I'm in the midst of planning my next tank which will be 6' shallow reef. I probally wont start on the tank until spring which gives me lots of time to plan the perfect tank and stock up on supplies!
My current tank is an IM Fusion 30L.
One of the side goals of my new tank will be versatilty. For now the tank will be in the media room down stairs against the wall.. down the road I plan on removing the banister at the top of the staris and have the tank a a peninsula.
Future home
The new tank will aprox 5.5-6' x 18-20" x 18-20" in startfire glass. I'm still debating to do 1/2 or 5/8". I'm going to go with a bean animal full siphon overflow. One of my goals is to keep the tank as silent as possible.
Lighting will be 3x Radion XR15 Pro's. The return pump will be a vectra if funds allow .. otherwise a DC Jabeo return.
The overflow wall will also have 2x MP40WQDs for the tank flow.
For the Sump It will go Sox > Frag Rack > Skimmer > return pump. Each drop will be less than an inch to keep things silent.
Skimmer will be either a bubble magus curve 7 or a coral box d7000