Casey's 40 breeder

Looks terrific. I really like 40 Breeder's as well. I've been trying to convince my bud to pick one up as his traveling apartment tank.

 

Thanks, I personally love this size tank and is perfect for someone new to the hobby like me.

 

New corals yesterday! ;D

Green star polyps? Please confirm.

 

And a Kenya Tree? Please confirm. I thought it was a colt coral but looking around the internet I am not sure now. Thanks.

 

Full tank shot. I ended up swapping the location of the two new corals until I can find a final place.

 

I am thinking of starting my sump over the next few weeks, any ideas on what size sump I can use? I am thinking of a 20L but I know I can go bigger with the space available in my cabinet.

 

A 20L would be fine IMO. I just have a 10 gallon under my 40B. I like the extra cabinet space.

 

Outstanding. What return pump do you use? How much gph do I want? Do I need to calculate with my power heads?

 

That depends on which overflow box you get. I use a mag 5 on mine I believe. Say your overflow is 300 gph, I would get a pump that puts out 400 gph (rough estimate). IMO, you want the return to be rated higher than the overflow because when you pump the water up 3-4 ft you won't have the initial 400 gph you have at 0 ft. You can always put a ball valve on your return line to tone the return down if you have to. I think foster/smith has a chart on their mag drive pump page that shows the gph at different head levels for each pump.

For you tank I would get the CPR CS-50 or CS-90. (I highly recommend the CPR overflow with an aqualifter pump)

 

These are yellow polyps.