My new tank...

Well I have been a member on this forum for god only knows how long. And I can say that since I have been gone this place has had a major face lift. This is one of the best sites I have seen but there is a few things that I think needs to be fixed....sorry Matt

Anyway, I now have a 90 that is pretty tight but I was able to get my hands on a nice 180 drilled with Modern Series stand and canopy. I will not use the canopy because I will buy one from my LFS. I plan to use 3-250W 14K halides, two 160W VHO actinics, a 36" Ecosystems sump, two ER CS6-1 skimmers, two blueline 30HDX pumps from the sump and another on a closed loop w/seaswirl, a MRC dual chamber reactor, ARS RODI, maybe a kalk reactor and I think that is it.

Oh yeah, I will run a 1" sand bed of fine sand. I have about 150 lbs of rock and may add a few more pounds, depends on how it looks. I am going for two towers and an open clam lagoon in the center.

I decided to go with two ER skimmers because I can't fit a CS12-1 in my sump and I decided against one 6-1 & one 8-1 because I don't want the 8-1 to out compete the 6-1.

Any suggestions are always appreciated. I am including a picture of my tank as it sits now.



Mike

 

Welcome back MacnReef! Always good to see old friends. I didn't see a picture of your tank attached to this thread, but will look in your gallery. It sounds like a great plan and set up! ;D

 

Thanx!

Well, I can see the picture, that's weird. Yeah, check my gallery. I just uploaded all new pictures.

Mike

 

Hey macnreef, where your pic is supposed to be there is a reefcentral banner on my end.

 

Yep thats the same thing I am seeing, maybe because I pulled the pic from my gallery over there. Check my gallery here.

Mike

 

Looking good. Is that an anemone in the bottom right hand corner? If so what kind?

 

Thanx! No, its actually a fungia or AKA plate coral. It is one of my favorite corals because of how big it gets. I have a lot of stuff in the tank that is not in the picture, tri-color acro, slimer, bluetip stag, green monti cap w/purple rim, brown cap w/purple rim and tons of other sps.

Mike

 

Change in plans....I am going with a MR2 from MRC instead of the twin ERs. Also, I am going to feed the MR2 with a Gen-X 55 pump and I am going to run my return lines on a W70HD and run a W30HDX on a closed loop.