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Upgrading from 3ft to 4&1/2ft tank

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Finally got to upgrade my 3ft tank to a 4 and half ft unit...

Old Tank Specification

Size : 3ft x 1-1/2ft x 1-1/2ft

Sump : 2-1/2ft x 1-1/2ft x 1-1/2ft

Circulation pump : 2x Seio M620

Skimmer : H&S 150-2001

Return pump : Eheim 1262

Chiller : Resun CL650

Chiller pump : Sicce Extrema

Lighting : 1 x XM 150W Metal Halide Power by Osram PTU-150

4 x 39W T5 power by Orsam electronic ballast (2x 10000K and 2x

Actinc Plus)

Fluidised Reactors : with Rowa Phos

Refugium tank : 2ft x 1ft x 1ft with live rock and macro macroalgae

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Congratualations. . .

So wad's the new equipments for ur set-up?

Seems like u might need a more powerful chiller and add an extra metal halide.

The Seio620 wun be powerful enuff, a tunze 6060 will be better. :)

300 Gallon Reef Paradise

6X2.5X2.5 FT Tank : 4x2x2 ft sump : 2x1x2 ft refugim

Skimmer: Deltec AP851

Calcium Reactor:

Lightings: Aqualight T5 Retrofit, 150 watt MH X2

Chiller: Hailea HC-500A model w/ Aquabee 2000

Ozonizer: Hailea HLO-300 Digital ozonizer

Wavemaker: Tunze 6080, Tunze 6060

Return Pumps: Aquabee 5000 x2

Other equipments: Aquabee 2000, Quietone 1200, 5L Co2 Cylinder w/ Dupla regulator

American Marine Wireless Thermometer

Reefing is a dedication, not a competition.

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thank you acidjazz...

New Tank Specification

Size : (L) 4-1/2ft x (W) 2ft x (H) 2-1/2ft

Sump : (L) 4ft x (W) 2ft x (H) 1-1/2ft

Return pump : Eheim 1262

New Skimmer : H&S 200-1260

New Chiller : Pac Cool 1/2hp unit

Fluidised Reactors : with PURA PhosLock using Eheim 1000 for circulation

Circulation pump : 2 x Tunze 6000 with SingleController 7091

1 x Tunze 6060

Lighting : 1 x BLV 250W 14000K power by IceCAP 250W

2 x 39W T5 Actinc Pure power by Orsam electronic ballast

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This is my old 3ft tank at my parent's place...

My intention was to have coral at only one side of the fish tank and leaving the other side empty for the fish to swim...

thank you for the advise

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This fish tank have been with me for 2 years plus... most of the coral have been in the tank for abt as long... this is a picture of the frogspawn that was one of my oldest coral...

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This will be the location of the new fish tank... it used to be a study room... wall around it was all taken down, and a new wall will be build with the fish tank in it. the red line will be the new wall and the blue line is a hole for the tank.

All construction drawing was done by my wife and I, construction completed by my wife design firm...

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Wah!!! Another major project in the making...

Emm... your setup is pretty similar to bro Lyz77, perhaps you wanna visit his tank thread or PM me for more information. I'm sure he will be more than happy to provide you some pointers :)

Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica

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This project is actually completed abt 6 months ago.. the tank is already up and running... I am posting this to give everyone a view of the consideration and work needed to construct such a project.

For me, I am lucky to married a designer/contractor as a wife... so with my interest and research we design and build this.

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my 3 tunze for the new setup...

Wow... we have the same configurations... 2 x 6000 + 1 x 6060 :yeah::yeah::yeah:

Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica

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jervismun so how do you place them in ur tank?

6000 left and right facing diagonally towards the front glass... 6060 at the back of the rockworks :)

Emm... what are those brownish stuff on the water surface at the first chamber?

Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica

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