Redford's First reef!

[Argent]

Nice setup - will be following along

[thefishgirl]

Congrats!! I know you are very excited to get this thing going!
Keep the pics coming.

[ReeferRob]

**** of a start! Nice to see someone go 'All In' starting with a big tank and not a 10 or 20.

One bit of advice would be to anty up for a brand new return pump. Last thing you'ld want is to stock the tank with anything and half to jerk around with a used or broken pump that could potentially start a fire or flood the house.

I love the Lifeguard Quiet One pumps. I use the QO4000 on my DT and the 2200 on my grow out. They are very affordable, pump tons of water, and are energy efficient. Quiet, they don't get hot and are easy to work with. A new QO4000 is around $75 bucks I think. For a 90 I would probably look at the 4000HH or maybe the one just above that.

Keep the updates coming, its always awesome to see another build going up!

[RedfordReefer]

**** of a start! Nice to see someone go 'All In' starting with a big tank and not a 10 or 20.

One bit of advice would be to anty up for a brand new return pump. Last thing you'ld want is to stock the tank with anything and half to jerk around with a used or broken pump that could potentially start a fire or flood the house.

I love the Lifeguard Quiet One pumps. I use the QO4000 on my DT and the 2200 on my grow out. They are very affordable, pump tons of water, and are energy efficient. Quiet, they don't get hot and are easy to work with. A new QO4000 is around $75 bucks I think. For a 90 I would probably look at the 4000HH or maybe the one just above that.

Keep the updates coming, its always awesome to see another build going up!

That won't be too much flow though the sump? I was looking at the QO3300 which would put me at ~494GPH through the sump.

My thought is that the more time in the sump, the more time for the Chaeto to work.

I have two Koralia 3's to augment flow inside the tank. I might pick up another Koralia 2 or even another Koralia 3 to further increase the flow.

[ReeferRob]

That won't be too much flow though the sump? I was looking at the QO3300 which would put me at ~494GPH through the sump.

My thought is that the more time in the sump, the more time for the Chaeto to work.

I have two Koralia 3's to augment flow inside the tank. I might pick up another Koralia 2 or even another Koralia 3 to further increase the flow.

Good point, if your going to harvest Chaetomorpha for nutrient reduction you definitely want a longer dwell time.

[schminksbro]

Actually I think you want it to travel through more times rather than stay longer. In my experience Chaeto grows better with a brisk tumble.

Good point, if your going to harvest Chaetomorpha for nutrient reduction you definitely want a longer dwell time.

[Bella127]

Chaeto you definitely want it to tumble for maximum effectiveness, but other macro's you want it to go slowly thru the sump for the nutrient capture.