Starting new tank need advice

[Xeniawarrior]

Hey everyone. I just recently picked up a 90g reef ready and stand. This will be my first tank with overflow and sump. I’m trying to do the build on a budget so any help will be appreciated. Looking for advice on sumps. Not sure what size I will need and what to run inside. Lights. And especially pluming. Any help will be appreciated thanks.

 

[Uncle99]

The biggest sump you can put under the DT, without, deconstructing stand.
Big box depot schedule 40 standard white pipe and fittings. Hard plumb is better.
Gate valves (not ball valves) on each overflow (gates allow for the fine tuning)
Jebao DCQ-10000 lph, return pump, or similar, I use Jebao for everthing and have no problem
Two 200 watt heaters, one Inkbird temp controller.
Two, Visparspectra 165watt, black box.

 

[Cell]

If building on a budget, consider building your own sump with either home made baffles or you can buy a baffle kit like this:

Fiji Cube Sump Baffle Kit - 20 Gallon Long

This DIY sump kit is designed to convert a 20 gallon long glass aquarium tank into a fully functional sump. Please see the build thread of the 40 Gallon Breeder DIY Sump here. Features: Integrated filter sock holders that can hold two 4” filter bags Filter sock silencers to lower noise caused by...

www.fijicube.com

 

[Hugh Mann]

The biggest sump you can put under the DT, without, deconstructing stand.
Big box depot schedule 40 standard white pipe and fittings. Hard plumb is better.
Gate valves (not ball valves) on each overflow (gates allow for the fine tuning)
Jebao DCQ-10000 lph, return pump, or similar, I use Jebao for everthing and have no problem
Two 200 watt heaters, one Inkbird temp controller.
Two, Visparspectra 165watt, black box.

+1 to all that. The only extra thing I can suggest is shop for a used sump if you're looking budget. Picked myself up a mint 140 gallon sump for $200.

 

[40g Nano]

For lighting you could also do the Reefbreeders photon 48"
that is $700

 

[Xeniawarrior]

Room under tank is 46 long 16 wide and 2 feet high

 

[40g Nano]

What is your budget?

 

[Xeniawarrior]

I picked tank up at lfs 50% of sale. So tank and stand was 350 with tax looking to have top budget of 1000. It’s a marine land 90g corner overflow reef ready

 

[40g Nano]

So $1,000 more?

 

[Xeniawarrior]

No like 650 more lol

 

[40g Nano]

Oooohhhh

 

[sp1187]

wait for the $1/gallon aquarium sale at PETCO or PetSmart and DIY the sump.
can buy the baffles from a local glass shop.

 

[40g Nano]

So you need
Rock
Sand
Salt
Sump
Heater
Light
Plumbing
Powerheads
Anything else I forgot?

 

[40g Nano]

wait for the $1/gallon aquarium sale at PETCO or PetSmart and DIY the sump.
can buy the baffles from a local glass shop.

That is what I did for my 20 long.
It might not look as good than a pre-made sump but it defenitely gets the job done at a good cost

 

[sp1187]

So you need
Rock
Sand
Salt
Sump
Heater
Light
Plumbing
Powerheads
Anything else I forgot?

test kits
RODI
return pump

 

[40g Nano]

For test kits, getting something like red sea will be better

 

[Xeniawarrior]

Nano you got it looking for some miracles from the reef2reef community to help me make it work

 

[Xeniawarrior]

So a 40 breeder won’t fit underneath. Will a 20 long tank with diy sump from Fiji be enough of a sump?

 

[40g Nano]

It will, but it would be cheaper if you made the baffles yourself from acrylic or have them cut by a glass shop
You can also have more customization

 

[Cell]

20G sump for 90G tank is probably about max capacity. I'd recommend larger if possible.