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Hi Bros,

I'm thinking of converting one of my planted tanks( 6.5 feet x 2.5 feet x 2.5 feet) into a reef setup. Tank is 12mm thick all round. I'm thinking of having a DSB and would like to eventually go into SPS eventually. Have the following queries (apologies if it sounds stupid.)

a) Is 12mm thickness good enuff for a reef setup?

B) What is the recommended size of the sand for the DSB? #O for the 1st 3 inches and #4 for the last inch? How many bags and @ what cost? I'm trying to do a cost estimate on this.

c) I intend to have an overflow box and was wondering if there was any good recommendation on what to get and at what cost.

Thanks in Advance.

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Welcome to SRC and to the blackhole of money.

12mm is good. Very good.

DSB thickness is a preference thing. Some don't like sand at all.

Can get an overflow from ian, i-aqua. Worth every penny. One of the sponsers. check it out at the bottom.

*translated from Hokkien*

"If say no bang wall, this idiot will never ripen" - Mr Quah Siew Kow.

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I'm a DSB person, and it is one area I find that needs maintenance and get messy quite fast. But it has its benefit.

PM any of our sponsor for price, as sand most of the time we only buy once and forget. I bought mine at Aquamarine and she let me buy more and return those not use for refund.

One point is that remember to add LR before sand. Otherwise LR will sink into sand over time with flow.

Equipment:

30G Corner Tank with 10G Sump, 2 x 24W artinic T5, 1 x 24W 10K, 1x 24W 20K, 3" Grade 0 sand & Live rocks, Activated Carbon, Bio-home, 2 x Seio M620, Hailea 1/2HP Chiller, Redsea Pro Skimmer

Live Stock:

Turbo Snail x 1, Green Mandarin Dragonet X 2, Blue Tang X 2, True percular x 2, 1 x Algae Bleenie, Clarke clown x 2

Reef:

1 x 2" Blue maxima, Red/Brown/Purple Mushroom (Discosoma), Pink Ricordea yuma, A little colony Brown/Green common Zoanthus, Red/Pink/Green US Zoanthus, Eagle-eye Zoathus, 14 Branch Goniopora Pandoraensis, 1 Starburst Polyps, 3 + 2 Branch Frogspawn, 4 Blasto, palythoa, Cheato

RIPs (Since June 2005):

1. Sabae clown (KO by Clarke clown) 2. 1 branch melted frogspawn 4 branch 3. Golden maxima (Ripe the base off rock by me) 4. Algae Bleenie x 2 (Starvation) 5. Blue Maxima x 1, 2 x Maxima, 1 x frogspawn, rics (Overtemp...)

Old 30G Corner Tank.

Restarted 30G Corner Tank.

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Before you start your DSB, read up on it first.

There is more than meets the sand... :lol:

But if you tame me, we shall need each other.

To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Keep our hobby sustainable, participate in fragging NOW

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Thanks everyone for the advice. Yupe trying to read up.

Any recommendation on the following for the tank of that size?

Protein Skimmer: ?

sand grade/thickness: #1 for bottom 3 inches followed by 1 inch of #4

pump: ?

live rock: How much rock will I require? is 1kg of rock required per 1L of tank volume?

type of lighting: ??

Thanks!

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Thanks everyone for the advice. Yupe trying to read up.

Any recommendation on the following for the tank of that size?

Protein Skimmer: ?

sand grade/thickness: #1 for bottom 3 inches followed by 1 inch of #4

pump: ?

live rock: How much rock will I require? is 1kg of rock required per 1L of tank volume?

type of lighting: ??

Thanks!

hi bro...a beckette skimmer is gd and the LRs would depend on how you want your landscape to be

just my 2 cents

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Since your tank is big, you can either get a huge beckett or a huge needlewheel skimmer

For the sandbed, I'll recommend #0 at the bottom and #1 at the top

But if you tame me, we shall need each other.

To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Keep our hobby sustainable, participate in fragging NOW

CHAETO Farmer FarmerDan.gif

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the thickness for ur tank dimension is pretty dangerous...it shld be at a safe thickness which is 15mm at least...for a 2.5ft in height...take more caution.. :D

safety is more impt den any else here bro.. :lol:

view my 2ft tank thread update here!!

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=36399

Tank Dimension: 24'x15'x19' with black silicon. All round 8mm.

Equipments:

Return Pump : Hailea HX6540

Skimmer/Chiller : Sicce 2500lph

Skimmer : Weipro 2011

Lightings: 4xT5s HO..2 20,000k & 2 Blue Pro(Aquaz) Retrofits

Chiller : Resun CL280

Auto Water Top Up

Life Stock:

More then 35kg of figi rocks

Blue Tang, Powder Blue Tang, Bristletooth tang, Clown Tang, Yellow Tang, Purple Tang, Flame Angel, Six Line Wrasse, Sunrise Dottyback. 2 Cleaner Shrimp

Green Bubble, Orange Yuma, Hammer, True Octopus, Acans,

Frogspawn, Green/Orange Cyannaria, Red Prata, Red Open Brain, Star Polyp, Acan Enchinata

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OK. what about 6x2x2 or 5x2x2? Is 12mm ok?

yea...tt will be fine enough... ;)

but be sure to hav bracings all round..

view my 2ft tank thread update here!!

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=36399

Tank Dimension: 24'x15'x19' with black silicon. All round 8mm.

Equipments:

Return Pump : Hailea HX6540

Skimmer/Chiller : Sicce 2500lph

Skimmer : Weipro 2011

Lightings: 4xT5s HO..2 20,000k & 2 Blue Pro(Aquaz) Retrofits

Chiller : Resun CL280

Auto Water Top Up

Life Stock:

More then 35kg of figi rocks

Blue Tang, Powder Blue Tang, Bristletooth tang, Clown Tang, Yellow Tang, Purple Tang, Flame Angel, Six Line Wrasse, Sunrise Dottyback. 2 Cleaner Shrimp

Green Bubble, Orange Yuma, Hammer, True Octopus, Acans,

Frogspawn, Green/Orange Cyannaria, Red Prata, Red Open Brain, Star Polyp, Acan Enchinata

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