r2d2
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Hi all, after a couple of years dry, mean with no tanks at all, I'm planning to setup a new tank and want to know your opinion on the general idea and planning.
This is going to be an island in living room, so it would be visible from one side and other. Tank measures 78" long x 16" wide x 35" tall, although water level would be around 30". So basically this would be a 170 gal tank.
I know it's a narrow and tall tank, lighting and LR design would be difficult, but not impossible.
My last tank (75 gal) had serious problems of high temperature and by consequence high electricity bills, main reason to quite it. High temperatures was a combination of lighting, sump pumps, filters, etc, etc and a chiller helped with electricity bills.
New project facts:
FOWLR and some soft corals and inverts, so lighting requirements will be relatively low.
No sump! Don't want large pumps that heat water and consume more W.
Led lighting. Again, no heat, no W. Thinking on Marineland models.
Lots of LR, about 60 or 70 lb.
Deep sand bed, about 3". Some LR will be berried in sand to serve as founding to upper LR and help with anaerobic filtration.
An internal partition filter with a basic mechanical filter, room for a skimmer (optional) and a recirculation pump for about 6 times an hour change.
A couple of internal power heads to increase water flow.
So... what do you think???
This is going to be an island in living room, so it would be visible from one side and other. Tank measures 78" long x 16" wide x 35" tall, although water level would be around 30". So basically this would be a 170 gal tank.
I know it's a narrow and tall tank, lighting and LR design would be difficult, but not impossible.
My last tank (75 gal) had serious problems of high temperature and by consequence high electricity bills, main reason to quite it. High temperatures was a combination of lighting, sump pumps, filters, etc, etc and a chiller helped with electricity bills.
New project facts:
FOWLR and some soft corals and inverts, so lighting requirements will be relatively low.
No sump! Don't want large pumps that heat water and consume more W.
Led lighting. Again, no heat, no W. Thinking on Marineland models.
Lots of LR, about 60 or 70 lb.
Deep sand bed, about 3". Some LR will be berried in sand to serve as founding to upper LR and help with anaerobic filtration.
An internal partition filter with a basic mechanical filter, room for a skimmer (optional) and a recirculation pump for about 6 times an hour change.
A couple of internal power heads to increase water flow.
So... what do you think???