acrylic51
Active Member
Lights......Wow!!!!! that's a tall order, but I wouldn't use anything other than the Lumenarc reflectors.....I don't give a "rats butt" who says the reefoptics are good.....Their candy till you taste a Lumenarc III, and they do make them in DE style as well if you chose to go with DE bulbs......Lumenarcs will reflect more light back into the tank than any other reflector out right now, and they cover a 3'x3', better than other reflectors as well which is your standard 2'x2'.
You might also want to consider something like the light mover rails as well....This would motorize you lights where they could be set up to travel the distance of your tank over a preset period of time.....You'd have to check out SunlightSupply dot com to see the light movers......
As far as pumps I wouldn't use anything other than Sequence on this setup.....You need juice and that's what you'll get....My little HammerHead you should've heard that thing pull when I started it.....and man that moves some water and that's not even their biggest pump.....
Sequence has good customer service and most have rebuildable motors unlike the other puppies out on the market.....they have a 3 year warranty and come with the Baldor motors which are sweet.....you might want to run a combination of them and run them I think in series??? Someone correct me if I'm wrong....
For temp issues your going to want to look at a big chiller....My little 1HP wouldn't help you though, but might.......I personally like the flow through chillers instead of drop in chillers.......your going to need a dedicated 220 line for the chiller itself.....so you'll have alittle wiring ahead of you as well.....Temp controller should come with the chiller....I got the chiller with the expansion valve which can cool alittle cooler than most chillers......
On the same note as the chiller, I would emplore you to purchase a flow switch to protect your chiller in the event of a pump issue.....alot will tell you really no need, but alot of people don't even know what they look like, let alone what they actually do.......this works in conjunction with the chiller controller...
Heaters I would look at either the Finnex heaters or my personal favorites are the Jalli Titanium heaters with separate temp controllers.....A grade above!!!!!
Autotop off I would use something like the Spectrapure which is like a control/metering pump, but very accurate, and would handle your top off needs, or something basic could be built....
I'd also recommend looking in the Neptune AquaController for this setup.....They are super nice and will do alot control wise for your system as well....The only draw back I've found with this and all the other controllers on the market, ie.....Neptune AquaController, Octopus, and ReefKeeper1 and 2 is that they won't control a 220 chiller, that's the downfall of a 220 chiller.....
Let me know if you need suppliers to contact and pricing will get you the info or email me at shwncbb@verizon.net.....
You might also want to consider something like the light mover rails as well....This would motorize you lights where they could be set up to travel the distance of your tank over a preset period of time.....You'd have to check out SunlightSupply dot com to see the light movers......
As far as pumps I wouldn't use anything other than Sequence on this setup.....You need juice and that's what you'll get....My little HammerHead you should've heard that thing pull when I started it.....and man that moves some water and that's not even their biggest pump.....
Sequence has good customer service and most have rebuildable motors unlike the other puppies out on the market.....they have a 3 year warranty and come with the Baldor motors which are sweet.....you might want to run a combination of them and run them I think in series??? Someone correct me if I'm wrong....
For temp issues your going to want to look at a big chiller....My little 1HP wouldn't help you though, but might.......I personally like the flow through chillers instead of drop in chillers.......your going to need a dedicated 220 line for the chiller itself.....so you'll have alittle wiring ahead of you as well.....Temp controller should come with the chiller....I got the chiller with the expansion valve which can cool alittle cooler than most chillers......
On the same note as the chiller, I would emplore you to purchase a flow switch to protect your chiller in the event of a pump issue.....alot will tell you really no need, but alot of people don't even know what they look like, let alone what they actually do.......this works in conjunction with the chiller controller...
Heaters I would look at either the Finnex heaters or my personal favorites are the Jalli Titanium heaters with separate temp controllers.....A grade above!!!!!
Autotop off I would use something like the Spectrapure which is like a control/metering pump, but very accurate, and would handle your top off needs, or something basic could be built....
I'd also recommend looking in the Neptune AquaController for this setup.....They are super nice and will do alot control wise for your system as well....The only draw back I've found with this and all the other controllers on the market, ie.....Neptune AquaController, Octopus, and ReefKeeper1 and 2 is that they won't control a 220 chiller, that's the downfall of a 220 chiller.....
Let me know if you need suppliers to contact and pricing will get you the info or email me at shwncbb@verizon.net.....
