Upgrading to 750xxl build. Questions.

[Technewb]

Would a bubble magus curve 7 be enough for a reefer 750xxl? Should I also use a foam/yoga mat between tank and stand? Do I any other upgrades parts for the plumbing or is the stock plumbing good enough? I'll be using a gfo reactor of some sort. My current 55g tank has a purple tang (2inches), 2 clowns, fire fish, 2 blue/green chronos, yellow watchman, some montis, lps, and a rbta. In qt right now is a small quarter size dory, royal gramma, spotted blenny. I'm hoping to have this 750xxl ready for all the fishes after 1month qt. I will be ordering as soon as I get all the right parts I need for this build. Any suggestions is appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

A Curve 7 is a good skimmer but maybe to small for a 180 gallon tank. A 180 tank should have a 8" body skimmer. Vertex 180 si a nice skimmer, they are on sale right now at BRS and Marinedepot. Another nice choice is the Simplicity line I would get the biggest one they offer.

 

[Technewb]

The vertex looks like a great skimmer. Just ordered both the 750xxl and the vertex skimmer. Now the waiting game begins.

 

[stevem650]

I use a AquaMax Cone S Q3 skimmer on my Reefer 750. It kicks butt. Sits in first chamber & refugium before return pump.

 

[JoshH]

And no foam mats between the tank and the stand, set the tank up exactly to Red Seas Specs you will for your convenience probably need some plumbing adapters to convert from the metric to imperial.

 

[Technewb]

I was looking around and saw that large tanks required some sort of yoga mat but I don't know if the red sea come with one or not. As for plumbing I guess I'll have to wait and see how it looks like before I upgrade or not as this will be my 1st sump build. Going to be a simple build with gfo reactor or chaeto refug, skimmer, 10% weekly water change, kalk ato until corals need more then I'll switch to dosing. Ill be going bare bottom for this build so hopefully I can just set the rocks on the bottom glass. Already have return pump,lights,ato unit. Anything else I'm missing?