Rivers first Marine tank
ok so i figured that being my first marine setup i should go the full monty as that way i can see my progress in 6months time and receive the council of many.
System Objectives:to make a kick ass reef tank
System Type: Mixed Reef - Looking towards predatory tank
Display Tank: modded. http://www.aquaone.co.uk/prod_details.php?id_no=52056BK
Display Lighting: Stock aqua one lighting. 2x8000k 1x15000 to be updated
Stand: Custom build
Hood: Stock lighting hood with top live rock sump. To be updated
Sump: TBA
Return Pump: 6500 lph
Skimmer: TBA
Internal wavemaker: 12000lph dual head
After a lot of reading and searching I've just made my weir.
Its ( inside ) dimensions are 130mm high x 120mm wide x 240mm long
Giving me 360 mm of surface flow.
Will be looking at 2000lph for top sump and 3500 to 6500 lph for main sump. Will depend on how much return flow I'm gonna get from a 32mm plumbing plus a 20mm sypon from top sump to main sump.
Testing of pump
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looking at My aquascape now and I've got a bunch of dry rock that I'm fond of and I think as I've got time I'm gonna seed it with some live rock I'll need to find. Than move the LR to sump after it's seeded my aquascape
With the aquascape I'm thinking of will be minimalistic as I'm not too fond of a pile of rock look. No offense to those who have a pile of rock look we all have our aesthetic preference. I work with clay and I'm hoping my method of joining these rather fragile chances of coral Will work as with pottery.
Ok so here's what I got for the overrflow to sump. Single down pipe syphon 32 mm way overkill i know but I'd be putting a reducer on it and a tap to control flow. Looking at a return pump between 6500lph. Again maybe overkill but I've got a big 5ft head pressure to deal with and i could than use it in series with chiller. also the pump can be out of the sump so not to function as a heat source as it runs at 140w.
will post pics asap as soon as ipad charges up
System Objectives:to make a kick ass reef tank
System Type: Mixed Reef - Looking towards predatory tank
Display Tank: modded. http://www.aquaone.co.uk/prod_details.php?id_no=52056BK
Display Lighting: Stock aqua one lighting. 2x8000k 1x15000 to be updated
Stand: Custom build
Hood: Stock lighting hood with top live rock sump. To be updated
Sump: TBA
Return Pump: 6500 lph
Skimmer: TBA
Internal wavemaker: 12000lph dual head
After a lot of reading and searching I've just made my weir.
Its ( inside ) dimensions are 130mm high x 120mm wide x 240mm long
Giving me 360 mm of surface flow.
Will be looking at 2000lph for top sump and 3500 to 6500 lph for main sump. Will depend on how much return flow I'm gonna get from a 32mm plumbing plus a 20mm sypon from top sump to main sump.
Testing of pump
[Broken External Image]:http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h387/Rivertribe/e7565566.jpg
looking at My aquascape now and I've got a bunch of dry rock that I'm fond of and I think as I've got time I'm gonna seed it with some live rock I'll need to find. Than move the LR to sump after it's seeded my aquascape
With the aquascape I'm thinking of will be minimalistic as I'm not too fond of a pile of rock look. No offense to those who have a pile of rock look we all have our aesthetic preference. I work with clay and I'm hoping my method of joining these rather fragile chances of coral Will work as with pottery.
Ok so here's what I got for the overrflow to sump. Single down pipe syphon 32 mm way overkill i know but I'd be putting a reducer on it and a tap to control flow. Looking at a return pump between 6500lph. Again maybe overkill but I've got a big 5ft head pressure to deal with and i could than use it in series with chiller. also the pump can be out of the sump so not to function as a heat source as it runs at 140w.
will post pics asap as soon as ipad charges up