60g cube advice

Longnose Hawkfish · Jan 29, 2014

Hello everyone! I finally was able to upgrade from my bio cube 14, and was in need of some advice from you all on equipment. I have the tank, it's a 60 gallon Marineland cube and also I am building the stand

For lighting I'm thinking of going with the reef breeders nova a4

For protein skimmers, either the reef octopus NWB110 or the NWB150. Which one would be better?

Two wp25s to provide water movement.

20 gallon sump

BRS bio pellet reactor, GFO reactor, and carbon reactor. Would all three help with water quality?

BRS 1.1 ml dosing pumps

Pumps to bring water from sump to tank and power one reactor. I have no clue on a cheap good quality pump, so advice needed here.

Heater

All the basic cleaning equipment.

Am I missing anything on my list? I want to set this tank up right and want to get others opinions. Also after the tank cycles, could I seed the tank with copepods and other critters like that? Thank you all!

homefry319 · Jan 29, 2014

I have a 60 cube (you can see my tank show case)

I run the NWB150 and it does a pretty solid job. I also run the BRS Carbon/GFO reactor though I only run it about 25-40% of the time. As for my pump from sump to the tank I have a Mag 7 which works perfect, I did have to replace the Marineland overflow kit(its loud as ****)

You can see my equipment list in the thread ( I think its all there )

-Chris

Longnose Hawkfish · Jan 29, 2014

Thanks! Anyone else's opinions? Are you very pleased with your skimmer?

Usctom · Jan 29, 2014

Two wp25 is going to be a lot of flow. I have one in my 60 cube and it moves sand around even with it pointed at the surface.
I have a mag 7 for return on mine but want to upgrade to a jeboa DC pump. I had a dc6000 ordered in a group buy but it never made. I like the fact that you can dial in the flow you want. It also has a nice feature of slowing starting up.