Hello Reef Tank users
My name is Jordan and I am new to this forum. I have been in the salt water aquarium hobby most of my life now (im only 22 its not that long). I personally started with a 8g biocube reef tank and moved up to a 20g long tank then back down to the 8g biocube. My father is a hobbyist as well and wants to build a tank set up from scratch in our means.
To start I have a pretty good background in nano tanks but were moving up in the world. So here we go, the tank and sump size are ganna be about a 75-90 gallon main tank and a 25-30 gallon sump. Now the equipment is what has got me baffled.
Protein Skimmer- Reef Octopus Classic 110 INT Protein Skimmer this is what im thinking about getting. I have read reviews and no one hates it. I also heard that its better to get the protein skimmer with the pump on the outside of it as appose to the inside.
Return Pump- So for this I know I want to buy from Eheim I have only hear good things about them. How ever I don't know which one. There is a compact one and the universal pump. Then im stuck on what GPH I want to get.
Powerhead - Hydor Koralia Smartwave Kit w/ Hydor Koralia Evolution Powerheads, I have used these before without the wave maker. Any opinions on it?
Now for the biggest part!
Lighting- With my nano tanks the lighting was easy and LEDs were not too popular yet. However now I see LED is the way to go. Only problem, they are way out of my price range to light my whole tank. I was thinking of running some type of t5 system with 2 strips of LEDs on each side.
Any help would be excellent but please leave any information you can and Thank you for having me through this journey!!
My name is Jordan and I am new to this forum. I have been in the salt water aquarium hobby most of my life now (im only 22 its not that long). I personally started with a 8g biocube reef tank and moved up to a 20g long tank then back down to the 8g biocube. My father is a hobbyist as well and wants to build a tank set up from scratch in our means.
To start I have a pretty good background in nano tanks but were moving up in the world. So here we go, the tank and sump size are ganna be about a 75-90 gallon main tank and a 25-30 gallon sump. Now the equipment is what has got me baffled.
Protein Skimmer- Reef Octopus Classic 110 INT Protein Skimmer this is what im thinking about getting. I have read reviews and no one hates it. I also heard that its better to get the protein skimmer with the pump on the outside of it as appose to the inside.
Return Pump- So for this I know I want to buy from Eheim I have only hear good things about them. How ever I don't know which one. There is a compact one and the universal pump. Then im stuck on what GPH I want to get.
Powerhead - Hydor Koralia Smartwave Kit w/ Hydor Koralia Evolution Powerheads, I have used these before without the wave maker. Any opinions on it?
Now for the biggest part!
Lighting- With my nano tanks the lighting was easy and LEDs were not too popular yet. However now I see LED is the way to go. Only problem, they are way out of my price range to light my whole tank. I was thinking of running some type of t5 system with 2 strips of LEDs on each side.
Any help would be excellent but please leave any information you can and Thank you for having me through this journey!!
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