GK805Ojai
New Member
Hi all,
Need some help/advice for my new build. My plan was for an Inovative Marine 60sr but the weight of the empty tank is too much plus after our most recent 5.0 earthquake I am concerned about any glass tank. Both of my glass tanks spilled water; a lot of water. My acrylic freshwater tank hardly spilled any. I heard from my LFS some of their customers who had older glass tanks broke seams with the earthquake so I have decided to go back to acrylic and go with a 4 foot foot print either a 60 or 75. The problem is fitting equipment in the small slots on the back. Currently I have a 40 gallon cheap PetCo dollar sale tank which is working fine with an Aquaclear 110 and one hydor nano pump. I would like to put a CPR hob refugium on the new acrylic tank but not sure if it will fit. CPR makes a retrofit overflow box which I am thinking may fit over the refugium pump (I plan to contact CPR to see if this will work). If I can make this work do I really need the aquacler filter? Can I get by using the refugium as a filter as well as a place to grow pods? Just need a place for some ChemiPure. I do not want to do a sump so everything needs to be HOB. Any advice would be most appreciated. TIA.
Need some help/advice for my new build. My plan was for an Inovative Marine 60sr but the weight of the empty tank is too much plus after our most recent 5.0 earthquake I am concerned about any glass tank. Both of my glass tanks spilled water; a lot of water. My acrylic freshwater tank hardly spilled any. I heard from my LFS some of their customers who had older glass tanks broke seams with the earthquake so I have decided to go back to acrylic and go with a 4 foot foot print either a 60 or 75. The problem is fitting equipment in the small slots on the back. Currently I have a 40 gallon cheap PetCo dollar sale tank which is working fine with an Aquaclear 110 and one hydor nano pump. I would like to put a CPR hob refugium on the new acrylic tank but not sure if it will fit. CPR makes a retrofit overflow box which I am thinking may fit over the refugium pump (I plan to contact CPR to see if this will work). If I can make this work do I really need the aquacler filter? Can I get by using the refugium as a filter as well as a place to grow pods? Just need a place for some ChemiPure. I do not want to do a sump so everything needs to be HOB. Any advice would be most appreciated. TIA.
