tank i hope........ i'll plan and do everything nice and slow, no more rushing it to get it up. I'll be lurking around to find some good deals.
The plan is to have the tank in the basement since it's more cooling, and i have a nice space to play around with instead of first floor, but getting it down to the basement will be a pain. The tank will be run on a dedicated 20amp line and another shared line, GFI protected, hopefully that'll do it. The wall behind it will be green board for better moisture resistant.
Miracles Rimless Tank
Dimension: 48L X 30W X 24H
Starephire front 3/4" glass
5/8" for all other glass
Temper glass for back panel for more strength
Center External Overflow, with a black acrylic to block of the front view
The back of the tank will be painted black
Equipment List
Lighting - 3 to 4 AI SOL blue as i always like the blue look. I'm hoping 3 AI would be enough, if not maybe a 4th.
Skimmer - will shop around as there is no immediate need for one
Dosing - since there is not much to start with, i'll not get one until i have more corals, water change should be sufficient for now but i'll go the dosin route.
Heater - eheim jager 2x 150 watt
Power Head - 2 MP40, is that enough flow, will have 2 3/4 inch return, probably getting a strong return pump for more water flow.
Return pump - Water blaster, eheim 2x?
RODI - typhoon III delux
Sump - ??? saw my buddy Moidol's sump, looks really nice with the rimless, if there's left over $, planning on getting a deep blue 48inch frag tank and put in the baffles but that is to be decided later.
Piping - planning to get all the piping from savako online, since they have those gray looking pvc pipes, looks much better than the home depot white pvc pipe. Didn't like the look when i had the 180 and 150g tank.
Sand - i think i like the sand bottom look more than bare bottom more, but haven't decide on which sand yet.
Rock - probably will go with some nice dry rocks, remember seeing member vendor selling some nice dry rocks, anyone can remind me who that vendor is????
coral & fishes
Mix of sps & lps and soft corals.
Fishes, i like schooling fishes, some anthias, dori, nemo and and several tangs, Naso tang, yellow tang, fat head.........
What other important stuff am i missing to run the tank?
A picture of the overflow design and retrun from the back view.
Comments and ideas are welcome!
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