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Hi all,

At planning stage of my new 250G SPS tank. 200 x 70 x 70 cm.

Target commissioning in mid Aug so have time now to tweak and enhance design.

Sincerely welcome your suggestions as SPS experience only 8 months.

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4 x Reeflux 250W 12K MH with dimmable ballast + ATI T5 blue actinic

Super Reef Octopus 5000 skimmer, Skimz PO4 Reactor, 36W UV sterilizer

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Attached Tank eqt design and Lighting Plan

Main feature:

1 15mm thick grade1 glass tank 200cm X 70 X 70ht construct with Wacker Elastosil 121 silicone (Germany)

Front viewing panel crystal. Oyama black backing paper, external overflow system complete with

water change valve with 3 years leakage warranty

2 Solid wood structural (10 years warranty) support complete with carpentry work in laminate finish.

266 cm by 77 cm by 260 ht ( appr. 9ft)

This includes openable hood, cabinet doors and full height cabinet.

BLUM soft closing hinges and high quality laminate finish

Filtration system :

3 10mm thick 5 x 2 Sump tank with compartments preparation for complete marine

filtration bio-system complete with PVC white holder(USA), filterfloss, AquaPharm PUR II activated

carbon (USA) ,bio-ball, black sponge support for protein skimmer,splash proof cover.

Auto top up system : tank, devise and eheim pump

Equipment :

4 Aquabee up7000(Germany) as return pump

5 4 x 250w MH Lumenbright (USA) reflector with reeflux 12kk bulb and dimmable ballast 19.5"

complete with 2 x 80W ATI (Germany) blue plus total 1160w

6 Tunze 6105 x 4 + 7095

7 Reefcool 1.5HP with Titanium Coil and Digital Controller

Supplement:

8 Marine Environment salt (USA)

Livestock:

9 Cured live rock 150 kg (estimated) and scaping with AquaPharm Rockbonder (UK)

10 Natures Ocean (USA) Aragonite LIVE sand (USA) 15 bags - 3cm

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300G Main Display - 7 x 3 x 3, 60G Sump

4 x Tunze 6105 + 7095 controller, 2 x Eden 5000 l/hr main return

1HP Reefcool Compressor

4 x Reeflux 250W 12K MH with dimmable ballast + ATI T5 blue actinic

Super Reef Octopus 5000 skimmer, Skimz PO4 Reactor, 36W UV sterilizer

Bubble Magus 7 Channel Dosing Pump

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Welcome to the sps reefing family :thumbsup:

Have got just two ideas for your consideration.

Lightings - See that your lightings are quite aggressive with 4 MHs. Nothing wrong but just try to cater for a design which you can switch between MH and T5s just in case you decided to give T5 a try. Btw, you might wanna consider placing the blowing fan at the level in between the MH and the water level, this will ensure the heat generated by MH is directly blown towards the exhaust fan = better heat extration.

Sump - Try to cater a refugium section, in case you wanna keep some macro algea for nutrient export. There will be advantage with some critters like pods and so on to thrive there which is good for your corals including sps.

I find bro Lemon Lemon's sum tank is quite cool, check out his design :)

Happy planning !

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Welcome to the sps reefing family :thumbsup:

Have got just two ideas for your consideration.

Lightings - See that your lightings are quite aggressive with 4 MHs. Nothing wrong but just try to cater for a design which you can switch between MH and T5s just in case you decided to give T5 a try. Btw, you might wanna consider placing the blowing fan at the level in between the MH and the water level, this will ensure the heat generated by MH is directly blown towards the exhaust fan = better heat extration.

Sump - Try to cater a refugium section, in case you wanna keep some macro algea for nutrient export. There will be advantage with some critters like pods and so on to thrive there which is good for your corals including sps.

I find bro Lemon Lemon's sum tank is quite cool, check out his design :)

Happy planning !

lol thanks for remembering my sump.

just a reminder, if anyone intends to to my sump's cabinet design, please ensure you oil the hinges on the flip top roof otherwise it will rust and become very hard to open. hard to open = no access to sump.

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Yes, saw Lemon's sump tank and like the idea of "tank inside a tank". Will try to incorporate in case I need to ever incarcerate a naughty fish. (though catching it first might be an issue....)

One design idea I have for sump is to have the return pump compartment as huge as possible(80-100l). Planning to plumb a valve-controlled pipe from overflow all the way to drainage behind the tank. When doing water change, I can simply open this pipe and water would be pumped out by main return. As you can imagine, the water level in the return pump compartment would fall as I do this so need to keep it big. Half of water change job done.

Good idea about placement of fan between MH and water. Will add one more fan there while keeping the higher fan as well.

Welcome suggestions about the lighting configuration...and everything else. Thanks

300G Main Display - 7 x 3 x 3, 60G Sump

4 x Tunze 6105 + 7095 controller, 2 x Eden 5000 l/hr main return

1HP Reefcool Compressor

4 x Reeflux 250W 12K MH with dimmable ballast + ATI T5 blue actinic

Super Reef Octopus 5000 skimmer, Skimz PO4 Reactor, 36W UV sterilizer

Bubble Magus 7 Channel Dosing Pump

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Wow... looks like a massive project in the works!

You might wanna consider replacing the bio balls with Bio-homme instead.

To top off what Lemon suggested, you can try using Vaseline on most metal parts. Works pretty well.

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Vaseline - checked.

BTW, can anyone teach me how to insert image into the post itself instead of attaching as thumbnail?

Appreciated.

300G Main Display - 7 x 3 x 3, 60G Sump

4 x Tunze 6105 + 7095 controller, 2 x Eden 5000 l/hr main return

1HP Reefcool Compressor

4 x Reeflux 250W 12K MH with dimmable ballast + ATI T5 blue actinic

Super Reef Octopus 5000 skimmer, Skimz PO4 Reactor, 36W UV sterilizer

Bubble Magus 7 Channel Dosing Pump

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Some updates on plans:

- increasing width from 70 to 80cm and 2 cm of height. So now it is a 288G with dimensions of 200 x 80 x 72cm

- Supplementing 2 more T5 lights

- Changing the top cabinet design to align with bottom compartment lines.

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300G Main Display - 7 x 3 x 3, 60G Sump

4 x Tunze 6105 + 7095 controller, 2 x Eden 5000 l/hr main return

1HP Reefcool Compressor

4 x Reeflux 250W 12K MH with dimmable ballast + ATI T5 blue actinic

Super Reef Octopus 5000 skimmer, Skimz PO4 Reactor, 36W UV sterilizer

Bubble Magus 7 Channel Dosing Pump

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Finally moved from paper to reality...have taken a bit longer than originally thought but like they say - only bad things happen quickly in this hobby.

A few photos to show how the tank looks.

Tank is located in Dining Area

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View from front

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Cabinet doors open

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Aquascaping

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Sump

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View from sofa

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Going to start adding live stock soon. Cycled for more than 2 months now. Pretty excited and welcome suggestions of where to go for fish shopping. New in this hobby in Singapore and have only been to one fish shop so far. (suaku right?) Also please help me recommend interesting live stock. Thanks.

300G Main Display - 7 x 3 x 3, 60G Sump

4 x Tunze 6105 + 7095 controller, 2 x Eden 5000 l/hr main return

1HP Reefcool Compressor

4 x Reeflux 250W 12K MH with dimmable ballast + ATI T5 blue actinic

Super Reef Octopus 5000 skimmer, Skimz PO4 Reactor, 36W UV sterilizer

Bubble Magus 7 Channel Dosing Pump

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Congrats for turning vision to reality!

Applause for the patience shown in cycling the tank for 2 months without itching on adding livestocks! I am sure you will be rewarded with a more stable system with all biological aspects given sufficient time to reach equilibrium.

Thanks for sharing. ;)

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very very neat and nice... Just be careful about the plugs and sockets that's above your sump.. wouldn't want those to fall in. :P Do keep up with the updates of this tank.. looks AWESOME!

Very good idea about having a pipe leading out for Fuss free water change... you've given me ideas for my next tank setup too. :)

Cheers, ;)

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Hi Wilson, very sharp observation may I say.

Yes dosing pump still part of the plan but have not installed as corals would go in probably in 2 mth. Here's a pic of the pump for you.

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300G Main Display - 7 x 3 x 3, 60G Sump

4 x Tunze 6105 + 7095 controller, 2 x Eden 5000 l/hr main return

1HP Reefcool Compressor

4 x Reeflux 250W 12K MH with dimmable ballast + ATI T5 blue actinic

Super Reef Octopus 5000 skimmer, Skimz PO4 Reactor, 36W UV sterilizer

Bubble Magus 7 Channel Dosing Pump

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Thanks guys for the encouragement. Wanted a tank as big as possible that can fit into my space for the fishes and all the eqt. Wife insisted on keeping it neat or NO TANK.

Dom, hope the permit not needed for private. In any case tank is adjacent to housing shelter so think ok.

Desideria, good point on the socket. Will be careful!

Wilson, I stay near Ang Mo Kio so guess it's neither. if I just go to one shop this weekend for LS. Which one would you recommend?

Here's a few more pics

Rocks a bit more close-up

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Like the shape of this piece. Looks small here but it is about 40 cm wide

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External Overflow - like this design as less distraction and more room in main display.

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Tunze Controller for the 4x 6105. Comes with a led light that simulate moon cycle. Will try later

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Always like Tunze and these guys really create waves. LFS still owes me another 2.

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Added a side trap-door to view the tank from side when necessary. In case some fishes try to hide from me.

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Another shot

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300G Main Display - 7 x 3 x 3, 60G Sump

4 x Tunze 6105 + 7095 controller, 2 x Eden 5000 l/hr main return

1HP Reefcool Compressor

4 x Reeflux 250W 12K MH with dimmable ballast + ATI T5 blue actinic

Super Reef Octopus 5000 skimmer, Skimz PO4 Reactor, 36W UV sterilizer

Bubble Magus 7 Channel Dosing Pump

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:welldone: Veri nicezzz neat tanky & lovely furnishing ! Enjoy ya stocking up but do it slowly.

Thanks guys for the encouragement. Wanted a tank as big as possible that can fit into my space for the fishes and all the eqt. Wife insisted on keeping it neat or NO TANK.

Dom, hope the permit not needed for private. In any case tank is adjacent to housing shelter so think ok.

Desideria, good point on the socket. Will be careful!

Wilson, I stay near Ang Mo Kio so guess it's neither. if I just go to one shop this weekend for LS. Which one would you recommend?

Here's a few more pics

Rocks a bit more close-up

gallery_18314_103_65544.jpg

Like the shape of this piece. Looks small here but it is about 40 cm wide

gallery_18314_103_63142.jpg

External Overflow - like this design as less distraction and more room in main display.

gallery_18314_103_19100.jpg

Tunze Controller for the 4x 6105. Comes with a led light that simulate moon cycle. Will try later

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Always like Tunze and these guys really create waves. LFS still owes me another 2.

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Added a side trap-door to view the tank from side when necessary. In case some fishes try to hide from me.

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Another shot

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HaHa. Did not even realize till u pointed it out. Now it makes better sense. Was wondering why the connecting wires are awkward.

300G Main Display - 7 x 3 x 3, 60G Sump

4 x Tunze 6105 + 7095 controller, 2 x Eden 5000 l/hr main return

1HP Reefcool Compressor

4 x Reeflux 250W 12K MH with dimmable ballast + ATI T5 blue actinic

Super Reef Octopus 5000 skimmer, Skimz PO4 Reactor, 36W UV sterilizer

Bubble Magus 7 Channel Dosing Pump

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Caught 3 parasitic isopods overnight using a DIY "water bottle" fish trap. They are 1 plus cm long and shaped like a lice. Evil looking monsters! First noticed one on the tail of my orange striped goby and freaked out a bit. Will continue trapping for a while until sure totally rid of it!

Added 4 Fire Shrimps bought from Ah Beng to the tank today. Should have bought six instead as they all went into hiding.

300G Main Display - 7 x 3 x 3, 60G Sump

4 x Tunze 6105 + 7095 controller, 2 x Eden 5000 l/hr main return

1HP Reefcool Compressor

4 x Reeflux 250W 12K MH with dimmable ballast + ATI T5 blue actinic

Super Reef Octopus 5000 skimmer, Skimz PO4 Reactor, 36W UV sterilizer

Bubble Magus 7 Channel Dosing Pump

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