What would Y'all do?

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  1. mattb57

    mattb57 Banned

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    I'm not really sure where to put this thread but, here it goes. Ok so i have already made a thread of what I plan to do when/if I upgrade. Instead of posting what i am thinking of doing, I want to ask how would each one of you personally approach this project. I have an Idea of what i want to do,but I think I am at a standstill. My only guidelines are I will have a 180-250gal tank with a 55 gal refugium and I know I want LED lighting.(I also already own a RODI system.)


    What should I do list.
    -Size of tank in the range of 180-250gal
    -pumps?
    -skimmer?
    -powerheads?
    -reactors?
    -controllers?
    -which LED lighting?
    - set up in diy fuge?
    -Closed loop?
    -UV filter?
    -Heating?
    -Cooling(I may not need it, but what chiller would y'all buy?)
    - Anything else you want to add or I'm forgetting?
     
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    Lack-There-Of Bristle Worm

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    Is it a 55 gallon refugium? or 55 gallon sump?
     
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  3. mattb57

    mattb57 Banned

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    Oh, It is actually my current tank that I would Diy into a refugium.
     
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    Lack-There-Of Bristle Worm

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    So i'm guessing you're going to have a separate sump? Where will it be located
     
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    mattb57 Banned

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    No not necessarily. I really don't know what I want to do with the sump/refugium, I know I want it to have a refugium though. Any Ideas of how you would set it up?
     
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    Lack-There-Of Bristle Worm

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    I would personally make the 55 into a sump with as big of a refugium as you can fit, but hey if you have the room you can make the 55 a refugium with a separate tank for sump and just plumb them together, all depends on how much room you have
     
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    Yep thats pretty much what I was thinking. I do not think I will be able to fit a separate refugium but, hey you never know. I do have a 30 gal lying around that I could probably use, I'm not sure about the dimensions of it though.
     
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    Drill the 55 and have it as a display fuge with macro algae and mangroves and all sorts of neat critters. Get a rubbermaid stock tank to act as your sump having your fuge and tank drain into it. That is what I would do ;)
     
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    I would either do what ingtar_shinowa would do or depending on if you could fit it get a 75 gallon as a sump with a good portion of it being a fuge and the rest for the skimmer and returns pump and whatever else you want/need.

    As for your list...are you asking what equipment I personally would go with for a tank of that size? skimmer, lights, pumps, etc....
     
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    But ive read that alot of 55 gallons cant be drilled due to most companies using tempered glass so check that out too.
     
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