triskos
New Member
I have experience with softy reef and freshwater tanks but I'm hoping to move into a more permanent living situation soon and have been planning an SPS tank. I'm mostly looking for feedback on the filtration setup, and if you think it will support a reef tank for a long time as I'd love to have this be a long term tank with big colonies. Here's what I'm considering:
Tank - between 120- 200 gallons
sump - 75 gallon tank adapted into a sump
- automatic filter roller
- calcium reactor
- protein skimmer
- live rock
- chaeto fuge with proper light not a generic cfl bulb
lighting - led/t5 hybrid, rent or buy a par meter and aim for 150-400 par everywhere in the tank
circulation - ~5x turnover for the sump + not set on display tank powerheads yet
automation - ReefPi or Apex controller
- auto water change 10% weekly
- auto top off
- fuge and tank lights on/off
- wavemaker/gyre - not set on running this off the reefpi or apex
RO/DI water source
Feed fish in the tank but also add coral food like reef chili
I was hoping to not put too much rock in the display and have the corals fill the space, so I thought live rock in the sump would be a good idea. Thanks for any feedback!
Tank - between 120- 200 gallons
sump - 75 gallon tank adapted into a sump
- automatic filter roller
- calcium reactor
- protein skimmer
- live rock
- chaeto fuge with proper light not a generic cfl bulb
lighting - led/t5 hybrid, rent or buy a par meter and aim for 150-400 par everywhere in the tank
circulation - ~5x turnover for the sump + not set on display tank powerheads yet
automation - ReefPi or Apex controller
- auto water change 10% weekly
- auto top off
- fuge and tank lights on/off
- wavemaker/gyre - not set on running this off the reefpi or apex
RO/DI water source
Feed fish in the tank but also add coral food like reef chili
I was hoping to not put too much rock in the display and have the corals fill the space, so I thought live rock in the sump would be a good idea. Thanks for any feedback!
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