The 100-110 is going up!

[stroid]

lol not sure if its 100 or 110. Either way I am getting near the final stages..sorta. A little about the tank I got it from Trinh for the generous amount of FREE! I did buy his iwaki pump and huge sump probably around a 60g sump. The tank is going to combine my three current tanks into one tank. The lighting is two 175w mh with a pair of 54w T5's. I have all the lights already but need to buy bulbs for the T5's.

So I need advice on a few things.
1. I need T5 bulbs but dont know much about T5 bulbs...advice?
2. I need good Mh reflectors for the retros.
3. Anything i didnt mention...

 

[humptrax]

T5 thread on RC has a review on almost every available brand out:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=679852&perpage=25&pagenumber=1">http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=679852&perpage=25&pagenumber=1</a>

lumenarc reflectors have gotten great reviews.

i cannot stress flow enough. make sure you have proper flow for the animals you plan on keeping.

 

[stroid]

Yeah flow is going to be great on this tank the pump is strong and I will have several other phds in there for more circulation. No worries there.
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[purplegorilla]

Sweet. I see you finally got most of the coralline off..

 

[stroid]

purpleGORILLA;146910 wrote: Sweet. I see you finally got most of the coralline off..

haha indeed it actually came off really easily. I still need to clean it up a bit more but so far its been pretty easy. I am redoing the plumbing this week just to start fresh but I am going to use the same pipe system that you had on it just with fresh clean pipes.

 

[stroid]

Thought I would update the equipment that I have acquired so far. Please suggest other usefull items. These are pictures of the tank when it was setup previously now it is bare and empty.

Equipment:
110 Gallon Reef ready Oceanic Tank (60''x18"x21") on Custom made stand
40 Gallon Sump (48"x16"x11")
Iwaki MD-30RXT-115NL Pump with Japanese motor
Octopus NW-200 with Gate valve mod and mesh wheel mod (once i get from other ARC member)
Roughly 100lbs of LR about to add about another 50lbs.
2 175w mh SE with 14k ushio bulbs
2 54w T5 Tek 2 retros
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[glxtrix]

Man give me that sump any day for a disp tank! Think of the PAR the corals would be getting! Looking good man, this should be a really nice setup!

 

[stroid]

Yeah I am really happy with the sump! Remember I was buying your 30L sump but I couldnt refuse this deal with the pump. Now to get my plumbing figured out. I am trying to replicate the original but my plumbing knowledge sucks.

 

[purplegorilla]

You will need a sump light. In which I have one that fits that and even look exactly like that. :yay:

 

[stroid]

purpleGORILLA;147523 wrote: You will need a sump light. In which I have one that fits that and even look exactly like that. :yay:

ill get it from you later

 

[FutureInterest]

Looking good . With the t5s just get some actinics, from either geissman, ati, or uvl. Sadly, they're all about the same.

 

[stroid]

Jin that is what I had in mind I just dont know to much about T5's besides what I bought from Dave.