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Honestly Halides would probably be the most cost effective for lighting such a large tank. At least the tang police won't come knocking.
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First of all, you have a supportive spouse so your half way to success! Welcome to R2R!So my wife bought this (used): Just over 500 gallons. Just the tank and cabinets, nothing else included, so basically starting from scratch. Big step up from our 2 35 gallon freshwater tanks. I think the acrylic tank weighs 700 ish pounds. It is on a slab. While I am versed in industrial pumps and valves, the initial plan is to have it set up and maintained by a local company for salt water. I am, however, very open to suggestions as to reliable pumps and filtration systems, and any other advice. Probably not going to have coral. I don't even know the terminology or extent of required equipment. I am a big fan of forums and will be reading what I can. No immediate timeline, and pretty good budget; I saw the post about this not being cheap, and we knew that "diving" in.
Gary
not complex but just 3x as expensive, especially if stocked with coral.Wow, that's quite a tank.
Since you are familiar with industrial plumbing, I would strongly suggest you set the system up yourself. Saltwater systems seem more complex from the outside than fresh, but it really isn't all that much more to get familiar with. If you build your system, you'll be a lot more familiar with it when you inevitably get faced with fixing/adjusting something while the service people aren't available.
I'd love to follow a build thread as you set this moster up (Hint hint)
Something different keep a congealment of cuttlefish , coral/marbled shark, dwarf sting-ray?, eel?Welcome to the reef. I think you can fit one or two fish in there maybe.
Welcome to Reef2Reef and good luck!So my wife bought this (used): Just over 500 gallons. Just the tank and cabinets, nothing else included, so basically starting from scratch. Big step up from our 2 35 gallon freshwater tanks. I think the acrylic tank weighs 700 ish pounds. It is on a slab. While I am versed in industrial pumps and valves, the initial plan is to have it set up and maintained by a local company for salt water. I am, however, very open to suggestions as to reliable pumps and filtration systems, and any other advice. Probably not going to have coral. I don't even know the terminology or extent of required equipment. I am a big fan of forums and will be reading what I can. No immediate timeline, and pretty good budget; I saw the post about this not being cheap, and we knew that "diving" in.
Gary