Lighting for 210

Demonic · 01/01/2008, 09:19 PM

I am going to upgrade again. I currently have a 125 gallon with a 72" maristar fixture. Its 3X250 watt with 3 Phoenix 14K's. I am wanting to upgrade to a 210. I have a ER CS6-2, thinking of running dual skimmers, maybe a Octopus 200 along side of the ER. I have 2 koralia 4's a Koralia 3 a seio and a couple other misc powerheads, I will have a 55 gallon fuge, and a 30 gallon sump. I am pretty sure I am going with a closed loop for some added flow. I am wondering if this stuff will work, mainly lighting, and are there any downsides to running dual skimmers.
Thanks in advance.

Ben

Demonic · 01/01/2008, 10:21 PM

Bumpity

Demonic · 01/02/2008, 06:22 AM

No one going to chime in here

the tiler · 01/02/2008, 08:36 AM

Looking at your sig are you still going to run FOWLR?
I would try and stay away from dual skimmers and just get a bigger one for your size tank. How are you setting up the Fuge and sump ? Are they going to be under the tank in the stand? if so you need to figure out how all that stuff is going to fit under there.

Jason

hahnmeister · 01/02/2008, 09:52 AM

I know someone who runs a 3x250wattDE maristar over his 210... uses pheonix 14,000Ks even with supplimental UVL Super Actinic bulbs. Works very well.

Demonic · 01/02/2008, 05:20 PM

Thanks for the reassurance on the lights. Just making sure. As for the 210 if will become a reef tank and the 125 FOWLR will be tore down. Dont want to maintain two tanks. The Sump will probably be on the floor and the Fuge will probably be higher than the display. Main tank will be an in-wall so everything will be behind closed doors. What are the disadvantages to running dual skimmers.

Demonic · 01/02/2008, 07:15 PM

another bump

old salty · 01/03/2008, 12:12 AM

You'll be fine in the lighting dept. Dual skimmers? That sounds like dual cups to empty and clean twice a week; sounds a lot like having to change two diapers rather than one.

hahnmeister · 01/03/2008, 12:49 AM

Actually, its rather common in the EU. Unless you have a skimmer that 'breaks in' quickly after cleaning, you can end up with a lull in skimming every time you clean your skimmer. So to prevent this, two smaller skimmers are used rather than one large one, and the cups are cleaned on different days.

01/01/2008, 09:19 PM	#1
Demonic Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minot, ND Posts: 815	Lighting for 210 I am going to upgrade again. I currently have a 125 gallon with a 72" maristar fixture. Its 3X250 watt with 3 Phoenix 14K's. I am wanting to upgrade to a 210. I have a ER CS6-2, thinking of running dual skimmers, maybe a Octopus 200 along side of the ER. I have 2 koralia 4's a Koralia 3 a seio and a couple other misc powerheads, I will have a 55 gallon fuge, and a 30 gallon sump. I am pretty sure I am going with a closed loop for some added flow. I am wondering if this stuff will work, mainly lighting, and are there any downsides to running dual skimmers. Thanks in advance. Ben

01/02/2008, 08:36 AM	#4
the tiler Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oldwick NJ Posts: 1,769	Looking at your sig are you still going to run FOWLR? I would try and stay away from dual skimmers and just get a bigger one for your size tank. How are you setting up the Fuge and sump ? Are they going to be under the tank in the stand? if so you need to figure out how all that stuff is going to fit under there. Jason __________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing Current Tank Info: 28 Gal JBJ HQI

01/02/2008, 07:15 PM	#7
Demonic Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minot, ND Posts: 815	another bump __________________ 23,996 thawed iced cubes in a big cube and filled with flowers that grow under water.

01/03/2008, 12:12 AM	#8
old salty Genius Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The Island of Misfit Toys Posts: 3,131	You'll be fine in the lighting dept. Dual skimmers? That sounds like dual cups to empty and clean twice a week; sounds a lot like having to change two diapers rather than one. __________________ "The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." Thomas Jefferson Current Tank Info: Out of the marine aquarium hobby

01/01/2008, 10:21 PM	#2
Demonic Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minot, ND Posts: 815	Bumpity

01/02/2008, 06:22 AM	#3
Demonic Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minot, ND Posts: 815	No one going to chime in here

01/02/2008, 09:52 AM	#5
hahnmeister Moved On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brew City, WI Posts: 10,156	I know someone who runs a 3x250wattDE maristar over his 210... uses pheonix 14,000Ks even with supplimental UVL Super Actinic bulbs. Works very well.

01/02/2008, 05:20 PM	#6
Demonic Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minot, ND Posts: 815	Thanks for the reassurance on the lights. Just making sure. As for the 210 if will become a reef tank and the 125 FOWLR will be tore down. Dont want to maintain two tanks. The Sump will probably be on the floor and the Fuge will probably be higher than the display. Main tank will be an in-wall so everything will be behind closed doors. What are the disadvantages to running dual skimmers.

01/03/2008, 12:49 AM	#9
hahnmeister Moved On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brew City, WI Posts: 10,156	Actually, its rather common in the EU. Unless you have a skimmer that 'breaks in' quickly after cleaning, you can end up with a lull in skimming every time you clean your skimmer. So to prevent this, two smaller skimmers are used rather than one large one, and the cups are cleaned on different days.