90 gallon reef set up

[Davidkirschenbaum]

I have a 90 gallon reef ready take that I need to buy a filter for.
I was going to get a uv and I was think about a wet dry filter with a protien skimmer. I am going to have plenty of live rock. Any help on the filter ideas??
Thanks
David

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Turn that wet dry into a sump with a fuge and add a good protien skimmer filtration would be awesome for that tank

 

[Davidkirschenbaum]

Can i use this Amiracle SL-150 Wet/Dry Trickle Filter.
How do I turn it into a sump. I take out all of the bio balls and do ???
The skimmer is easy. What is the fuge??
Thanks
David

 

[fritz]

www.wetwebmedia.com

 

[Davidkirschenbaum]

so i have a couple of questions about sump design.
I have a 30 gallon glass tank which I am going to run the water into. I am either going to have a submerible pump or external pump.
I am going to fill the sump with live rock.
I am going to get a a hang on skimmer.
I was thinking of hooking up a uv aslo and maybe a canister to get rid of a lot of the dirt.

I was wondering why do I need the plastic seperation.

David

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

The Baffles will help break up the micro bubles in the sump so they don't get pumped back into the tank and they offer a "calm area for pods and macro algae to rest without being majorly disturbed.

 

[DevIouS]

First.... let's ditch the wet/dry idea for a reef.

so i have a couple of questions about sump design.
I have a 30 gallon glass tank which I am going to run the water into. I am either going to have a submerible pump or external pump.

If you decide to run an external pump...the tank will have to be drilled.

I am going to fill the sump with live rock.

The sump does not have to include Live-Rock. A refugium with some live rock would be better, although I run neither in my sump.

I am going to get a a hang on skimmer.

There are definitely more model choices & more efficient "In-Sump" skimmers than "Hang-On" models.

I was thinking of hooking up a uv aslo and maybe a canister to get rid of a lot of the dirt.

A UV is your choice. I would search the pros & cons before using it.
A canister? Nah.....
Run a "Filter sock" on the out-put hose into your sump. These would have to be cleaned regularly.

I was wondering why do I need the plastic seperation.

As Chief mentioned:
the baffles will help eliminate micro-bubbles & will slow the water movement / flow through the sump, if you decide to run a fuge.
If you are using a glass tank as a sump...the baffles should be glass as well, not plastic.

 

[jackson6745]

David you will have a lot of problems keeping up with your water quality with this type of setup. I suggest you research a little more before setting up the 90 gal.

You should PM psuedo. His 90gal is setup very nice.

 

[Davidkirschenbaum]

I have a 30 gallon glass tank. What could I do with this to make this part of my filter that would work. Either ref or sump?
Thanks
David

 

[DevIouS]

http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html

 

[sporty]

I'll tag along with David since I'm looking to up grade soon to a 90 gallon
reef with fish.Shouldn't you have a wet dry if you have fish in your reef?

 

[DevIouS]

For fish only, a wet/dry will be ok.
Be advised that type of filters retain Nitrates......something you don't want in a reef system.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I'll tag along with David since I'm looking to up grade soon to a 90 gallon
reef with fish.Shouldn't you have a wet dry if you have fish in your reef?

The disadvantage of Wet/Dry is nitrate retaining, you can take care of that if you have something to denitrify at the laterr stage of your filtration, or cleaning your balls frequently and properly.

The advantange of Wet/Dry is aeration. It is VERY efficient way of supplying oxygen to your system without micro bubbles. Most reefers will spend extra money on water flow like powerhead to supplement the missing aeration. With water flow method, make sure you have it breaking the water surface so that gas exchange can occur easier.

So if you already own one, it will not hurt to add it to the early stage of your filtration(provided that you have a DSB, Macro Aglae somewhere in the system to denitrify the nitrate), in a mix environment but there is no need to buy a new one though since you are most likely to have a very BIG pump and all the goodies like tunze and such in your tank.

 

[sporty]

Thanks for the info ,very enlighting.Good thing I found out because I was pricing in a bigger wet dry.I'll just add a deep sand bed and keep this one.

 

[DevIouS]

The disadvantage of Wet/Dry is nitrate retaining, you can take care of that if you have something to denitrify at the laterr stage of your filtration, or cleaning your balls frequently and properly.

The advantange of Wet/Dry is aeration. It is VERY efficient way of supplying oxygen to your system without micro bubbles. Most reefers will spend extra money on water flow like powerhead to supplement the missing aeration. With water flow method, make sure you have it breaking the water surface so that gas exchange can occur easier.

So if you already own one, it will not hurt to add it to the early stage of your filtration(provided that you have a DSB, Macro Aglae somewhere in the system to denitrify the nitrate), in a mix environment but there is no need to buy a new one though since you are most likely to have a very BIG pump and all the goodies like tunze and such in your tank.

This isn't the best advice to follow.....

 

[scarf_ace1981]

cleaning your balls frequently and properly.

i known it was taken out of context but that was funny as hell.