osi
07/26/2012, 11:34 AM
Hi guys, iv been reefing for more than 10 years now but I never been very successful at keeping sps. Maybe it’s mainly because I always try to grow sps in systems heavily stock with fish and softies. So iv desided to build a new system mainly for keeping sps.
Display tank going to be a 24” × 24” × 24” cube with 3 starfire glass sides. And under the tank sump with fuge.
I already have a BOYU L-200 chiller rated for tanks 90L to 500L which I’m going to use on this build.
And I have 2 H2o ocean fr75 reactors which I’m going to use for bio pellets and rowaphos.
Also I’m going to use BOYU WM-4 for the water movement inside the tank. I bought that long time ago for a 48” × 24” × 24” tank but it wasn’t powerful enough and I hope it will be sufficient for this tank.
So that’s what I already decided and I like to hear some suggestions for a skimmer and a lighting system.
I’m thinking about Bubble Magus NAC-7 Cone Protein Skimmer. I never use this skimmer before or never saw it in action but I red lot of reviews and it seems like a good deal since I can get post all the way to Sri Lanka for about 260 dollars.
Lighting system have to be LED coz in Sri Lanka power is very costly. I’m trying to get a LED system under 250 dollars. im gona need some hevy help on choosing the right LED system.
Thinking about using 2 × Ecoxotic PAR38 LED. One 3-6500K White 2-455nm Blue and one 5-455nm Blue 21W. But I have no idea it’s going to be enough for SPS.
Since I don’t have any experience with LED systems I really appreciate some help on this. And also like to hear about different skimmer choice.
Btw don’t mind my bad English since im not from a English speaking part of the world :)
Display tank going to be a 24” × 24” × 24” cube with 3 starfire glass sides. And under the tank sump with fuge.
I already have a BOYU L-200 chiller rated for tanks 90L to 500L which I’m going to use on this build.
And I have 2 H2o ocean fr75 reactors which I’m going to use for bio pellets and rowaphos.
Also I’m going to use BOYU WM-4 for the water movement inside the tank. I bought that long time ago for a 48” × 24” × 24” tank but it wasn’t powerful enough and I hope it will be sufficient for this tank.
So that’s what I already decided and I like to hear some suggestions for a skimmer and a lighting system.
I’m thinking about Bubble Magus NAC-7 Cone Protein Skimmer. I never use this skimmer before or never saw it in action but I red lot of reviews and it seems like a good deal since I can get post all the way to Sri Lanka for about 260 dollars.
Lighting system have to be LED coz in Sri Lanka power is very costly. I’m trying to get a LED system under 250 dollars. im gona need some hevy help on choosing the right LED system.
Thinking about using 2 × Ecoxotic PAR38 LED. One 3-6500K White 2-455nm Blue and one 5-455nm Blue 21W. But I have no idea it’s going to be enough for SPS.
Since I don’t have any experience with LED systems I really appreciate some help on this. And also like to hear about different skimmer choice.
Btw don’t mind my bad English since im not from a English speaking part of the world :)