My first marine aquarium

vetteguy53081 · Apr 3, 2019

bUY THE BEST EQUIPMENT YOU CAN AFFORD - no regrets. DO VIEW THE MANY TANK FORUMS WE HAVE TO START GETTING IDEAS

Captain Quint · Apr 3, 2019

Congrats on your choice of sizes. Universally 120s are one of the most popular to own.

Welcome to R2R and by the pics, you are going to have a cool predator tank...nice.

BTW, I really like the 'distressed' look of your stand. It looks great and the 2 corners OF's will do nicely.

crazysun · Apr 3, 2019

Great to see you in the hobby. Can't wait to see your build.

Stephen R · Apr 5, 2019

Captain Quint said:
Congrats on your choice of sizes. Universally 120s are one of the most popular to own.

Welcome to R2R and by the pics, you are going to have a cool predator tank...nice.

BTW, I really like the 'distressed' look of your stand. It looks great and the 2 corners OF's will do nicely.

Stephen R · Apr 5, 2019

So far my inventory

Mudder · Apr 6, 2019

Welcome to R2R!!
This is a Great place for info and Help

scriptmonkey · Apr 6, 2019

Welcome too R2R! Looks like you are off to a great start. Saw you are looking at the Eflux pump, I have the same one.. one word of warning, pump is built like a tank, went 18 months of running it before I felt bad and cleaned it. Be very careful of the twist nob on the controller, it is extremely fragile and mine if you even look at it wrong it will cause the pump to reset....this is the second one, they had to replace the first because it was doing the same thing.

Stephen R · Apr 6, 2019

Should I not get the eflux

scriptmonkey · Apr 6, 2019

I'm am still running mine. I would just mount the controller out the way so it cannot even remotely have a chance to be bumped. I did purchase a backup pump, a reef octopus varios 8, it is what I am moving too in my new build.

Stephen R · Apr 6, 2019

Is it still pumping up to 1900 gph because I didn’t receive it yet so I can change it

Stephen R · Apr 6, 2019

With the filter I’m getting how much rock do you recommend

scriptmonkey · Apr 6, 2019

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/current-usa-eflux-dc-pump-controller-issues.340855/

This is a good description of the issue. I cannot get mine to 100% without overwhelming my return, I have a Marineland cornerflo tank so I do not know. But remember you will never reach the advertised flow rate. Head pressure, pipe friction, stuff like that affects that number.

scriptmonkey · Apr 6, 2019

Stephen R said:
With the filter I’m getting how much rock do you recommend

So I never used a wet dry filter. I have always used just a sump, it is more flexible than that type of system.

One I am currently using is made by skimz:
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/up30-sumpro-sump-skimz.html

Allows for a skimmer section, has a ATO water section. My tank is 75gal so the size is just right for it.

P-Dub · Apr 6, 2019

I second scriptmonkey's recommendation to go with a standard sump and not a wet/dry. They are fine if you only ever plan on a fish only system but are not best practices if you would like to keep corals.

Stephen R · Apr 6, 2019

P-Dub said:
I second scriptmonkey's recommendation to go with a standard sump and not a wet/dry. They are fine if you only ever plan on a fish only system but are not best practices if you would like to keep corals.

I’m not doing corals I like the aggressive fish

Stephen R · Apr 6, 2019

P-Dub said:
I second scriptmonkey's recommendation to go with a standard sump and not a wet/dry. They are fine if you only ever plan on a fish only system but are not best practices if you would like to keep corals.

I’m not doing corals I like the aggressive fish

Captain Quint · Apr 7, 2019

Stephen R said:

Awesome!

May I suggest replacing the BioBalls with live rock and live rock rubble?

Captain Quint · Apr 7, 2019

scriptmonkey said:
So I never used a wet dry filter. I have always used just a sump, it is more flexible than that type of system.

One I am currently using is made by skimz:
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/up30-sumpro-sump-skimz.html

Allows for a skimmer section, has a ATO water section. My tank is 75gal so the size is just right for it.

I've used countless wet/dry but not with BioBalls and I like both but admit to more standard sumps over the past decade.