Drill or Lights?

[planbtypea]

So the ever crazy life as a paramedic has afforded me a TON of overtime in the last few weeks. Even after setting aside $$$ towards the "wedding fund" I am going to "treat" my tank to an upgrade. I cant decide if I should drill the tank (bean style with exterior box) or 3x 165w evergrow "full spectrum" LEDS. The overflow kit, pipes, gate valve(s), and reworking my return and manifold will be about the same dollar amount as the LEDs.

On a side note, 1.5" too much for a 125g? I was thinking: bigger drains=bigger return pump=less powerheads...and an excuse to build a new sump

 

[Fly5150]

I bought some ever grow lights, so far I'm happy with them. I already had a bean animal


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[xmas_one]

Money is better spent on wave makers/powerheads/flow in the tank, rather than making some crazy over flows and big (heat) return pump.

 

[babyjess210]

My tank is very quiet with herbie so maybe that can save some $$ and get both!!!!

 

[djam]

work more ot and do both, why make the brain work on silly question of either or.. and conditions take less logic processing power.

 

[planbtypea]

Money is better spent on wave makers/powerheads/flow in the tank, rather than making some crazy over flows and big (heat) return pump.

I run 2x koralia 1000 (6 hour schedules opposite eachother) and 1 WP25 right now. Figured 1.5" return would more than handle 800-1000gph and be dead silent...and let me dump maybe the koralias and WP25, and switch to ONE RW8 or 15. Running a 1000gph return, dialed back to probably 600-700gph right now since that's all my HOB overflow will handle.

work more ot and do both, why make the brain work on silly question of either or.. and conditions take less logic processing power.

I don't know if the fianc will go for anymore 120 hour shifts.... Just about lost it on me when I came home Friday, then told her I had to go back Sunday and work until Friday.....

 

[djam]

buy her shoes... solves everything.

I thought the flow from my return and the vortex adapters would be enough (4 returns), but I had dead spots and landed up putting a few lower power powerheads in place and i'm generally really happy.

 

[AddictedtoSalt]

Im running a ro dc10500 on full with a herbie overflow that has a single 1" syphon and a single 1 1/2" emergency with no problem on my 110g. A 1" drain running. A full syphon can handle 1500gph. I think if you go 1 1/2" you'll be dialing the drain way back, to the point where the valve is almost closed, unles you run a 5000gph pump on it.

I would rather have a quiet drain than the lights. You can run t5 etc and have no worries but if the drain is loud it gets really annoying.