Please help me out Pics of old tank and new tank

Hey guys I have a small 10 gallon now and am going to a larger 40 gallon with sump. Can you guys help me out does it look like I'm doing things right I am just learning any and all info would be a huge help please be criticle.... I am filling my display with ro water as I type this. I am going to go buy the sand in the next few days going with about an inch or two of sand prob mostly live sand I guess Then going to put about 30 pounds of live rock in.. Please tell me if I'm going in the right direction thanks alot guys... For lighting on the new tank I have a decent light with a 65watt daylight and a 65 watt acticnic bulbs will that be good enought lighting ?...

Old 10 gallon






and here is the soon to be new setup









Close up of overflow I built



And the sump the center is going to be a fuge







thanks in advance guys

 

your 10 gallon is way overstocked fish wise,

the new set up looks great though

 

2-3" of sand is good(imo), just make sure its the "salt size" sand and not the crushed coral. I had the same lighting set up in a 45g once and it was enough for most/some corals. Just make sure to ask/tell the LFS that you have dual 65w pc's(1-daylight/ 1-actinic). Luna

 

Hey one more question I forgot for the daylight bulbs should I get 10k or 10k 6700k ?? also I had no clue that my old tank was overstocked my levels were allways great or do you mean just for visual appeal? ok here are my bulb options which ones should I get

SunPaq Actinic 460nm
SunPaq Actinic 420nm
SunPaq Daylight 10000°K
SunPaq Daylight 6700°K
SunPaq Dual Daylight 6700°K/10000°K
SmartPaq Daylight 10000°K/Actinic 460nm
SunPaq Dual Actinic 420/460nm

I am so confused

 

When I had my 45g tank, I had 1-65w 10k and the other one was 65w dual actinics 420/460nm. Luna

 

Thanks alot for quick reply.. what does the duel actinics do??? I mean why do I need a duel spectrum ... O yeah does my skimmer seem to be a good one I got it cheap so just wondering??

 

The different spectrum is to reach different depths of the tank to "feed" different corals. Read up on it. Luna

 

Yes, the skimmer you have is a Coralife SuperSkimmer rated for 65 gallons, so it will work great on your 30 gal tank.
If you paid $100-$120 or less, than you got a good deal on the skimmer.

 

Yeah I sure did I did a fresh water test worked great and quiet too. My pump appeared to be moving about 300gph to 400gph I think that will be good enough . Thanks for asking though