Upgrade overload !!

Seano Hermano · Feb 1, 2011

if it were mine I would do it like this...I am gonna tear apart your lit. lol.

cjrudy said: ↑

So after the wife gave me the go ahead to upgrade my 29 gallon Biocube to a 75 gallon tank. I immediately starting planning my 90 gallon reef tank

It's only been a week and my head is spinning, everyday I am thinking of something new or different, where do I start, the tank would help, I plan on ordering one soon, then there is:

-painting the back of the tank? I would paint the back with either a dark blue or a balck, Krylon matte spray paint.

-building the tank stand? I you have the tools to do it, build the stand. it should be much cheaper(depending on how fancy you want to go) and it will be beuilt to your liking.

-building the sump?, protein skimmer?, phosban reactor?, fuge? filter sock?
-type of sand bed? none? fine? reef grade? I got 30 lbs of Carib-Sea aragonite sand. My only complaint is that I accidentally got sugar-fine sand so it blows all over the place even when I bump a rock or something. haha.

-aquascaping? live rock off the sand bed? eggcrate? In my 29g I have about 2 lbs of sand for a 2" SB and 37 Lb of rock.

I wouldn't worry about the eggcrate. I just put my rocks down and then I poured the sand down around the rocks. Eggcrate will create dead spots where your gobies and/or cuc cannot get to, meaning nitrates go up.

-type of pumps?, power heads?, plumbing? water flow?
Koralia Evos for the powerheads. Will this be SPS, LPS or just softies tank? A mix? This wil ldetermine how much flow you will need. For the pump I would recommend Mag Drives pumps or Eheims. They are both good brands.

-lighting? and more and more and more..........Lighting will also depend on what coral you want. Do you want LED, MH, ot T5HO? Well, this is probably what you are asking? I need some more info on this.

agghhhhhhh!!!!!

I plan on taking it slow over the next few months, but man my mind is racing with ideas, I am even dreaming something reef related every night. I love it
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I already have tons of ideas for when I have my next tank(s)! hahaha

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