Frag tank

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ViperDoug

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Hello all! I am starting a frag tank and would like some advice from you vets. You willl see the design of it below. I am doing this trough style instead of a tank. I have posted the links to the troughs below. It will be a 50 gallon trough for the frags with a 110 gallon sump/trouguh beneath it. The 50 gallon trough is 4' wide and 12" tall. It is 31" front to back. I plan on using a 36" wide ATi Sunpower (6x54Watt). Does anyone thin I should use the 8 bulb fixture instead? Also, I need help determing which external pump to use for the return. I have an Iwaki on my display tank right now and it seems good. It is a little loud so I am considering a Reeflo instead. I honestly am not good about determining which pump from either of these manufacturers I would need. For reference, I plan to expand this one day by adding another 50 gallon trough. I would therefore want a pump big enough to handle that. As for a skimmer, I have a Deltec MC500 laying around that I would like to use. Does anyone think this is not big enough? Thanks in advance for all of your help!

50 gallon frag trough
Rubbermaid® Structural Foam Stock Tanks, 50 gal. Capacity - 2229927 | Tractor Supply Company

110 gallon sump
Tuff Stuff Products Heavy Duty Oval Tank, 110 gal. - 2229862 | Tractor Supply Company


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Blue Space

Blue Space

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Sounds experimental... I've not seen this type of setup before but will be tagging along to see it take shape. Pls post lots of pics so folks can get a better handle on what is going on.
 
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ViperDoug

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Will do. I got the idea from my LFS. They use the nice blue, fiberglass troughs that you can get from Aquatic Ecosystems. I wanted one of those but could not justify spending $500 on a fiberglass trough. It was the shipping that made it so expensive. This setup makes it extremely easy to work with.
 
BLADEYAMAHA

BLADEYAMAHA

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The shallow troughs from Tractor Supply work well with egg crate to suspend with and Metal Halides as light source, just do the plumbing and a large trough as your sump and its good to go, just use lots of live rock in the large sump and a huge skimmer. :)
 
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