mulron
Aquarium Advice Activist
First hello, first post here. I have read a lot of the forums here and gathered a lot of information on reefs. I am not new to SW/fresh tanks but I am relatively new to reefs so; here's my questions.
Purposed tank:
125gal
2 55gal sumps
4bulb 78" VHO lighting system
Probably a Berlin Skimmer
1) I know it is 1.5lbs of LR per gal. Does that include the water in the sump? I see people with sumps but it doesn't look like the tank+sump = the amount of LR that I come up with.
2) Lighting? back when I had my tanks up and running MH was brand new. VHO was really the only way to go. I know you would still need either VHO or PC for the atinics side of things but is MH really worth it? I'm leaning towards the a total VHO system just because that's what I am accustom to. There is a nice discussion about lighting but the more I look I see a ton of people with MH systems. Why choose MH over VHO? cost? Do they grow some algae quicker/better? Just "cliff notes" pls
3) Also does anyone have a english to acronym dictionary for fish keeping? I can guess most things because of my knowledge but I know newer folks might have a hard time following advice or threads because they just don't know what a LFS,LR,LS are.(local fish store,Live rock,Live sand)
TIA
Purposed tank:
125gal
2 55gal sumps
4bulb 78" VHO lighting system
Probably a Berlin Skimmer
1) I know it is 1.5lbs of LR per gal. Does that include the water in the sump? I see people with sumps but it doesn't look like the tank+sump = the amount of LR that I come up with.
2) Lighting? back when I had my tanks up and running MH was brand new. VHO was really the only way to go. I know you would still need either VHO or PC for the atinics side of things but is MH really worth it? I'm leaning towards the a total VHO system just because that's what I am accustom to. There is a nice discussion about lighting but the more I look I see a ton of people with MH systems. Why choose MH over VHO? cost? Do they grow some algae quicker/better? Just "cliff notes" pls
3) Also does anyone have a english to acronym dictionary for fish keeping? I can guess most things because of my knowledge but I know newer folks might have a hard time following advice or threads because they just don't know what a LFS,LR,LS are.(local fish store,Live rock,Live sand)
TIA