I have a 58 gallon Reef Ready Oceanic. I got a great deal on this tank so being reef ready had nothing to do with my purchase.
Initially I thought about running a sump or wet/dry to keep all the equipment hidden and out of sight. Well, after doing some reading and talking to several people I have decide against using a sump or wet/dry since I would really have to crank up my pressurized C02 system to compensate for the gas lost by running such a setup.
So my new plan is to purchase a canister filter, either a Eheim Thermo 2126 or a XP3 and an in-line Hydor heater, plumb in a DIY reactor on the return line and thus leaves only the canister intake and spray bar in the tank, which I can live with.
Then I though about doing something more drastic, which is where I need some advice please...
The overflow box could easily be removed, since it's just held in place by silicone, and it's centered in the tank - not worried about hurting the actual aquarium seal. This would leave me 2 bulkheads on the bottom floor of the tank.
I would insert both bulkheads but cap off the larger bulkhead under the tank, which was the drain bulkhead. Then I would plumb the return bulkhead into my canister return, paint a piece of PVC black, Y it out about 6" to 10" from surface and have it as my custom flow return.
Is this a feasible plan? Do you see any reason why this would not work, or why I should not attempt something like this? Throw some ideas around... let me know what you think please.
TIA!
Initially I thought about running a sump or wet/dry to keep all the equipment hidden and out of sight. Well, after doing some reading and talking to several people I have decide against using a sump or wet/dry since I would really have to crank up my pressurized C02 system to compensate for the gas lost by running such a setup.
So my new plan is to purchase a canister filter, either a Eheim Thermo 2126 or a XP3 and an in-line Hydor heater, plumb in a DIY reactor on the return line and thus leaves only the canister intake and spray bar in the tank, which I can live with.
Then I though about doing something more drastic, which is where I need some advice please...
The overflow box could easily be removed, since it's just held in place by silicone, and it's centered in the tank - not worried about hurting the actual aquarium seal. This would leave me 2 bulkheads on the bottom floor of the tank.
I would insert both bulkheads but cap off the larger bulkhead under the tank, which was the drain bulkhead. Then I would plumb the return bulkhead into my canister return, paint a piece of PVC black, Y it out about 6" to 10" from surface and have it as my custom flow return.
Is this a feasible plan? Do you see any reason why this would not work, or why I should not attempt something like this? Throw some ideas around... let me know what you think please.
TIA!