Help with Coral Farming DIY

[jrossjr79]

Welcome to Maast dude.

Man that sounds like a fun project. Temperature may be an issue but I imagine with that volume you could cool with fans and a water fall or fountain... Not sure how much temperature control you would have.

Actually I think I got some of that covered, as far as cooling, was plan on using an idea I saw in some other forums. Having return pipes 3' below ground probable for a distance of 15' with some curves, or just 11'. I read this is a good efficient way to keep the temperatures down on a hot day. And may even help keep a little warm for our winters, not 100% on that though. However I am curious to see what others think to see if that would keep it cool enough, if not, then what else I can do to keep the wattage down low as possible.

Coral farm implies a business of sorts. Is that your intent?

It is the majority of my intent, but first starting out would be more of a hobby till I would have a good supply of frags of different assortments to work with.

I'm not sure why the tank needs to be 3' deep. Most of the pictures i've seen of these projects use shallow tanks.

I may be changing that to 1.5' to 2'. Not 100 % sure as of yet. I was thinking 3' originally to help keep the water cooler, since it would take more heat at longer times with more water.