Just for fun I figured I would share my tank build as it goes. If you cant tell I am pretty excited and hope you don't mind me sharing. By the way this is a build that will happen over the next couple months so will plan to add as we go.
This is a 130 gallon (48"x 24"x 26") with a older wet/dry that my wife and I got about 10 years ago.
-Had my buddy who is a wizard with aluminum weld me a pan. It is 45 x 21 and 3" tall. No more worrying about leaks. My wife had an old workout mat that I cleaned up and cut to fit the bottom of the pan.
-Added 60lbs of pukani rock around Thanksgiving and then around Christmas added 30lbs of reef safe all from BFS.
-Put my old Coralife T5 in place and after two months of no lights it was like the beacon in the night! Bright lights and white rocks!
-Hooked up the moon lights which I almost never used before and they are pretty bright but really fun to look at. We will see if I keep using them or not.
-Added 5 Chromis last weekend but one is just swimming up in the top corners and does not eat. I dont have high hopes for him. Another one has his fins beat up badly. Not certain if it was like that when I got him or not. They do not seem to be beating him up.
-Starting to get darker now that the lights have been on for about four weeks.
-I added an algae reactor (sorry will have to add another pic) and got some chaeto from the LFS and it is taking off! I looked at it again last night and see bugs in it...looks like I have some copepods...pretty excited about that!
Next on the list is the sump. I cut out/taped a 39 x 16 cardboard and tried to fit it inside the cabinet but I dont think it will fly. So ordered the Trigger Emerald 34.
This is a 130 gallon (48"x 24"x 26") with a older wet/dry that my wife and I got about 10 years ago.
-Had my buddy who is a wizard with aluminum weld me a pan. It is 45 x 21 and 3" tall. No more worrying about leaks. My wife had an old workout mat that I cleaned up and cut to fit the bottom of the pan.
-Added 60lbs of pukani rock around Thanksgiving and then around Christmas added 30lbs of reef safe all from BFS.
-Put my old Coralife T5 in place and after two months of no lights it was like the beacon in the night! Bright lights and white rocks!
-Hooked up the moon lights which I almost never used before and they are pretty bright but really fun to look at. We will see if I keep using them or not.
-Added 5 Chromis last weekend but one is just swimming up in the top corners and does not eat. I dont have high hopes for him. Another one has his fins beat up badly. Not certain if it was like that when I got him or not. They do not seem to be beating him up.
-Starting to get darker now that the lights have been on for about four weeks.
-I added an algae reactor (sorry will have to add another pic) and got some chaeto from the LFS and it is taking off! I looked at it again last night and see bugs in it...looks like I have some copepods...pretty excited about that!
Next on the list is the sump. I cut out/taped a 39 x 16 cardboard and tried to fit it inside the cabinet but I dont think it will fly. So ordered the Trigger Emerald 34.