Tank Entry

So here are the fish i would like to get for my 350g 72Lx36Wx31T tank. Obviously i am not going to have all the tangs but these are my top choices for tangs and i hope to get a few. Let me know what you think, and feel free to give me some suggestions on things I am all about learning about new fish!

Cardinals:

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So work on my new (used) to me acrylic tank. But i thought i would show where I plan to put the tank. Let me know what you think.



Basically the pool table will go and be replaced by the tank. It will be viewable on all four sides. I have to figure out how to run power to the tank im thinking about running down from the ceiling or running conduit across the floor to the stand. There is ...

So a couple weeks ago i bought a 50W led array off ebay. I ordered the LED and Driver combo and a separate heatsink and 90 degree optic. The LED was listed as 20k color...... but its a cheap ebay LED so i dunno how accurate that color rating is. The parts were shipped from hong kong so it took a couple weeks to get here. I just got around to slapping it all together except for a power source for the heatsink fan. Its wicked bright and the color of the light looks bluish its definitely not real yellow. ...

So I am trying to figure out the best way to set up the closed loop on my new tank. Here is a sketchup model of how the tank is currently drilled/plumbed.

I want to use all four 1" bulkhead as outlets for the closed loop, so I am thinking about drilling another hole as the inlet for my iwaki. Like this.

With the black circle being the new 1.5" inlet ...

So i started cleaning the tank today and evaluating where the tank will be set up. The tank has four 1" bulkheads on the back for the closed loop, and when the tank was taken down the closed loop piping was just sawed off in the bulkheads. I will have to get new bulkheads but before I do I am wondering if I should drill the holes out for bigger bulkheads? I have never run a closed loop, and I am planning on running my Iwaki md-100rlt for the closed loop pump. Does this sound reasonable at 1" ...