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[dreadmoon7]

HI i'm new here.. i am looking at really going all out on my reef tank... i have a 2000 dollar budget and i am looking at these things i have a mature 75 gallon reef tank with tons of soft and hard corals and am upgrading to a new 175 bowfront reefready from oceanic

chiller 1/3 or 1/4 hp
neptune system controller with probes and controll modules
calcium reactor/system
uv sterilizer
ozone
powerheads
wavemaker/neptune system
i need advice on any of these pieces of equipment.. i know i wont be able to afford all of these but i want some people advice that own any of these or have experience with them, i want to avoid buying low quality stuff.. or stuff that wont do the job right, my main concern is the calcium reactors, and power heads for a wave maker, and controller for the neptune system thing i'm getting

thanks,
Sincerely,

Aaron Moon

[Irisservice]

WHat do you plan for lighting and skimmer and return pump these would be my main concerns

chiller 1/3 or 1/4 hp - What type of lights? This might not be needed. Fan might be enoughs. Also check out

neptune system controller with probes and control modules-very nice option. If you plan on using ozone get the pro model it supports ORP

calcium reactor/system- Great add on for any reef. Check out the Marine Life Products. I use a Marine Life CR500 Calcium Reactor with a Reef Fanatic Dual Gauge CO2 Regulator and I really like it.

uv sterilizer- Not needed

ozone - nice to have but not needed

powerheads - Maxijets

wavemaker- I would go with Reef Fanatic Wave Creator
Using the neptune with X10 would be loud for on/off cycles
http://www.reeffanatic.com/cgi-bin/mas/category.cgi?item=WAVE_RFWC

[fishfreek]

I see you live in KS. Do you have AC in your house? What is the average summer time temp for your area?

I doubt you NEED a chiller. In fact unless your ambient temp in the room that you are keeping your tank is is above 90F I would say you dont need one and you could emply fans as irisservice has mentioned.

Fans are real easy to use if you mount a few in your canopy to vent the lights and also mount a few over your sump to blow across the water suface of your sump.

This will enhance your evaporation and also lower the temp of the water.

[dreadmoon7]

:D
This is great... so much better than those e-groups it takes forever to get replies..... on the lighting i'm getting a hood with 2 175 metal halides and 2 96 watt pc lamps with fans and protective lenses..... i have lots of heat because my sump pump is in-sump and creates some significant heat.. and the electricity here is amizingly high so keeping the room that the tank is in, cold is difficult.. that and i know the halides will add allott of heat... not to mention the neptune system will give me seasonal and day and night temp controll and i like that so i can keep some acropora and some other sps corals that are more sensitive to conditions

sincerely,

Aaron Moon
Wichita, KS

[dreadmoon7]

also what sumps do you recommend for a 175 bowfront, what skimmers? in sump out of sump? just cant get enough info

-reefaholic

sincerely,

Aaron Moon
Wichita, KS

[phistio]

seeing as your budget is in the 2G range...a chiller is (IMO) out of the question...

however, i too second the notion that more that likely you're not going to even need a chiller...

also...a UV sterilizer would be counter-productive on your reef.

save for the cost of a decent R/O unit...

[Irisservice]

Check out these custom sumps!!!
http://www.proteinskimmer.com/customfabrication.htm
35 gallon custom sump for EV-240 skimmer