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Posted: June 27 2012 at 3:39pm |
I am trying to decide what I should upgrade first. I have a 75 gallon tank that I am going to be upgrading to a 220 gallon (72x24x30) pretty soon so I am starting to buy things that will be going in to the new tank and can help my tank right now.
Lighting:
Right now I have 6 t5's over the tank and they will be due for new lights within a month or so. I am going to be putting Led's over the new tank I know it will take between 3 and 4 depending on brand that I go with. I can get 2 units now for my 75 gallon.
Flow:
My 75 gallon has a 700 gph return pump and 4 (2 500gph, 1 750 gph, 1 1600 gph) power heads. the power heads are controlled with my apex. I will be getting 2 Mp 40's for the new tank but could get one now for the 75gallon tank.
The problem is that I only have the money for one thing right now. Is there one that is a better option than the other? Please explain.
Thanks for your help
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220g , large elite aquatics sump. 3 Radion Pro Gen 3 lights 3 Mp 40's
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Posted: June 27 2012 at 4:03pm |
I would vote for the MP40 upgrade now over the LEDs using the following logic:
LEDS may get cheaper or improve technology between now and the time you set up a bigger tank; the MP40 most likely will not do either of those things between now and then...
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Posted: June 27 2012 at 4:08pm |
 BobC63 wrote:
I would vote for the MP40 upgrade now over the LEDs using the following logic:
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LEDS may get cheaper or improve technology between now and the time you set up a bigger tank; the MP40 most likely will not do either of those things between now and then...
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220 G SPS Display.
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Posted: June 27 2012 at 6:06pm |
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I agree with Bob
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Posted: June 27 2012 at 6:14pm |
I agree with Bob, and on reef tour I asked Brad (tileman)1 question, "of all your equipment reactors, mp's ,etc what made the biggest improvement in your tank ? " He said it was adding the mp's ......just my thought of what i would do
Edited by Akira - June 27 2012 at 6:17pm
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Posted: June 27 2012 at 6:29pm |
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That's good to know as well. Adding an MP10 to my biocube soon.
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Posted: June 27 2012 at 6:35pm |
thanks for all the input. Sounds like the MP is the next thing that I will be getting.
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Posted: June 27 2012 at 6:55pm |
i just looked at you t-5 lamp selection and its an interesting choice . do you have any white at all in it ? I run a 6x54 with 3 blue+ , 1 purple+ , and 2 coral+. the coral plus are new and I added those and deleted a 6500k white and 1 blue and couldnt even tell the difference but the growth seemed better . was just curious
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Posted: June 27 2012 at 7:12pm |
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I vote for an mp60! I have 2 mp40s on my 120g and I find myself wishing I had slightly more flow.
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Posted: June 27 2012 at 8:02pm |
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Billy you have a skimmer that could clean my swimming pool !!!! Add a few MP 60's and you will have a hot tubb . So you and your over doing it makes me laugh !!!!
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Posted: June 27 2012 at 8:35pm |
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Well for the 220 I might do 1 40 and 1 60. If I go with a heavy sps tank
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Posted: June 27 2012 at 10:05pm |
Akira wrote:
Billy you have a skimmer that could clean my swimming pool !!!! Add a few MP 60's and you will have a hot tubb . So you and your over doing it makes me laugh !!!! <!-- bmi_SafeAddOnload(bmi_load,"bmi_orig_img",0);//-->
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Hahaha!!! Everyone laughs when they my skimmer. Well I vote for flow anyhow. Lighting will depend on how quick you wanna do sps I guess.
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