75 gallon dark reef upgrade

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by darkreef

Got all the wood I need to fit together a stand today.
And found out my tank is 48 in not 44
Was going to pick up a pump
Wondering if a mag 12 (1200gph) would be enough for my tank?

Also still considering black sand or a mix of black and white

From the look of the overflow, I am guessing you are doing a herbie right? If so, for a 75 gallon (mine is 70 gallon from Concept too but not that big of an overflow box), you would be expecting the herbie to run at around 400gph through the pipe (although this is an highly variable parameter). I use speedwave 690gph as my return; cranked up to full so probably throwing around 400 or less at the return in the tank. Some people want high flow through the sump, some don't. But I would say, since its a mag and cannot be controlled, 1200gph might be a bit overkill. Go for a DC pump. Easy on the electricity, less noise, controllable and costs same as other pumps.

[darkreef]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

From the look of the overflow, I am guessing you are doing a herbie right? If so, for a 75 gallon (mine is 70 gallon from Concept too but not that big of an overflow box), you would be expecting the herbie to run at around 400gph through the pipe (although this is an highly variable parameter). I use speedwave 690gph as my return; cranked up to full so probably throwing around 400 or less at the return in the tank. Some people want high flow through the sump, some don't. But I would say, since its a mag and cannot be controlled, 1200gph might be a bit overkill. Go for a DC pump. Easy on the electricity, less noise, controllable and costs same as other pumps.

Not sure what a herbie is . Sorry still noob . Priced a knew dc pump at 160 but my buddy's selling a mag 12 for 80. I could always gate valve it to slow it down. Also going to run a reactor off it . It going to be a money tight tank till further notice

[darkreef]

Any cheap returns that be fine for my tank ?

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by darkreef

Not sure what a herbie is . Sorry still noob . Priced a knew dc pump at 160 but my buddy's selling a mag 12 for 80. I could always gate valve it to slow it down. Also going to run a reactor off it . It going to be a money tight tank till further notice

Since you have two holes in the overflow, there's gonna be two pipes (one almost at the height of the teeth and another around halfway in the overflow). The shorter pipe is going to be connected to a gate valve to control the flow through the pipe to make it silent while the drain will either remain dry or there will be a small trickle flowing through it (without the trickle, you might need occasional adjustments of the gate valve to keep the level of water in the overflow consistent). That's herbie. And yah, if you want to run a reactor, you are good with a 1200gph. And don't worry about being budget tight; you can definitely have a great tank without all the fancy stuffs. I am an international student so I know In the end, its all about how well YOU take care of the tank.

[darkreef]

Well got all the material I need to fit my stand together.
Got the "crew" working on it now , hope they know what there doing.

this is there PM he seemed legit

laying out tools and design

hard at work

Updates coming soon !!

[darkreef]

When I thought life , was kicking me in the butt . My buddy called me today and I should be running beads again by next week in Calgary (bonus) . Maybe Christmas won't be that bad after all . And I won't have to cheap out on gear for my tank

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by darkreef

When I thought life , was kicking me in the butt . My buddy called me today and I should be running beads again by next week in Calgary (bonus) . Maybe Christmas won't be that bad after all . And I won't have to cheap out on gear for my tank

Glad to hear that Just make sure you don't fall for "you get what you pay for" hype (yes thats a marketing hype for me!!!!) and buy things that you "need" instead of paying for fanciness. Example: don't spend money on vortec but instead get a proper light for the tank

Hint: ATI sunpower!!!!!!!!

[darkreef]

Ima led fan personally , going with two hydras

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Glad to hear that Just make sure you don't fall for "you get what you pay for" hype (yes thats a marketing hype for me!!!!) and buy things that you "need" instead of paying for fanciness. Example: don't spend money on vortec but instead get a proper light for the tank

Hint: ATI sunpower!!!!!!!!

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by darkreef

I should be running beads again by next week in Calgary

what sort of jewellery work do you do? have a website?

[darkreef]

I'm a welder actually lol.

Little update .

Bought few things

Plumbing
Ato
1300gph return pump
Refractometer
Few more frags and berghia nudibranchs
Carbon
Bucket of salt for filling the tank
Wp25 love it in my small tank going to pick up another

Going to weld together a stand this weekend and should have it running next week !!

Going to make a new thread though because its actually a 99 gallon oops