New Project next spring

Valhall · Post by **Valhall** » 04 Dec 2009, 22:45

Spring 2010 I'm going to starting building this aquarium, its about 800 liters. I need comments on my idea so I can improve it. Thanks....

Post by **ulli** » 04 Dec 2009, 22:52

u must be going for MH lightin?

bit tall tank

Valhall · Post by **Valhall** » 04 Dec 2009, 23:07

I was thinking about
http://www.aquariumguys.com/250w-aquali ... -48in.html

Post by **Squinchy** » 04 Dec 2009, 23:08

Very deep tank, might get hard to light up the bottom but might be good for softies and mushrooms on the bottom and the light needy corals on top of the LR structure, But on the other hand you might have trouble getting your hand down to the bottom if and when you need

if you make your overflow box bigger, say like 13x20 you can also fit your return threw the tank's bottom and you might even have room for a Durso stand pipe

You don't think your limiting your self in the LR structure by having the tank 50cm vs 60+cm ?

Valhall wrote:I was thinking about
http://www.aquariumguys.com/250w-aquali ... -48in.html

I recomend MH + T5, the PC bulb selection here is so bad while the T5 is good

Jakob · Post by **Jakob** » 04 Dec 2009, 23:12

I agree, i would recommend mh. But you might want to lower the tank to 80cm, both because of all the light needed also so you can reach to the bottom.

Valhall · Post by **Valhall** » 04 Dec 2009, 23:17

Mh? show me a link to a good light =)

Post by **Squinchy** » 04 Dec 2009, 23:17

I have a 66cm high fresh water and i hate having the reach for some thing that's on the bottom since my hand reach is 63cm so i personally don't like to go higher then 60 - 70cm high

Post by **Squinchy** » 04 Dec 2009, 23:21

MH = Metal Halide
PC = Power compact
Some thing like this
http://www.marinedepot.com/Current_USA_ ... 77-vi.html

Basically just like the fixture you found but with T5 bulb instead of the PC

Valhall · Post by **Valhall** » 04 Dec 2009, 23:21

i know what you meen but the point whit this aquarium is that its supose to be tall. I have to live white that i get weet from time to time

Valhall · Post by **Valhall** » 04 Dec 2009, 23:25

very nice light ramp thanks Squinchy

Post by **ulli** » 04 Dec 2009, 23:31

im not sure 250w mh will be enough for this tall tank.

animal · Post by **animal** » 05 Dec 2009, 16:48

Cool tank, go for it, would think 3 250w mh and 4-6 t5 would survice this tank fine cause there is such vast variety of liveforms to choose from and many of them don´t requier all that much light to thrive. I have a 400 l juwel with 3 250w mh 20000 k and 2 t8 blue and 2 t5 sun glo works damn fine!.

Valhall · Post by **Valhall** » 06 Dec 2009, 00:31

I made some changes