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New Tank Build - 58 Gallon Reef Tank


princer7

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The 24 Gallon Aquapod has been outgrown - I am limited to 1 small saltwater tank. I am upgrading to a 58 gallon (36x18x21). Most of the pieces have come in and hopefully can start plumbing everything this weekend.

Here is the equipment list:

58 gallon Oceanic tank & stand - black trim

Custom built canopy

(2) LumenBright reflectors

(2) 250 watt Reflux SE Halides - 12,000K

(2) Coralvue electronic ballasts

(2) T5 UV Super Actinics w/ IceCap 430 Ballast - not sure if it will fit in canopy

Sump (20x16x16)

Aquacontroller Jr w/ pH, temp probes & Lunar Simulator

Prime 1/15 chiller (used with Aquapod - rated for 50 gallon tank)

MRC Dual Nano Calcium Reactor

5lb CO2 tank

Milwaukee CO2 Regulator w/ bubble counter

Milwaukee pH controller

Octopus Xtreme Reef Protein Skimmer PS-120

(2) Phosban Reactors - 1 for Phosban / 1 for carbon

CPR Aquatics HOB Refugium & also an in-sump refugium

30 lbs of live rock & 20 lbs of live sand from Aquapod

90 lbs of live rock curing - thinking of going bare bottom

tons of corals and a pair of Picasso Clownfish

This is goig to be fun!!!

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Can't wait to see the final tank pics. All those equipment will make a larger tank happy too, lol.

-Joseph

The canopy will be open in the back and on top. Do you think I will have heat issues with the halides? It will be open top as well (at least for now).

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I'm going to depend on how close the pendant are to the water and if you have one or two circulation fans. I have one 250 in a close canopy and 4 vhos and have some heat issue but I'm okay with a warm tank. 80-84 all the time.

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my 58 gallon.

-Joseph

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