MMoore0324

Well for the past four months now I have been reef-less and it's seriously killing me. I had to sell my 3 reefs for a move to a new city. I'm all settled in now and ready start my next reef.

I am currently having a custom acrylic tank and sump built by a very talented local club member. The tank measures 36X24X16 and will hold roughly 60 gallons. Here is a sample photo of a similar tank that my friend has built.




It is made of 1/2" Polycast acrylic and is euro braced. It will house an internal overflow which will have 2-1" drains and 1-3/4" return.

The sump, which is very similar in design to Marc's sump design "F" will be housed in the basement and will hold approximately 50 gallons. The sump will hold a skimmer, return, and refugium sections.

As far as equipment goes, I'm keeping this reef fairly simple. Equipment list is:



Lighting: Tek Elite 6X39w T-5 lamps

• 4x ATI Blue+
• 1x ATI Aquablue Special (12000K)
• 1x KZ Fiji Purple

The release date for the Elite fixture just got pushed back about a month, so I may end up going with the ATI Sunpower instead.

Skimmer: Vertex IN-180 or MSX-200 I realize that both of those skimmers are a tad over powered for this build but I always like to have the upper hand. I also plan to plumb a frag tank and probably an anemone tank into this system as well.

Flow: 1 Vortech MP20 to start. I will add another MP20 as corals begin to grow out.

CA & KH supplement: I will dose a two-part system via 2 Drew's Dosing pumps.

Carbon: I will dose GAC via a Bulk Reef Supply carbon reactor. Carbon will be changed out every 2 weeks unless otherwise dictated.

I have been using Coralife salt mix for the past few years with great results. I don't see any reason to change now.

Ok well I think that is all for this entry. My next entry will include some info about my aquascape plans along with livestock lists. Once the build really gets going I will saturate my posts with pics. I'm only home usually 2 days a week so at the beginning, this build will take some time.

Ciao