Switching to the dark side,I mean to saltwater

svaha said:

OK, after a dead snail almost totally messed my 10 gallon nano plans ,I have decided to take my 75 g african tank and convert it to a reef tank.
<<Sounds great to me>>
The tank is 36" x21"x18",would a 400 watt 10k metal halide and 40 watt actinic be enough lighting for soft corals and maybe some lps near the top of the tank.
<<Yes, that level of lighting would be fine>>
For filtration and water flow,I have 2-317 gph Jebao powerheads ,one of which i was going to use to run the protein skimmer and a 10 gallon tank for a refugium,also a 160gph powersweep rotating powerhead and a biowheel 350 for mechanical filtration.
<<Flow wise, as this is to be a reef, you need about 1875GPH water circulation. So, you are quite low on the ammount of flow that you could do with having..Maybe look towards buying a couple of Hydor Koralia powerheads??>>
I plan on 75-80 pounds of live rock and 3 inches of argonite sand with a very little crushed coral mixed in.
Thats my plan so far any info or changes any of you think I should make ,I would be very thankful for the advice
Thanks
Svaha

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