90 gallon reef equipment question

[Partsman19]

Hello,

I am in the process of setting up my first reef tank with sump and have a couple of questions. The first is I am looking for a dawn to dusk effect LED light and was wondering is the Aquatic Life Edge would be a good light for a tank that is going to be housing mostly soft corals at first with around 4 to 5 fish. My second question is...since I purchased a short stand, I thought it would be easier to clean rather than getting on a step stool, I have now realized that if I use a 30 gallon tank and turn it into a sump it is going to be difficult to get the sump in and out for cleaning. I was wondering if using a 20 long aquarium and building a sump with that tank or should I get a taller stand?

Thanks

 

[Jon Fishman]

I would make sure you can get into (like put a skimmer in/out) of the sump, while it's in the stand..... I wouldn't worry about how difficult it is to physically remove the entire sump from the stand, because honestly you'll never really do that until you tear down the tank. My sump won't come out of the stand unless I remove the tank that is on the stand........