Zach's 110 gallon

Out with the old, in with the new.

I ordered a new Ocea 110 (60x18x24 tall); it has a Cherry canopy and stand, and has dual overflows and returns. It should be delivered by next Saturday ;D This company has really started taking off, especially in this area. Prices are fantastic and the quality is top notch. I will have a black background on the tank.

For lighting I will be using 2 250W HQI pendants with Vertex electronic ballasts. I purchased a 48" ReefBrite LED bar today for Actinic lighting. If I like the 1st bar I will buy a second and mount one in front and one in back of the canopy. From tests one of the blue LED bars produces the equivalent of 2 ATI Blue+ T5's. It will be interesting to see how it looks - from pictures the colors are fantastic as well. Not worried at all about the 6" left on each end, the spread is fantastic from watching some videos The canopy will be cooled by (2) 2 fan Azoo clip ons, one on each side behind the pendants. I will be installing dimmable Lunar lights as well.

I will be using my existing AquaController Apex for the controller.

Temperature will be maintained by a 1/10 HP JBJ Arctica Titanium chiller.

Flow will be provided by 2 Vortech MP40w powerheads mounted on the back wall of the tank and synched. If 2 are not sufficient I will add a 3rd as needed.

Will be using (2) 250 watt heaters, just in case they are needed.

Sump is a 27 gallon long (36x12.5x13 tall) with Refugium. One drain from the tank will drain to the left to a 7" filter sock, flowing into the skimmer compartment, past a bubble trap, into the return section. The other tank overflow will flow directly into the refugium to drain into the middle return of the sump. I will be using an external return pump (Iwaki MD55 RLT) with a manifold to run my 2 reactors with carbon, GFO, Chemi-Pure elite, and Purigen. ATO will be controlled by my Apex and use a 10 gallon tank for ATO reservoir.

Sand is Fiji Pink (120 pounds); Rock is Marco Rock (Key Largo) - 100 pounds.

I will see how my i-Tech 100 performs on the slightly larger tank. Other folks in the club use the i-Tech 100 on 120 gallon systems with no issue so I think I may be able to get by with the 100. Otherwise I will upgrade to the i-Tech 200.

I'm going to drip Kalkwasser (Mrs. Wages pickling lime, actually) to keep levels stable.

Will post pics when the tank is delivered, and I start the build.

 

Congratulations!! I like how organized and detailed your post is - I can almost picture what the tank is going to be like.

Can't wait to see this thing getting started!!

 

Thanks It's exciting!

 

ZachB

congratulations
its sounds great , Im looking forward to the pictures just so I can verify its as great as it sounds

Steve

 

Very cool! Seems like a good runway for a tang or two ... 5 feet is an odd lighting situation I do say, But cant be worse then a Corner tank LOL! Good thing you have a canopy! I cant wait to see it all come together with pics .

 

Oh this is going to be awesome.. Are you upgrading, or keeping 2 tanks?

 

Thanks

Upgrading, selling the 75

 

Thanks!

2 pendants should do OK. It's only really about 6 inches on each side I may be short but it will still be illuminated. I don't plan to have rock all the way to the end of the tank. I plan to do 2 islands with an arch between them. I may add a 3rd pendant if I see it to be necessary.

 

Or.....giving away the stuff for free?!

 

Selling the 1 year old Perfecto Reef Ready drilled for closed loop, with diy stand for $80. Yea, giving it away.