Hey everyone,
I'm Getting back into the hobby I did it for about 6-7 years and now we are ready to get back into it!
We are going to get a water box Infinia 150.4 Dimensions 48.2" x 25.3" x 21.7")
I've been doing a ton of reading on here and research along with videos on youtube and have been narrowing down some of the equipment I want to use,
We are going to run a mixed reef system but light on the sps I but will still have some in the tank.
I have a rack mount apc battery backup which I will run from the basement but also I think i want to run something on the powerheads as well.
Lights:
Option 1: 2x Hydra 32's w/ 2 4ft blade coral grow light bars.
Option 2: 2x Hydra 64's w/ 2 4ft blade coral grow light bars.
Option 3: Radeon XR30 G6 Blue w/ 2 4ft blade coral grow's.
Option 4: Kessel AP9X ( I hear the shimmer is amazing)
Im not really sure what the right thing to do is Between these lights! I keep going around in circles which one to use. I want the ease of setup picking the spectrums, and a really good shimmer on the tank with a lighter blue look. I used to run halides back when i had my old tank which was more sps dominant.
Controller:
Apex or hydros, Ive been reading a lot about the two and of them and it seems both are great. What I Don't like about the hydros is it does not have a rj45 port or at least that I havent seen.
It seems the apex interface is better and the integration between the components and the controller and with premade control board makes it really easy to make it look good in the sump area. Talking my self into it maybe? lol
Return Pump:
I plant to eventually run a uv steralizer and one or 2 reactors so Im not exactly sure what size pump to get I believe it will be in
Option 1: Vario S-4 or S6
Option 2: Neptune Core 15
Option 3: Vectra S2 or M2
Skimmer:
I'm not sure if a 6 or 8 in skimmer would be the right thing, I was looking at the Reef Octopus Elite 150 or a Regal 150.
Powerheads:
my last tank was a 75 and I had two very cheap powerheads, but this time I want to do something nice potentially with a battery backup. How many do you think I will need in that 100 gallon display? 2?
I really like the vortech mp40 (also because of the battery backup feature) I think the glass is too thick for the MP10, But with that Said I also really like the Reef Octopus Pulse 2's
Heaters:
I hear the bulk reef supply heaters are very good I would like to run 2. Would you guys say that 2 250's would be fine for redundancy? Should one be run off the controller (apex or hydros) and one off of a standalone controller?
Thanks for all your guys help I cant wait to hear from you all!
I'm Getting back into the hobby I did it for about 6-7 years and now we are ready to get back into it!
We are going to get a water box Infinia 150.4 Dimensions 48.2" x 25.3" x 21.7")
I've been doing a ton of reading on here and research along with videos on youtube and have been narrowing down some of the equipment I want to use,
We are going to run a mixed reef system but light on the sps I but will still have some in the tank.
I have a rack mount apc battery backup which I will run from the basement but also I think i want to run something on the powerheads as well.
Lights:
Option 1: 2x Hydra 32's w/ 2 4ft blade coral grow light bars.
Option 2: 2x Hydra 64's w/ 2 4ft blade coral grow light bars.
Option 3: Radeon XR30 G6 Blue w/ 2 4ft blade coral grow's.
Option 4: Kessel AP9X ( I hear the shimmer is amazing)
Im not really sure what the right thing to do is Between these lights! I keep going around in circles which one to use. I want the ease of setup picking the spectrums, and a really good shimmer on the tank with a lighter blue look. I used to run halides back when i had my old tank which was more sps dominant.
Controller:
Apex or hydros, Ive been reading a lot about the two and of them and it seems both are great. What I Don't like about the hydros is it does not have a rj45 port or at least that I havent seen.
It seems the apex interface is better and the integration between the components and the controller and with premade control board makes it really easy to make it look good in the sump area. Talking my self into it maybe? lol
Return Pump:
I plant to eventually run a uv steralizer and one or 2 reactors so Im not exactly sure what size pump to get I believe it will be in
Option 1: Vario S-4 or S6
Option 2: Neptune Core 15
Option 3: Vectra S2 or M2
Skimmer:
I'm not sure if a 6 or 8 in skimmer would be the right thing, I was looking at the Reef Octopus Elite 150 or a Regal 150.
Powerheads:
my last tank was a 75 and I had two very cheap powerheads, but this time I want to do something nice potentially with a battery backup. How many do you think I will need in that 100 gallon display? 2?
I really like the vortech mp40 (also because of the battery backup feature) I think the glass is too thick for the MP10, But with that Said I also really like the Reef Octopus Pulse 2's
Heaters:
I hear the bulk reef supply heaters are very good I would like to run 2. Would you guys say that 2 250's would be fine for redundancy? Should one be run off the controller (apex or hydros) and one off of a standalone controller?
Thanks for all your guys help I cant wait to hear from you all!