My DSA Neo 65 Pro

[coralreefexplore]

OK, I will be building a DSA 65 gallon that I picked up from LFS. I went with the black matching stand. I have some awesome plans for this aquarium, but funds are gonna make this build a slow one. This is what I have for equipment so far. Let me know what you think.

1. 2 Ecotech MP40
2. Tunze 3152 Osmolator
3. Sicce 5.0 return pump

I will post pictures later on. Thanks. Any help would greatly be appreciated.

[ramsey]

You're off to a good start! Those dsa 65's are really nice. I have a dsa 185. They're great tanks.

[Zack]

Dang, 2x mp40 is a lot! What's the difference between the DSA Neo 65 and the pro?

[Big_Pun]

sicce 5 seems a lil big for 65 gallon tank, i only run 2x sicce 2 on my 150, and most guys with 120 run sicce 4. 2 40 is great those you can dial back and use later if you upgrade

[coralreefexplore]

Do you really think so? The pump has some sort of flow regulator. Do you think its still a problem?

[350gt]

Ya man, I have a sicce 5 on my 5' tank and I sometimes think its too much....

[reefreak]

That's a lot of flow on that tank good luck with the build!

[coralreefexplore]

What size sicce do you recommend?

[350gt]

With the 2 40s, you will have way more than enough flow up top. Most on here like slow flow through the sump..

maybe a sicce 3? Chris will probably know more though on the sicce...

[gcantu]

I have a sicce 3 on my DSA pro 105 and it puts out some good flow.

[Scutterborn]

I'm running a mag 9.5 on my closed loop but picked up a Sicce 5.0 to run instead. I'm starting to wonder if its not too much now.


- Ben -

[Big_Pun]

sicce 3 split is fine, I believe you have two return lines and one drain. how big is your sump ?

[350gt]

I'm running a mag 9.5 on my closed loop but picked up a Sicce 5.0 to run instead. I'm starting to wonder if its not too much now.


- Ben -


replacing my mag 9.5 with a sicce 5 was one of the best upgrades I have done....

[coralreefexplore]

Yes. 2 returns and 1 drain.

[coralreefexplore]

For my sump I wanna go with the PM r30 and rl175 skimmer. What do you all think?

[coralreefexplore]

Here are my first pictures.

[coralreefexplore]

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[Scutterborn]

Dang, that's a sexy tank!


- Ben -

[texasnano]

I have the same tank, I started with two mp40's way to much flow sold them and got two mp10's instead now with the return and the mp10's it's all good