tankyou
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Hi all:
I've been lurking on this DB for a few days and have learned a lot. I beg your indulgence as a newb, and hope to eventually give as much or more than I get.
My present circumstance is that I've just bought a new 125 gal. all glass aquarium 6' x 22' x 18". I'm going to be building a custom counter and top with incorporated bar sink (not enough room for anything larger) with a refugium etc located underneath. I'm going to be doing the lighting, plumbing electrical and carpentry myself. I'm handy with tools, and I work as a wastewater professional so a lot of the technology and theory I'm familiar with.
I'm planning on a fish-only (w exception of some cleaner shrimp and perhaps a feather worm or two) w/ liverock & livesand which I plan to mine locally (I live in Hawaii). I'd like to do a reeftank, but thats illegal here. I also intend to get my water from the ocean which is no big deal since I'm close to the beach and on a tight budget.
I need some help on what brands of equipment are best on my modest budget. I've pretty much decided on a mag 18 as my pump of choice, which I'll have to mail-order as for some reason local retailers don't seem to stock a lot of the favored eqipment on this DB.
I was thinking about building my own skimmer but there are space constraints which the design I like won't accomodate, thus I'm pondering buying a skimmer locally which looks very much in appearance like an ASM G series. I don't know the manufacturer, because it is the housebrand of the retailer, it goes by the name of Pets Pacifica Super Vortex 1003 (sale price $120 w/o pump) its an insump rated for tanks up to 300 gal.
For my refugium I'm planning on either buying a 55 gal tank or I might be able to get a used acrylic 120 gal for free. At one time it accomodated guppies and tilapia in treated sewage effluent, but it is no longer in use at the facility.
I had planned to have the flow in the fuge running from the influent at the terminus of my overflow box through charcoal and media filtration in a double-pass baffle through the refugium proper filled with liverock, livesand, and possibly a mangrove, then over a weir to the skimmer and thence to be pumped to the far corners of my tank (with the overflow situated in the middle).
This differs from the standard split flow refugium advocated by the revered and ubiquitous Mr. Squidd whose name I shall not take in vane and whose knowledge I shall defer to, but I guess the question I am asking is, wouldn't the refugiums liverock benefit from the unskimmed nutrients? At anyrate I think I shall rely on Squidds method, and appreciate any advice.
Am I on the right track? All criticisms are appreciated.
I've been lurking on this DB for a few days and have learned a lot. I beg your indulgence as a newb, and hope to eventually give as much or more than I get.
My present circumstance is that I've just bought a new 125 gal. all glass aquarium 6' x 22' x 18". I'm going to be building a custom counter and top with incorporated bar sink (not enough room for anything larger) with a refugium etc located underneath. I'm going to be doing the lighting, plumbing electrical and carpentry myself. I'm handy with tools, and I work as a wastewater professional so a lot of the technology and theory I'm familiar with.
I'm planning on a fish-only (w exception of some cleaner shrimp and perhaps a feather worm or two) w/ liverock & livesand which I plan to mine locally (I live in Hawaii). I'd like to do a reeftank, but thats illegal here. I also intend to get my water from the ocean which is no big deal since I'm close to the beach and on a tight budget.
I need some help on what brands of equipment are best on my modest budget. I've pretty much decided on a mag 18 as my pump of choice, which I'll have to mail-order as for some reason local retailers don't seem to stock a lot of the favored eqipment on this DB.
I was thinking about building my own skimmer but there are space constraints which the design I like won't accomodate, thus I'm pondering buying a skimmer locally which looks very much in appearance like an ASM G series. I don't know the manufacturer, because it is the housebrand of the retailer, it goes by the name of Pets Pacifica Super Vortex 1003 (sale price $120 w/o pump) its an insump rated for tanks up to 300 gal.
For my refugium I'm planning on either buying a 55 gal tank or I might be able to get a used acrylic 120 gal for free. At one time it accomodated guppies and tilapia in treated sewage effluent, but it is no longer in use at the facility.
I had planned to have the flow in the fuge running from the influent at the terminus of my overflow box through charcoal and media filtration in a double-pass baffle through the refugium proper filled with liverock, livesand, and possibly a mangrove, then over a weir to the skimmer and thence to be pumped to the far corners of my tank (with the overflow situated in the middle).
This differs from the standard split flow refugium advocated by the revered and ubiquitous Mr. Squidd whose name I shall not take in vane and whose knowledge I shall defer to, but I guess the question I am asking is, wouldn't the refugiums liverock benefit from the unskimmed nutrients? At anyrate I think I shall rely on Squidds method, and appreciate any advice.
Am I on the right track? All criticisms are appreciated.
