albano

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what are you going to run for circulation?
No final decision yet, BUT I will continue to use my Iwaki MD100RLT, as my return pump (approx 2000gph), from there the basic plan is have the return feed 3 or 4 sea swirls w/rotators or eductors, on the front of the tank, to send upper level water back to the dual 30" overflow boxes. For the back wall I have 3 MP40s (3000-9000gph) w/battery backup, to send mid and lower level water toward the front. In addition to these I also have a Tunze wavebox, a Wave2K and 2 MMFI 'surge' boxes, various Koralias and tunze pumps, any of which may or may not be used (you may see them soon, on FS/FT forum). I have considered SCWD, Ocean Motions, and Wavy Sea, but I don't think they'll be necessary, there should be plenty of random flow, with what I've got.
 

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Looks like my mustard tang lol
 

albano

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On advise of NYreefnoob, it looks like my 'surge boxes' may be too small, so I may convert an extra 120g tank I have, to a surge tank,(can adjust to use 50 to 100g per surge) mounted near ceiling in sump room, returning water, back to the tank thru 2 separate returns with eductors. I have seen the surge system at Vivid Aquariums in LA, Calif. many times, and the corals seem to love it.http://www.vividaquariums.com/video/StoreTour.htm the pic below is from RC, a guy converted 2 75g tanks to surge his 600g tank.
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On advise of NYreefnoob, it looks like my 'surge boxes' may be too small, so I may convert an extra 120g tank I have, to a surge tank,(can adjust to use 50 to 100g per surge) mounted near ceiling in sump room, returning water, back to the tank thru 2 separate returns with eductors. I have seen the surge system at Vivid Aquariums in LA, Calif. many times, and the corals seem to love it.http://www.vividaquariums.com/video/StoreTour.htm the pic below is from RC, a guy converted 2 75g tanks to surge his 600g tank.
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Me likey.....:splitspin... I like this alfie.....I can't believe I missed this build....Good luck cant wait to see it up....
 

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This thread needs more pictures :)

This tank is going to be ridiculous once it is all set up ... well it's already ridiculous ... just taken to the extreme ;)
 

albano

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This thread needs more pictures :)
Sorry, David, no new pics, yet. Just back from MACNA, got some great ideas, for a multiple surge device (as well as another wave maker from WINGO), plus, saw some beautiful, hand-made rockwork, that should look great as a separate island in the tank. Waiting for bulkheads to arrive, but changing plans, so already need to order more.
 

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Sorry, careful planning has slowed progress, but I really hope to have water in the new tank by Thanksgiving (before the swap!). I am planning to drill the tank, this week end, for bulkheads and surge returns. You may notice in the pics that I have put masking tape on the rear wall of the tank, that corresponds to the wall studs, so as to make sure I have no trouble routing the PVC lines.
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