J's "with fronds like these who needs anemones" 40b Build

[Miah2bzy]

So I might be the luckiest guy here for the day. Working on a 120 build and have had to postpone that as my wife mentioned wanting to have a small tank in the living room for anemones and clownfish.

It's now in writing so she can't change her mind.

Planning on getting a 40b in the $1 sale and drilling the back, already have a 20L for the refuge. Using the stand from the 65 I sold a few months ago with a few updates to it as it's the same footprint as the 65.

 

[Miah2bzy]

Lights?

I've always been a metal halide guy even with the hype for LED's but recently had a friend (flyfish) who got 2 Kessil 360WE's over his cube and has had great growth rate for sps that rivals what I was getting from MH a year ago on my 65. I'm mainly going to be housing montiporas with one or two rainbow nem's, and a smattering of zoas.

I'm going back and forth between a 2x150 metal halide setup with phoenix 14k DE [OR] 1 Kessil 360WE [OR] 2 Kessil 160WE. I have always liked open tops and with the smaller height this time around on the 40B wanting to go without a canopy. I have a BRS screen top made and ready to go for the top. Leaning more towards Kessil's for that reason.

 

[Tango]

My nems and zoas have loved my kessils a360we . I made the switch from 6 bulb t5 to my kessils and went screen top as well

 

[Punjab]

I'd like to recommend the Maxspect R420R LED light. I'm using the 120w unit on the middle of my tank. On either side I have a 14k 250W HQI with IceCap electronic ballasts and I think the Maxspect LED is growing my SPS a little faster and with significantly better color. I'm considering replacing the halides and the existing 120w fixture with the 6' 300w unit.

They're pretty cheap too!

I think with 150w halides on a standard size 120 you're going to wish more light could reach the bottom.

 

[Miah2bzy]

Any recommendations on where to drill? I know it will have to be on the back wall, been looking into glass-holes but not sure what to do about a return. Thinking an overflow box with a drain line and a return line on the back wall with two pieces of glass glued together on the back corner as an overflow.