Frenchie's 75 gallon build thread

[reeffreak]

Great job on the sump.I almost bought an Oceanic sump with my 210.It looked super easy to convert into a refugium sump.

Hey French,have you seen the new ATI powermodules.I know you're still waiting on the Aquactinics but what do you think of these.They sure look nice and expensive..........http://www.reefgeek.com/lighting/T5_...!_Bulbs_by_ATI

[d.french]

doing good on money spent on this set up, a buddy game me a 24 gallon nano cube in which i traded for this 75 gallon tank, stand, and overflows.

already had a 900 gph pump, had a maxi jet mod 1200 medium flow, spent 30 bucks in all for plumbing and silicone, small clip on light for pc bulb that will run up to 60 watt bulb was 10 bucks, new coralife digital thermometer 8 bucks. Lights if they every get here was 519.00, thats for fixture, ati bulbs and risers for fixture.
sump only cost 25 bucks thanks to local reef club member.
So this tank when its done surprising will be under a grand.

[d.french]

that is nice lookin, i think i'll be happy with lights if i ever get them, seen lots of tank pics with tx5 fixture and they are very bright.

[reeffreak]

Those ATI fixtures are nice but yours is too,whenever you get them.Hopefully it won't be to much longer.

[d.french]

got my fixture finally, and yes it is freakin bright love it only problem now is i got 3 ati blue special bulbs(12k) and 3 geisemann actnic plus(450nm) but one of giesemann flickers and cuts out will not fire at all tried switching them around and nothing so i guess got to wait for premium aquatics to send another out.

[Bifferwine]

That sucks! Isn't that how it always happens though, you wait and wait and wait, and finally it comes...broken.

I hope they get you your replacement quickly.

[hotimportknight]

In your diagram it appears that your only planning on using 1 of the 600 GPH overflows? Unless I'm reading it wrong. If thats true dont use that strong of a pump, run both those overflows and you will be in good shape with a mag 9.5. My mag 7 is too strong for my 600 gph overflow and its throttled back with a ball valve. Looking good so far though!

[Doc]

nice read to your thread. I just caught up. I am interested in your livestock planning. what are you going to put in your 75?

-Doc

[d.french]

I'm gonna have more flow on overflows eventually its just that when i started this setup my wife told me no more tanks but i told her i could do it without spending hardly any money except for light which mother in law ended up buying for me. the tank stand and overflows i got on a trade for a 24 gallon nano cube and some corals so that costed no money cause a buddy had given me the nano cube. Sump cost 25 bucks from local reefer in our club and the return pump already had sittin around with a couple of old powerheads also. I did spend 20 something bucks altogether on plumbing parts and all live sand and live rock is coming from 29 gallon tank that i'm tearing down and have some homemade live rock from a good buddy for free. So this setup hasn't cost me much at all so after holidays i will be getting a better set of overflows cause this quiet flo brand i have is real thin plastic and flemzy so i'm gonna just use one cause if i go spend 100+ bucks on a pump wife will be mad cause in process of getting rid of carpet in living room for wood floors. So after xmas i will upgrade everything.

[d.french]

mag drives are good pumps but the one i got is an old aqua clear 901 pump and i got a ball valve on the out flow end of pump to tune it down. The only livestock that will be in it right now is scopas tang, sixline wrasse, dragon gobie, and clown fish. Inverts will be one sallylightfoot, 2 sandsifting cucumbers, only 3 hermits since 29 gallon was snail only tank had some hitchhikers on live rock, nerite snails, trochus snails, one turbo snails, couple of cleaner clams, fancy brittle starfish, one green tinted long tentacle anenome, and different rics, shrooms, polyps, zoos, and devils hand. Gonna keep tank shrooms, ricordeas, and many different zoos mostly and a couple lps corals. Will probally add another smaller species tang. Dont want many fish just corals, my 125 has too many fish and i battle algae and other crap time to time so i'm gonna thin that tank down on fish and add some anthias to that tank cause freaks tanks looks freakin awesome with his fish, gotta have some in mine.