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Originally Posted by mopecula Just some thoughts, if this is going to be a sps coral reef tank then I would put 2-175watt 10k mh with 2 110watt supplemental atinics and change the return pump to a mag 12 for more water movement. Sps corals love and need a lot of water flow and light. If this is a soft coral tank then you should be ok with what you have seems like a nice set up either way. Good luck
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Mo,
Mostly in the beginning of this reef I want to get a good start on mushrooms, zoos, and some LPS, and then a few SPS such as encrusting montipora colonies. Later on however I might add more SPS corals, as I still truly need to do my research on the other wide variety of SPS before I put any major money into colonies for my tank.
The lighting fixture that I'm looking into purchasing consists of the following:
2x 175w HQI w/20k lamps
4x 21w T-5 actinics
Going to run an in-sump skimmer, an ASM G2 that I ordered last night. This will be my main filtration along with secondary, DSB and Macro algaes.
Overflow and return-wise, I want a lower flow through my sump/fuge and I'm not looking into using the return as a main source of flow, only secondary. Right now I'm running a sole SEIO 1500 and that alone gives me 20x turnover, and I will most likely add another SEIO 1500 or 1100, so my turnover will range from approx. 35x-40x turnover rate total.