However Alaska is cold so may be halide can replace your heater and u can save money.Yes, I really have no desire to mess with halides. Good point on the LEDs being good enough for LPS only. That would sure simplify things for me.
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However Alaska is cold so may be halide can replace your heater and u can save money.Yes, I really have no desire to mess with halides. Good point on the LEDs being good enough for LPS only. That would sure simplify things for me.
I was thinking along those lines too; however, I think the convenience and controllability of LEDs is just too compelling to pass up. Also the more I thought about it, it's not like the room temp differential is much different than anyone else. Sure I probably keep my house cooler in the winter than most, but it's really only a degree or two different than someone in the lower 48. On the flip side, houses up here don't have AC so for the few days in the summer it does get hot, the halides would be working against me.However Alaska is cold so may be halide can replace your heater and u can save money.
If you're looking for a replacement for the Vectra L1 I'd recommend the Reef Octopus Varios-8. I have the Varios-4 on my small tank and love it. Literally dead silent and it has great reviews.
Also for flow inside the tank, I had a good look with the Maxpect Gyre in my big tank. Moves a lot of water and you can conceal it pretty easy.
Great ideas on the gyre placement. I just looked and there’s probably enough clearance behind the drain pipes. You think a gyre and 2 MP40s would work well together?
Very nice
Im just thinking maybe you want to add some unions in case you need to do some work down the line
I like soft tube because it eliminates the sharp turns that are in elbows etc
Neat Hard plumbing looks better though
Unions are just out of the picture closer to the overflow. The ABS bulkheads sort of act like unions as they are Easley disconnected. I was going to place some unions above the bulkheads, but decided they were overkill.
I was going to do all hard plumb, but my LFS talked me out of it when he reminded me of how often we have earthquakes here. I agree hard plumb looks way better.
There is a group called coral frag auction that has some good things. With there being only one lfs here in anchorage it gets kinda stagnant and sometimes it's better to make large orders from the lower 48. I know battlecorals ships here though
Yes in Anchorage. Is there a local Facebook swap page? I don’t do Facebook. I’ll have to have my wife look for it...she’s in charge of social media for the family
What brand is your sump? trying to find one for my 230 gallon reef tank
Synergy Reef SS-44 Sumps that is the biggest one online.
I'm new to reefing still setting up my tank. I just brought kessil 380s I'm going to run 4 of them for now