So a few people have been asking when I was going to start my build thread. Well I guess I can do that today since I've got just about all my plans in order and I'm just waiting now for the tank to be ready.
The Tank:
The tank I found is a Lemar 36x24x20, 3 sided starfire, center trapezoid overflow, rimless tank on a steel stand. A great member on this very forum (won't name names just yet but you know who you are and you rock) was willing to hook me up on a sweet deal that was right in the price range I wanted to be on this build. I'm just waiting for it to be ready for me to pick up at this point.
Equipmen List:
So I'm buying just about all the equipment that the tank is currently setup. I maybe missing a few things here in there but I'll up date this list later once it's all built.
2 wp25's from my current 2 systems
GFO reactor from my frag tank
SWC Mini S
40 Gallon Breeder Sump/Refuge
Mag12 Return
APEX (got to have this after omars tank)
and what ever else I decide to add as I am building this thing out.
Light:
For the lights I plan on taking my T5/LED combo I just finished for my frag tank and build a new floating canopy for it. This time I am going to make the canopy be 30x20 so that it will be 2” smaller on every side of the tank. But for the people who don't really know too much about this T5/LED combo I made here is the details. I have 2 Aquaticlife 30” T5 fixtures. Each fixture has a Blue+ and a Coral+ 24 watt bulb in it. The LED fixture is a DIY that I build using a Rapid LED 20” Heatsink with 30 LEDs running 60 degree optics. In the mix of 30 LEDs I have 20 Royal Blues, 4 Cool Blues, 3 UV’s, and 3 Natural White leds. This give me a really nice 18-20k look at 100%.
I will continue to post updates on this thread and photos as the build progresses. I plan on starting to build the canopy this weekend and hopefully start mixing salt so that once I get the call to pick the tank up, I will be ready as I am going to a complete swap from my 29 gallon to this.
Here is a teaser of the LED's
The Tank:
The tank I found is a Lemar 36x24x20, 3 sided starfire, center trapezoid overflow, rimless tank on a steel stand. A great member on this very forum (won't name names just yet but you know who you are and you rock) was willing to hook me up on a sweet deal that was right in the price range I wanted to be on this build. I'm just waiting for it to be ready for me to pick up at this point.
Equipmen List:
So I'm buying just about all the equipment that the tank is currently setup. I maybe missing a few things here in there but I'll up date this list later once it's all built.
2 wp25's from my current 2 systems
GFO reactor from my frag tank
SWC Mini S
40 Gallon Breeder Sump/Refuge
Mag12 Return
APEX (got to have this after omars tank)
and what ever else I decide to add as I am building this thing out.
Light:
For the lights I plan on taking my T5/LED combo I just finished for my frag tank and build a new floating canopy for it. This time I am going to make the canopy be 30x20 so that it will be 2” smaller on every side of the tank. But for the people who don't really know too much about this T5/LED combo I made here is the details. I have 2 Aquaticlife 30” T5 fixtures. Each fixture has a Blue+ and a Coral+ 24 watt bulb in it. The LED fixture is a DIY that I build using a Rapid LED 20” Heatsink with 30 LEDs running 60 degree optics. In the mix of 30 LEDs I have 20 Royal Blues, 4 Cool Blues, 3 UV’s, and 3 Natural White leds. This give me a really nice 18-20k look at 100%.
I will continue to post updates on this thread and photos as the build progresses. I plan on starting to build the canopy this weekend and hopefully start mixing salt so that once I get the call to pick the tank up, I will be ready as I am going to a complete swap from my 29 gallon to this.
Here is a teaser of the LED's
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