Well its 9 months down the line and my current tank is full and getting cramped. So that means time for a new tank!! Hopefully this one will last for years to come 
Anyway Leslie has had a stand, and glass sitting in his garage for ages taking up space and has finally convinced my to take it off his hands. Leslie of course will be doing the building of the tank, the talented tank builder that he is.
Some info.Tank is going to be 1800x500x500 giving me a display volume of 450L, and will be made out of 10mm glass and done in black silicone. I want to go bigger but not so big that it takes up all my time and it becomes a job not a hobby. 450L therefore seems a fair compromise.
The sump we are still discussing, there is a 1800x350x350 sump already made which I can use but am unsure if its going to meet all my needs. I am wanting to have a first chamber big enough to house a TS4, nice size refugium which will then go onto a big DSB, I recently read its best for the DSB to be 10% of total water volume in weight, so need to look at a DSB that will accomodate 65kg of sand. a built in RO resevoir is also a must plus my return chamber. I would like to have an algae scrubber plumbed in over the refugium as well. Any help and info on the sump will be appreciated.
I am undecided as what to do about my lighting. I currently have a 8x39w T5 unit which I would like to keep, but obviously this will be too small for this size tank. So am thinking of maybe building a canopy to house the unit centrally and fitting a MH on either side of it. Not sure if this will work or what it will look like. Any suggestions?
I still want to have a mixed reef, but mainly focusing on LPS with some SPS taking up the upper portion of the tank and softies to full the gaps. So flow will have to be worked out accordingly...need to try and work it that I have dedicated high flow and low flow areas of the tank for the desired corals. Flow will be by My current Seio's and some added Sunsuns, there was talk of CLS, but I think we scrapped it
Think thats it for now, I am sure Leslie will post lots of pics as the project moves ahead.
Anyway Leslie has had a stand, and glass sitting in his garage for ages taking up space and has finally convinced my to take it off his hands. Leslie of course will be doing the building of the tank, the talented tank builder that he is.
Some info.Tank is going to be 1800x500x500 giving me a display volume of 450L, and will be made out of 10mm glass and done in black silicone. I want to go bigger but not so big that it takes up all my time and it becomes a job not a hobby. 450L therefore seems a fair compromise.
The sump we are still discussing, there is a 1800x350x350 sump already made which I can use but am unsure if its going to meet all my needs. I am wanting to have a first chamber big enough to house a TS4, nice size refugium which will then go onto a big DSB, I recently read its best for the DSB to be 10% of total water volume in weight, so need to look at a DSB that will accomodate 65kg of sand. a built in RO resevoir is also a must plus my return chamber. I would like to have an algae scrubber plumbed in over the refugium as well. Any help and info on the sump will be appreciated.
I am undecided as what to do about my lighting. I currently have a 8x39w T5 unit which I would like to keep, but obviously this will be too small for this size tank. So am thinking of maybe building a canopy to house the unit centrally and fitting a MH on either side of it. Not sure if this will work or what it will look like. Any suggestions?
I still want to have a mixed reef, but mainly focusing on LPS with some SPS taking up the upper portion of the tank and softies to full the gaps. So flow will have to be worked out accordingly...need to try and work it that I have dedicated high flow and low flow areas of the tank for the desired corals. Flow will be by My current Seio's and some added Sunsuns, there was talk of CLS, but I think we scrapped it
Think thats it for now, I am sure Leslie will post lots of pics as the project moves ahead.
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