Skimmy
SKIM FU
i agree with everything tdgates10 just said.
sell the wet dry sump with bio balls, sell the canister filters.
use the sump with the filter sock imput, measure and figure out how much space you have to accomodate a skimmer, off the top of my head for your size tank, these are a couple skimmers to look at:
http://www.aquacave.com/warner-marine-as150-br-in-sump-protein-skimmer-2331.html
http://www.aquacave.com/octopus-extreme-160-br-protein-skimmer-br-by-coralvue-2199.html
http://www.aquacave.com/octopus-nw-200-needle-br-wheel-protein-skimmer-496.html
for a return pump i would suggest a little less flow that what tdgates suggested.
you should be trying to make the water in your display tank go through the sump only 3-4 times an hour, so you want a pump that will pump like 300-400 gph after pumping up 4 feet from the sump. it is one of the most common mistakes to attempt to make the sump pump accomodate the high flow needs of the main display tank, when in reality your skimmer,carbon/media reactors, refugiums will all work better at cleaning the water if it is moving slower through the sump.
http://www.aquacave.com/ocean-runner-2500-waterbr-pump-by-aquamedic-31.html
http://www.aquacave.com/1260-universal-water-brpump-by-eheim-1611.html
now for flow in the main display, you said you bought a few powerheads??? what type are they and how much gph do they pump? unless they are koralia or tunze i would just box them up and take them back...
for a 4' 90g coral tank, i would look at getting 4 of these pumps right here,
http://www.aquacave.com/koralia-4-power-head-by-hydor-1543.html
each one is 1200gph of flow for only 8.5 watts @ $43.99, and they have a wide flow outlet instead of an outlet that is the size of your finger, which is very unnatural, and potentially harmful to your corals. you want water movement more like natural waves, which these provide.
o.k. now lights...
we need more info,
it's a 48" fixture, you have 2 10k bulbs...what kind??? meatal halide? power compact? t5ho?? what is the wattage of the bulbs?? and total wattage of the fixture??
it's sounding like you have 2 metal halides with either pc or t5 blue bulbs and led moonlights, which if is true, then you will have plenty of light for most corals.
also, if it was me, and i had all this other stuff, plus a lb per gal of live rock, i wouldnt put more than 1-2" of live sand in the bottom... deep sand beds can be problematic and tend to build up nutrients as well as can potentially kill your whole tank in a power outage.
if you were building a new home, would you want your bathroom to be underneath you/all around you? no, you would want to flush that crap away. do so with the skimmer/water changes.
sell the wet dry sump with bio balls, sell the canister filters.
use the sump with the filter sock imput, measure and figure out how much space you have to accomodate a skimmer, off the top of my head for your size tank, these are a couple skimmers to look at:
http://www.aquacave.com/warner-marine-as150-br-in-sump-protein-skimmer-2331.html
http://www.aquacave.com/octopus-extreme-160-br-protein-skimmer-br-by-coralvue-2199.html
http://www.aquacave.com/octopus-nw-200-needle-br-wheel-protein-skimmer-496.html
for a return pump i would suggest a little less flow that what tdgates suggested.
you should be trying to make the water in your display tank go through the sump only 3-4 times an hour, so you want a pump that will pump like 300-400 gph after pumping up 4 feet from the sump. it is one of the most common mistakes to attempt to make the sump pump accomodate the high flow needs of the main display tank, when in reality your skimmer,carbon/media reactors, refugiums will all work better at cleaning the water if it is moving slower through the sump.
http://www.aquacave.com/ocean-runner-2500-waterbr-pump-by-aquamedic-31.html
http://www.aquacave.com/1260-universal-water-brpump-by-eheim-1611.html
now for flow in the main display, you said you bought a few powerheads??? what type are they and how much gph do they pump? unless they are koralia or tunze i would just box them up and take them back...
for a 4' 90g coral tank, i would look at getting 4 of these pumps right here,
http://www.aquacave.com/koralia-4-power-head-by-hydor-1543.html
each one is 1200gph of flow for only 8.5 watts @ $43.99, and they have a wide flow outlet instead of an outlet that is the size of your finger, which is very unnatural, and potentially harmful to your corals. you want water movement more like natural waves, which these provide.
o.k. now lights...
we need more info,
it's a 48" fixture, you have 2 10k bulbs...what kind??? meatal halide? power compact? t5ho?? what is the wattage of the bulbs?? and total wattage of the fixture??
it's sounding like you have 2 metal halides with either pc or t5 blue bulbs and led moonlights, which if is true, then you will have plenty of light for most corals.
also, if it was me, and i had all this other stuff, plus a lb per gal of live rock, i wouldnt put more than 1-2" of live sand in the bottom... deep sand beds can be problematic and tend to build up nutrients as well as can potentially kill your whole tank in a power outage.
if you were building a new home, would you want your bathroom to be underneath you/all around you? no, you would want to flush that crap away. do so with the skimmer/water changes.