[lhkorn99]

Upgrading my 3 month old 55 Gallon to a 90 Gallon tank/stand I bought off craigslist a few weeks ago. Looking to make this an SPS dominated tank on top with LPS on bottom. Jim was here tonight to Silicone the custom black acrylic overflow box. He has also been guiding me with the new set up. I will be using my exisiting lights from my 55 Gallon (Aquavim 2 250W MH, 2 54W T5s) and Euroreef RS80 Skimmer, JBJ 1/10 HP Artica Chiller. Everything else is new. I will be using the Gen-X PCX 40 For the return, the chiller, and 2 reactors, one for phosphate, one for carbon. Aqua Medic sp3000 for my ATO, and 2 Tunze 6000 with the multicontroller for flow and a 30 Gallon Cstom Baffled sump drilled for return. 100 LBS of live rock and substrate will be my existing 60 pounds of Caribsea Live sand, and 100 Pounds of ESV Fine Grade" Ultra-White Calcium Carbonate Reef Substrate. Now that the overflow is in, we are ready to setup which will be New Years Day! Here are some pictures from today.

	MH Metal Halide Lighting, typically used for high intensity light demanding corals such as SPS. Bulbs come in varieties of spectrums (7k, 10k,20k), and intensity (175W, 250W, 400W).

	SPS Small Polyped Scleractinians - Sometimes known as Small Polyped Stony corals. These are hard corals that have extremely small polyps. They are typically on the difficult side and require Metal Halide lighting or dense Power Compact or T5 arrays. These corals are prized for their rareness and ability to be easily fragged into multiple colonies.

	LPS Large Polyped Stony corals – In the aquarium hobby this is a common division of the species of stony corals based upon the visual assessment of the size of the polyps. Corals in this category were among the first stony corals to be kept successfully in captivity and include many very beautiful species. Commonly kept Genera include Euphyllia (hammer/frogspawn coral), Favia (brain coral), Plerogyra (bubble coral), Lobophyllia (meat/tooth coral), and Caulastrea (candycane coral). LPS corals also include the popular solitary non-colonial stony corals such as Fungia (plate coral), Cynarina (button coral), Trachyphyllia (open brain coral), and Herpolitha (tongue coral). Like their SPS counterparts, LPS corals require good water quality, intense lighting of the appropriate spectrum, adequate water movement and regular supplementation of calcium.

[1UCKY]

Looks Nice! good luck with everthing.....

[lhkorn99]

Thanks...very excited for it..MR members and HOF has helped me out so much in 3-4 months. I am amazed at how much I have learned, but also at how much more there is to learn. Looking forward to doing it right this time around! Thanks for the support.

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[NYreefNoob]

smart move just buying the right equipment from the start, off to a good start

[Chiefmcfuz]

Looks good dude. Where's the water?

[lhkorn99]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chiefmcfuz Looks good dude. Where's the water?

Have to empty out the 55 Gallon since I am starting with "new" RO/DI water. Since the tank is going in the same spot as the 55, this will happen on Tuesday. Thanks for the support, and your help as well chief.

[marki24]

before you empty the 55 lets see it.

[lhkorn99]

Quote: Originally Posted by marki24 before you empty the 55 lets see it.

Here is the 55...not too exciting..right now I have a radioactive dragon, red purple mushroom, pocillopora, and gonopoira.

looks messy- I picked up about 20 LBS LR from Richie this week so I just kinda put it in there..

[crox99]

Good luck with the upgrade.

[inkblue]

Nice tank good equipment... more pics please!