upgrade ?

steel3470 · 12/12/2006, 08:15 PM

ok im going to be getting the suplies to upgrade from a 55 to a 120gal

if any one has any ideas that would help

bertoni · 12/14/2006, 08:13 PM

Well, you'll need a new skimmer. Will you have a sump? If not, that's one upgrade I think would be a good investment. Lighting is another issue.

troybob333 · 12/14/2006, 09:01 PM

Yes, are you using a sump? What type of setup are you looking at? Fish only, fish only with live rock, some corals, what type of corals, softies? LPS? Need more info please.

steel3470 · 12/15/2006, 11:54 AM

ok I will be putting a good size sump in proble a 45 gal fuge and 55 gal sump can never go wrong with too much water

the main tank will be a reef so yes soem fish and corals proble LPS and yes I know I will need a new skimmer lighting the 9 yards but figure 120 gal main tank 1/2 of 55gal(sump) 1/2 0f 45gal (fuge) so thats a total of 160gal+/-

the fuge will have a deep sand bed so i can bread plenty of pods for a manderian

the sump might change it will just be for hideing everyuthing and for more water volume.

papagimp · 12/15/2006, 12:19 PM

if the sump is strictly for hiding stuff, why not just do a really large refugium? I have a 75g sump i purchased for my 150g upgrade (too be completed later on down the road) And plan on converting almost all the 75 into a large refugium, I'll baffle off a small area for the skimmer, heater, and return pumps. I'd look into the modded MJ1200's as an option for water flow. For the money and investment, they seem a much cheaper way to go for larger tanks than buying up seio's or tunze's. I'd also recommend checking out the forums on MH's vs. T5's. Plenty of money to be saved there as well. Once you get done "leak" testing the newer tank, and get it plumbed. I'd get that fuge going asap, at least start stocking it with pods. So when you get a mandarin later on down the road, after the tank has matured enough, they'll be lot's of food for em.

GSMguy · 12/15/2006, 12:39 PM

i have a friend he is on this forum ITZME he has 150display and like 120fuge the sump is relativly small i would reccomend the largest fuge possible

papagimp · 12/15/2006, 02:35 PM

larger fuge, larger pod population. And dose phytoplankton too, helps the pods explode more

12/12/2006, 08:15 PM	#1
steel3470 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: akron ny 14001 Posts: 431	upgrade ? ok im going to be getting the suplies to upgrade from a 55 to a 120gal if any one has any ideas that would help

12/14/2006, 08:13 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Well, you'll need a new skimmer. Will you have a sump? If not, that's one upgrade I think would be a good investment. Lighting is another issue. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

12/15/2006, 12:19 PM	#5
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	if the sump is strictly for hiding stuff, why not just do a really large refugium? I have a 75g sump i purchased for my 150g upgrade (too be completed later on down the road) And plan on converting almost all the 75 into a large refugium, I'll baffle off a small area for the skimmer, heater, and return pumps. I'd look into the modded MJ1200's as an option for water flow. For the money and investment, they seem a much cheaper way to go for larger tanks than buying up seio's or tunze's. I'd also recommend checking out the forums on MH's vs. T5's. Plenty of money to be saved there as well. Once you get done "leak" testing the newer tank, and get it plumbed. I'd get that fuge going asap, at least start stocking it with pods. So when you get a mandarin later on down the road, after the tank has matured enough, they'll be lot's of food for em. __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

12/15/2006, 12:39 PM	#6
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	i have a friend he is on this forum ITZME he has 150display and like 120fuge the sump is relativly small i would reccomend the largest fuge possible __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

12/15/2006, 02:35 PM	#7
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	larger fuge, larger pod population. And dose phytoplankton too, helps the pods explode more __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

12/14/2006, 09:01 PM	#3
troybob333 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 50	Yes, are you using a sump? What type of setup are you looking at? Fish only, fish only with live rock, some corals, what type of corals, softies? LPS? Need more info please.

12/15/2006, 11:54 AM	#4
steel3470 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: akron ny 14001 Posts: 431	ok I will be putting a good size sump in proble a 45 gal fuge and 55 gal sump can never go wrong with too much water the main tank will be a reef so yes soem fish and corals proble LPS and yes I know I will need a new skimmer lighting the 9 yards but figure 120 gal main tank 1/2 of 55gal(sump) 1/2 0f 45gal (fuge) so thats a total of 160gal+/- the fuge will have a deep sand bed so i can bread plenty of pods for a manderian the sump might change it will just be for hideing everyuthing and for more water volume.