That's right after all these years I am going to get a bigger tank. YAY!!!
So I am starting a build thread to get some info from all you smarty pants on what "would you" do?
Gabe is upgrading his 58 and will be selling me his oceanic 58 gallon. Not much of an upgrade but it will be about twice as much space and is not an all in one. I am finally graduating!!! Overflows, sumps and refugiums oh myyy!
The biggest challenge for me is that, there are so many extra parts.
So here are my questions:
1. Can I do a rimless with this tank without any worries?
2. What is the best return pump for this tank? (will have a 30 gallon tall sump/fug in stand)
3. Anyone have a good cheap pump they are welling to part with?
4. How do I go about the switch? I will be adding a good 50 to 60 gallons of fresh saltwater, so should I save some old tank water?
5. What about my current sand? Should I get all new sand? (that would be a bummer) Or can I just clean the old sand with ro water and add a new bag of live sand?
6. Should I add sand and live rock to my fug right away?
7. Do I really need a skimmer? I have been doing great for years with out one.
8. Am I leaving anything really important out?
As for the tank switch I have plenty of time to do this right as I am going to refinish the old stand so it looks like new and again really want to make the tank rimless. Thanks for looking and for any useful information that you may all have. Oh I don't really plain on adding any more rock to the DT, looking to do a more open mixed reeef with as many fish I can add with out to many poop issues....
I almost fill like a newb!!!.
So I am starting a build thread to get some info from all you smarty pants on what "would you" do?
Gabe is upgrading his 58 and will be selling me his oceanic 58 gallon. Not much of an upgrade but it will be about twice as much space and is not an all in one. I am finally graduating!!! Overflows, sumps and refugiums oh myyy!
The biggest challenge for me is that, there are so many extra parts.
So here are my questions:1. Can I do a rimless with this tank without any worries?
2. What is the best return pump for this tank? (will have a 30 gallon tall sump/fug in stand)
3. Anyone have a good cheap pump they are welling to part with?
4. How do I go about the switch? I will be adding a good 50 to 60 gallons of fresh saltwater, so should I save some old tank water?
5. What about my current sand? Should I get all new sand? (that would be a bummer) Or can I just clean the old sand with ro water and add a new bag of live sand?
6. Should I add sand and live rock to my fug right away?
7. Do I really need a skimmer? I have been doing great for years with out one.
8. Am I leaving anything really important out?
As for the tank switch I have plenty of time to do this right as I am going to refinish the old stand so it looks like new and again really want to make the tank rimless. Thanks for looking and for any useful information that you may all have. Oh I don't really plain on adding any more rock to the DT, looking to do a more open mixed reeef with as many fish I can add with out to many poop issues....
I almost fill like a newb!!!.
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