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[montdj]

Ok i bought a 120 gal with stand, glass top and sos with tidepool 2 filter from my lfs for a good deal this weekend. Here is a list of everything else i bought I just wanted to make sure I have the right things to get it up and going for a reef tank.
492w coralife aqualight pro hqi
coralife 125 ss
coralife uv filter 9wattx3
magdrive 9.5
2 maxijet 900
2 powersweep 226
250 watt heater
coralife power strip
120 pounds caribsea fiji pink ls
125 lr
100 gpd ro/di system
I also have 2 cap 400 and a rio 180
Any help with the above list or setting the tank up would be great
Thank You

 

[bloke]

You bought this all at once? YIKES! Can I have a job?

 

[montdj]

Most of it i bought on line and got some good deals. Plus i have been saving for this day for a long time. LOL

 

[montdj]

Anybody got any other advice.

 

[marcelostank]

Not sure if you can answer this, but where did you find the best deals online? (which store?) I only have a tank and need...well....everything...

 

[ophiura]

Originally Posted by marcelostank
Not sure if you can answer this, but where did you find the best deals online? (which store?) I only have a tank and need...well....everything...

Out of respect to the owner and operator of this site, we ask that you please not request links/discuss other online stores, thanks!

 

[montdj]

Well get thread but still looking for input my setup.
Thank You

 

[montdj]

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[kayak385]

do you have a sump/fuge?

 

[montdj]

Just the tidepoole 2. What would you use a sump/fuge for? Is it something i can add easily.

 

[zman1]

Salt, refractometer, RO holding tank and salt mix tank.
Test kits, thermometer

 

[royal gang]

YES!!! you can even put a hang-on refuge , it's some sort of kinda like a errmhh, a nano tank where bigger fish cant get in and the coepods can grow easily without predators

 

[montdj]

Ok so would a ten gallon tank work and if so how would i get the water out of the sump and back again?

 

[royal gang]

Originally Posted by montdj
Ok so would a ten gallon tank work and if so how would i get the water out of the sump and back again?
that's where someone who has a sump comes in LOL

 

[montdj]

Ya i have tesy kits and the rest except fot the two tanks. Can any one tell me more about this ruge thing? should i be getting ride of the tidepool can i easily add one to it. Please help I am no confussed?

 

[dmc888]

Well you will probably need another heater. Maybe a 250 or 300 depending on the brand heater.
And you might need a 3/4in ball valve to slow your mag 9.5 flow to 600gph.

 

[zman1]

I will assume this isn't a Reef Ready with built-in Overflows. Anything that you want that's not a Hang-on will require you to buy overflows - A sump is not a Hang on Tank (HOT or HOB) and a hang on referium may not be an option with all the other hang-on equipment you have listed.

 

[dmc888]

Refugium is another tank that holds macroalgea such as cheato, lr, and sometimes a deep sand bed. The macro helps lower nitrates and slows the growth of nuisance algea because they feed off the same stuff.
You can add it next to the tidepool or even to the back of the tank. the bigger the more room for macro. You are limited to what fits if everything is going inside the stand.

 

[montdj]

Ok if i add it next to the tidepool how to i get water back and forth? And thanks for the ball valve idea i will get one along with another heater.

 

[dmc888]

Simple way is a tank that is fed from a powerhead inside the tidepool going thru a hose up to the inside of the refugium and back down thru a drilled hole in the fuge with pvc leading right back in the tidepool. Just make sure the drain is higher than the tide pool and to have the output near the return mag9.5 so you always send you clean water back to the tank.
I am almost done with drilling my 20g fuge and it will be that design with my wetdry filter next to it.
There are other ways like split your drain one to tidepool and then to fuge, or to actually join them together and drill them both.
You will have to take exact measurements if it is in stand to see what you can fit and make sure it has a comfortable height to reach in there. Measure with the filter in there. I could fit my 20g in my 90g stand with my wetdry and i have enough room to take one out if they ever leak.