Leaning toward the Oceanic 70 Tech.. Suggestion anyone?

[Mak]

Well, I am leaning toward the 70 Tech Series tank..

Here's my wish list for the fish..
2 firefish
1 yellow tang
2 Ocellaris Clownfish
1 Algae Blenny
1 yellow watchman
2 cleaner shrimp
2 Peppermint Shrimp
some mix snail & crab

and some zoa

and of course not going add all at once..

WHat do you think?? Is it too much??

maybe 100lbs of fiji live rock, and 2-3 inch of deep sand bed..
As for the lighting.. I either go with the Tek 6 bulb or the Solaris lighting. But solaris is very too much.. So leaning toward the Tek 6 lighting..
Skimmer going go with the EuroReef RS100.
for the return pump, I wanna go with the EHEIM 1260 Water Pump - 602 gph or I need a upper model?
For the power head (2) Hydor KORALIA 1 or should I get the two?
The Ro/Di I will go with http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=005

Don't know which heater is good, any suggestion and how many watt??
20L gallon sump..

Am I missing anything?? Please let me know..

Any suggestion??
Please feel free to give advice...
Really appreciate.. Don't wanna mess things up.. Want to take it slow...

 

[KathyC]

Since nobody else jumped in here yet...
Great tank, fish & invert list looks good. Maybe a little more rock, depends on how you want your aquascape to look.
What kind of sand are you considering?
I'd lean toward the T5 lighting unless you own a bank.

What corals other than zoas are you thinking about?
Eheim pumps are great - someone else will have to chime in on the size you'll need.
I personally lobe the Koralias but you will want stronger ones than the #1's. For a 70g tank, I'd think you'd probably want the #3's.

Heaters - EboJager's are good (as are many others, just make sure you get submersibles). You'd want 2 - 100w heaters. Neither is strong enough to cook your tank if it gets stuck in the on position, and either one alone (if one doesn't come on) will not allow your tank to get too cool.

You also want test kits...
a decent thermometer, power strips, salt, mixing buckets, pump/s to aerate your water for water changes & a food grade container to keep that water in, an enormous amount of patience, a really good book on SW tanks, fish & corals...and probably 12 other things that I missed mentioning.

You've been haning around here since 2005 and you still have all these questions?? lol

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

I would say go for the biggest volume tank possible more water less fluctuation in water parameters and because it looks cool :biggrin:

 

[Mak]

Since nobody else jumped in here yet...
Great tank, fish & invert list looks good. Maybe a little more rock, depends on how you want your aquascape to look.
What kind of sand are you considering?
I'd lean toward the T5 lighting unless you own a bank.

What corals other than zoas are you thinking about?
Eheim pumps are great - someone else will have to chime in on the size you'll need.
I personally lobe the Koralias but you will want stronger ones than the #1's. For a 70g tank, I'd think you'd probably want the #3's.

Heaters - EboJager's are good (as are many others, just make sure you get submersibles). You'd want 2 - 100w heaters. Neither is strong enough to cook your tank if it gets stuck in the on position, and either one alone (if one doesn't come on) will not allow your tank to get too cool.

You also want test kits...
a decent thermometer, power strips, salt, mixing buckets, pump/s to aerate your water for water changes & a food grade container to keep that water in, an enormous amount of patience, a really good book on SW tanks, fish & corals...and probably 12 other things that I missed mentioning.

You've been haning around here since 2005 and you still have all these questions?? lol

Hahha finally someone reply to my thread.. heheh Well, patience is key word for saltwater.. And I been in and out reading other ppl info. and checking other ppl's tanks.. and since I will be moving out soon, so I finally get a chance to get the tank... I was well prepare already.. I already bought the salt and I have got couple bags of southdown sand, yes southdown sand.. And as for the test kit, I will be getting salifert.

 

[cybermeez]

I have a 120g Tek. I love the tank and wouldn't change a thing, not so much the stand. It's a very good looking stand, but not very well designed especially considering the environment it will be subjected to.

The entire piece is made of laminated particle board. The tabletop design of the upper part of the stand and the solid back with cut-outs for wires and a fan are right on the money. The rest of the design IMO was not well thought out.

The 3 columns for support in the front make it a little wobbly and the whole thing is vulnerable to warping. In my current apartment I have wall to wall carpeting and I'm not certain wood flooring would have made a difference in the degree of warping. Still, before the stand ever had contact with a drop of water cracks began to develop along the edges of the base and within weeks the stand was no longer square.

Combine the humidity and salt spray generated by a sump, add the inevitable spills during water changes and in no time the base warps even more to where you can't close the glass doors. Oh, and those glass doors? They break...as in shatter. They are made of tempered glass (for safety?) which means if knocked they don't crack, but instead disintegrate into a million little cubes.

If I had to do it all over again (given the way the stand is going I might) I'd get the tank but get a higher quality custom stand made of something other than particle board. I'd keep the tabletop and closed back with the cutouts for plumbing and wires, but replace the side doors with solid wood and eliminate the center brace in front so it could have Euro style doors.

Part of me thinks that if Oceanic hadn't been bought out by All-Glass a stand with these issues never would have made it out of the design lab. It's a pity.

Robin