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100G Tank Plan

Wilyumz1

Wilyumz1

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Planning a new reef tank after being out of the hobby for years, I have been reeducating myself on all the advances in lighting and water movement since i did my last tank,

all I can say is WOW, what a difference between the high end lighting, and water movement technology of 15-20 years ago and today
While I'm still early in the planning stages and have not identified all of the equipment i will be using yet I do have a few things identified

Lighting - Radion XR 15 pro ( 3 or 4 will need to do some par measurements to determine qty and spacing looking for an average par of around 250 at 12" and around 100-150 at 18")
water movement - 2- Vortech MP40QD's

going DSB with 3 1/2- 4" of oolite(.25-1 mm) aragonite under aprox 1-1/2 of arag alive ( 1-2mm)

Tank is a 60 X 16 X 24 100 gal

and I have drawn out a design for my stand ( going steel vice wood)
 
Rough fab of stand now done , lots of welding to do still
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Welcome back.
Just a suggestion: not many people use DSB anymore. I think the risks out weigh the benefits at this point because of the new advances in reefing.
Can't wait to see your tank.
 
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Stand frame is complete, (2) Red Sea reef 90’s, 2 mp40qd’s, skimmer, return pump,180 lbs aragonite sand, 100 lbs of aragonite rock, and sump in hand, will skin the frame in 3/4 birch plywood and be ready to put it all together :)
 
Aquascape done , sand in, sump will be finished tomorrow, 2 baffles remain for install (bubble trap) then finish plumbing and it’s ready for water and a cycle !
 

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Wilyumz1 said:
Rough fab of stand now done , lots of welding to do still View attachment 25088
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Nice stand! Looks like the one I made!
Wilyumz1 said:
Aquascape done , sand in, sump will be finished tomorrow, 2 baffles remain for install (bubble trap) then finish plumbing and it’s ready for water and a cycle !
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I am by no means an expert on sand beds, but this one looks deep compared to many of the tanks I have seen around. Are you planning on a unique animal that requires this?
 
H2OPlayar said:
Nice stand! Looks like the one I made!

I am by no means an expert on sand beds, but this one looks deep compared to many of the tanks I have seen around. Are you planning on a unique animal that requires this?
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I ran deep sand beds years ago on my reef tank, loved it, so chose to go that route again, it will have a bunch of tiny sand dwellers in it as part of the CUC, the rocks are all on 2 1/2 inch stands so the sand dwellers have free roam and the stands are silicones in place so aquascape can’t move or fall
 
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