59 gallon acrylic questions

[Vandy5]

I just bought a new salt tank and I was wondering about adding bays into my sump. I wanna know how please. And its a lil scratched any tips on that. Then fish and coral I have 2 35 watt lights and they said I can do lots with the. What can I actually do with them.?? Please any advice on it all helps.

[cocoa_pleco]

are the lights PC or T-5? PC i would upgrade, since it has trouble penetrating on larger tanks, if its T-5 you can get away with some soft corals like mushrooms

[spudbuds]

Is the sump acrylic or glass? If it's acrylic, then I'd just get a piece of 1/4" acrylic and glue the baffles directly to the sump. If it's glass, then you have a couple of options. You can use either glass or acrylic for the baffles and silicone them in place. The only difference is if you use acrylic or plexiglass, the silicone will not bond to them so you have to make sure you apply the silicone to both sides to hold it in place. Also, it will shrink and enlarge with temperature changes, so you have to cut it short and leave room for it to change size. I used 1/4" plexiglass in my glass sump and it works just fine.

- Bill

[Vandy5]

yeah the sump is acrylic. And I was planning on a few low light corals live rock and nothing to fancy because I don't wanna spend alot on better lights maybe in the future if I want the. I'll throw a nice one but not now. Fish I wanna do marine betta, snowflake eel, lion fish, maybe a tang or rabbit. Any ideas