System Design - Scheduled Chat 9-11 p EST

[jimsflies]

I would still go with a skimmer, but I'm looking at a tunze comline in tank skimmer.

[schminksbro]

As an SPS guy I have come to appreciate gadgets. what kind of corals do you intend to keep Jim?

[whitetiger61]

i run sumpless but i have a hang on skimmer

[Cash]

lights, heater, pumps, and powers heads total about 602 watts on a 90g dt 29g fuge

Lights 216
pumps 115
Power heads 21
heater 250

[Mike]

I am guessing I have somewhere in the neighborhood of around 4000 watts runing when the lights are on

[jimsflies]

Yeah...corals. I'm not sure. I have always run a mixed reef. But in the name of simlicity and success and energy efficiency, I am thinking about going with species that require less lighting.

[schminksbro]

I would think you would want to decide the needs of the system and then determine the most efficient means of providing them.

[jimsflies]

You mean need of the coral?

[Mike]

WIth the T5's though you can still keep anything

[Mike]

I tend to keep really shallow water species so high light is a must for me.