COReefer Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Ok here goes nothing. I've been waiting for some time to be able to build a frag tank and now it's gonna happen. My tank will be a standard 75 acrylic. I would like to have had a more shallow tank but since this one was really really close to free, there really was no way to argue with it. For Lighting I have a pfo 2 x175 mh ballast and sockets. (taking recommendations on bulbs but I'm thinking iwasaki 15K). My skimmer is a pci ps1000 and return pump is a gen x gx6000. As far as flow goes, I'm thinking of doing the magnetic seios or some koralias. I'm not really sure on that one. Anyway, Here are pics of the start up. Tank (still dirty) Lighting Stuff Sump Skimmer Return pump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 looks like a good start. you have a stand? or canopy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COReefer Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 yeah I'm gonna use the stand that the tank is sitting on in the pic. For the canopy, I have a fixture that I stripped a while back to retro the pc's that were in it into the canopy on my 150. It's very light weight so I am going to use that to mount my reflectors and sockets in and I'm going to hang it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannedmulder Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I still have that ballast you gave me a while back too....do you want that also? It should be easy eanough to clean. When I first got it it was kinda like that and cleaned up nicely! I have acrylic scrappers too if you want them! Let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COReefer Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 you do have that ballast huh?? Not sure what I would need it for at this point. I will take ur scrapers tho=) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannedmulder Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Ill get them to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COReefer Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 So we have water in it now. I just filled it up with tap water, kicked the pump on. I wasn't too sure if the overflow was going to be able to handle the return but it works great. Next will be draining, cleaning, and filling up with ro water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Nice....can't wait to see updated pic's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COReefer Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 I'm just stuck on how i'm gonna do filtration. I don't want liverock in the tank at all but I want an anglerfish. I'll have to figure this one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I am finding that the filtration subject never ends. I am not working to replace the current canister with another one that I like better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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