Hello,
I recently upgraded to a larger system and i figured I would journal my progress online,so for starters, what triggered my upgrade was my 28g, that has spawned a frag tank... so no I have a wife complaining of to many aquariums. So! I was fortunate to stumble upon a nice custom CAD aquarium and will document the slow transfer/build on here I guess.
First a few pics of my current set up
The new tank is a peninsula, 3 sided starfire. 36x18x18. I was really impressed with how the radion performed in my first tank so I think I'm just going to buy another xr15 and call it a day. Another thing I'm excited to test out since it is a peninsula is the new gyre pump. i think it should hopefully rid the need for power heads at the opposite end of the tank.
The goal of this tank is simplicity and independence. I work quite a bit so it needs to for the most part care for itself. One thing I really disliked about my current setup is how difficult it is to do any work underneath, so cramped... also I've really learned how important a refugium is and hope to be able to incorporate one in to this new system.
Equipment list:
- CAD 50 gallon custom
- EcoTech Radion XR30 x 2
- Maxspect Grye XF130
- ReefKeeper Lite
- Bubble Magus Doser
- Tunze Osmolator
- NextReef MR1 Shorty x 2
- EcoTech Vortech MP10 x 2
- Mag 9.5
- Bubble Magus NAC 3.5
- Tunze Nano Stream
I built the stand out of maple. The door/panels pop off on both sides to make it easy to access all of the equipment underneath I made sure to leave a lot of extra space as to contain every component of the system underneath the tank. The front panel will be the control box for the tanks automation.
for the aquascape i decided to go with a reef bommie type look, kinda like these.
I recently upgraded to a larger system and i figured I would journal my progress online,so for starters, what triggered my upgrade was my 28g, that has spawned a frag tank... so no I have a wife complaining of to many aquariums. So! I was fortunate to stumble upon a nice custom CAD aquarium and will document the slow transfer/build on here I guess.
First a few pics of my current set up
The new tank is a peninsula, 3 sided starfire. 36x18x18. I was really impressed with how the radion performed in my first tank so I think I'm just going to buy another xr15 and call it a day. Another thing I'm excited to test out since it is a peninsula is the new gyre pump. i think it should hopefully rid the need for power heads at the opposite end of the tank.
The goal of this tank is simplicity and independence. I work quite a bit so it needs to for the most part care for itself. One thing I really disliked about my current setup is how difficult it is to do any work underneath, so cramped... also I've really learned how important a refugium is and hope to be able to incorporate one in to this new system.
Equipment list:
- CAD 50 gallon custom
- EcoTech Radion XR30 x 2
- Maxspect Grye XF130
- ReefKeeper Lite
- Bubble Magus Doser
- Tunze Osmolator
- NextReef MR1 Shorty x 2
- EcoTech Vortech MP10 x 2
- Mag 9.5
- Bubble Magus NAC 3.5
- Tunze Nano Stream
I built the stand out of maple. The door/panels pop off on both sides to make it easy to access all of the equipment underneath I made sure to leave a lot of extra space as to contain every component of the system underneath the tank. The front panel will be the control box for the tanks automation.
for the aquascape i decided to go with a reef bommie type look, kinda like these.