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Post by worknit Tue 30 Apr 2013, 11:41 am

Hello All,

I'm in Houston, TX and found this forum while searching for a PM Bullet 2 skimmer. I've had fresh water tanks all my life and always heard if you want salt water, best to go big. So I decided to start with the following 250g, my blank canvas sort of speak. In the following weeks/months I'll be bargain shopping for components. Still deciding on whether to go reef or fish focused, but leaning more on exotic fish that tend to eat coral.

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Post by Win Tue 30 Apr 2013, 12:42 pm

For coral u gonna need stout lights for that deep of a tank! Intresting footprint tho so goodluck! What are you thinking regarding light/flo/filtration?? Btw welcome to the forum!
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Post by matt_longview Tue 30 Apr 2013, 12:46 pm

Love those dimensions! Looking forward to the build!
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Post by grawlfang Tue 30 Apr 2013, 5:00 pm

Welcome and with a tank that deep I agree with Win, going to need some stout lights only if your going to go reef/corals. Fish only you have more room for lighting types.
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Post by worknit Wed 01 May 2013, 6:09 pm

Thanks for the warm welcome :-) I just got hold of the following wet/dry which is almost perfect size for footprint I was looking to maximize. It was suggested I top off the bio balls. Plan will be plugging holes based on layout configuration. Looking to include external PM Bullet 2 with it's own turbo pump cycling on side of wet-dry. I can't see going with anything other than quality LED for lighting.
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