Okay guys, I need some opinions, I may be able to get a setup sooner than I thought! I was crusing some local classifieds and I found a
saltwater setup for sale. I had a buddy with a salt tank review the photos and the description, but I'm looking for some addtional
feedback. This is for a 150 gallon set up and he is including everything described for $1k. Other than some salt creep (which he said
would be cleaned up before taking delivery) what do you guys think? The only thing I can think of is needing some addtional heating power,
as 150 Watts is far shy of the 2-5 watts per gallon I've read about. I also figure before I start stocking it i would need anoter 60 lbs of
live rock or so
150 Gallon Tank Complete setup--
Stand
x2 Corolia #3 High Output Power Heads
150W Heater
In stand sump setup
Protein skimmer
12GPD RO water treatment system
90 lbs of live rock
LIGHT: Current-USA Nova Extreme Pro -
I will do my best to answer your questions in their entirety. If I leave something out get back to me with your questions that you may
have. The sump is roughly 8 gallons capacity with three stages of filtration media. I removed the media and used s deep sand bed with
macro algae and a carbon scrubber. The return pump on the sump is 1400 GPH (gallons per hour). The sump setup also has a built in skimmer
which works quite nicely.
Along the back of the tank to the far left hangs the overflow box for the sump. This allows the water to drain from the tank down to the
sump, be cleaned and then returned to the display tank via 1400 GPH pump.
To the right of that we have the CPR backpack protein skimmer rated at for a 200 gallon tank. This thing works extremely efficiently and
must be emptied on average every other day, depending on the biological load on the tank and its beneficial bacteria which occupies it.
Also at the left side of the tank there is a Koralia 3 powerhead which I have included a photo of. There are two of these in the tank and
are rated at 950 GPH. Between the two power heads, the sump return pump and the CPR skimmer pump there is a total flow of 3900 GPH. That
essentially means that all the water is being pump out and returned to the tank at a rate of 26 times per hour.
As far as the light goes, well it speaks for it self. This thing is PHENOMENAL! Not much more to say about that.
Thoughts?
