1st post here

Ok.......back in the hobby after 30 years. Back in the undergravel filter days. Been lurking here for quite a while soaking up ideas. So, I'll try to keep this short. Just about ready to roll, and I wanted to run my ideas out there:

I have a 75 reef ready tank with a 30 gallon sump. Drilled, durso drainpipe. 6 bulb T5 fixture but no bulbs. Skimmer in the sump. Heaters. That's all I gots so far.......

Want to get eventually to doing small fishies, softies, maybe some mushrooms.

My plan:

• RO/DI system


• Eheim 1262 return pump


• Live rock in the sump, more in the DT


• 1/2" to 1" sand bed


• SCWD wavemaker


• Rock in the DT up on the acrylic pillars I saw here. Hoping to keep the rock off the back glass for cleaning

Questions:

1. What else, if anything, in the sump? Socks, foam, whatever........I was simply planning on running the drain from the Durso pipe down underwater in the sump to minimize splashing noise


2. I was thinking about running one of the outputs from the wavemaker thingie down under the rock with a spray bar down there. Is that necessary?


3. What type of bulbs for the T5 fixture?

I think I have everything else settled on from much perusing here. I appreciate all the info on here. It's been a great help

Thanks

Dave