build thread

Ive run a Fluval Flex 15g for 2 years now and was starting to become interested in a new tank. The old stand that I have is falling apart and it’s close to its last days anytime now. So I started looking for a new setup. I bought this current setup off FB marketplace and figured I’d have...

Custom Shallow Peninsula - An Ocean Canvas - Day 1 Imagine a canvas where every detail of your ocean dream is a brushstroke of vibrant life—each element a living organism, together forming a breathtaking reef of innovation and passion. In this journey, I'm crafting a custom-made All in One...

I decided I wanted a mantis shrimp tank this year as a birthday treat for myself , build includes as follows: Icecap 20gal cube Kessil A80 Tuna Sicce 100w heater Nero 3 Bubble Magus Mini-Q I originally set the rank up with just live rock as shown, and then after some research I...

Good morning everyone, I am starting a brand new build to upgrade from my measly 50g tank. Will be mostly SPS. So far I have ordered the below. -Tank from Glass Cages. 72x26x26 eurobraced with a shadow overflow, and 2 1 inch returns. Low iron front and sides. -Stand from Alufab. 3x3...

Thought I'd go ahead and make a tank build thread, so anyone new, can see WHAT NOT TO DO. :face-with-tears-of-joy: Is my tank even considered a tank?? I'm definitely a glutton for punishment (but it's working so far). Please enjoy this wonderful step-by-step diary guide of 'Things Not to Do"...

Hi, I started this build thread mainly to document this build for my future reference, this is a tank on a very tight budget, but I don´t believe expensive expensive tech is the key to reefing. I did this build as an upgrade to what was going to be my 3.5 gallon old school SPS. That tank started...

Hi fellow reefers, I'm using this space to document my progress with setting up my 300 gal aquarium and fish room. The tank will go in a corner of my unfinished basement. It will be located next to a seating area where there will be a TV so I want it to look good and not be too loud. Below, I...

Hello everyone! Today I wanted to start sharing a tank im working on! This will be my first saltwater tank and of course me being me I had to choose an interesting but difficult animal, dwarf seahorses. I have done all my research and have experience caring for complicated animals! Currently the...

Hello everyone, I am posting this build to keep track of progress with my Waterbox Marine X 110.4 and for anyone else building a similar tank that may want information on how someone else has done it. I've been slowly collecting the equipmment for about 2.5 years for a tank like this...

Hi All, I'm late to the tank build party as I set this system up just over a year ago. I've been documenting my journey on socials and will dump all here soon. I've def seen some ups and downs over the past year and its no joke on how unstable and demanding tanks are in their infancy!

So this is a long story. I have in the last few years had 2 separate saltwater tanks one that ran for nearly 2 years that I shut down in 2022 when my son was born and I got too busy and one I started in January of 2024 when things started to calm down or maybe I just got used to the chaos that...

I told myself I was going to wait a little bit longer before getting back in the hobby.. and then I scored the Facebook Marketplace deal of the century. For $500 I took home: - Red Sea Reefer 170 with sump/stand - Neptune Apex, ATO, and Feeder - RSK 600 skimmer - AI Hydra 32 - 50+ lbs of rock -...

So someone poisoned my tanks! I lost everything! So I am finally re-starting the 4 foot 75 gal. I'm still sick. But planning on doing some rock work to try to get some help on my new build if anyone is interested in custome caves for some help getting the tank back going ill build any requests.

I didn’t do a build thread on my nano because I had most of it setup before I started regularly using this website, but I’m setting up a 65g as an upgrade so here’s what I got: Tank: Marineland 65g w/ drilled corner overflow Stand: I bought a VERY used kind of beat up 6ft stand from a guy on...

Hello reef2reef forum! I want to contribute and show my aquarium that I am setting up in my kitchen. About me: 40 years old have been tinkering with saltwater and reef aquariums since 2014 with a break of a couple of years. Lives just north of Stockholm in Sweden. former aquarium: fresh water...

Hey folks , I’m one of the people who couldn’t resist the waterbox labor day sale and purchased a new Infinia 230.6 tank. It’s a 180 gallon tank with internal overflow and a 50 gallon sump. This will be my third addition to my reef family. I also have a 100 gallon IM ext 100 and a waterbox...

Hey everyone! I wanted to post my tank build and journey, now that it's coming to the 2 year mark this Nov! I'll list down the design, equipment, thought process, dosing and livestock when we get to it! But until then, here's a Full-Tank-Shot ~ Also found a really cool way to get the...

Well, I decided I’m going to redo my display tank and get away from softies and do LPS dominant. But before I can do that I obviously “needed” a place to store the various softies I pull out. Hence the “need” to build a new tank. This may not be an ideal build or setup, but I pieced it together...

Hello, I'm new to the hobby and I decided to go with a saltwater tank for my very first aquarium. I recently bought an used aquarium and I'm working on it for some improvements. I made 2 support for bacterial nano rings and the filter floss, and 1 new compartiment in the wet dry box for the...

This will be my build series for my WB AIO 50.3! I'll be updating periodically as the build progresses. A little back story - I built out a 75 gallon tank mostly DIY with a Marineland standard 75 gallon. What I learned out about that process was: 1) 75 gallon + a 20 gallon sump was just too...

My daughter got a freshwater tank in 2021 and my wife immediately fell in love. We started upgrading the lights, etc. on her tank and adding plants. We finally decided to build our own tank, and salt had caught our eye. Thankfully we have several friends with experience that were able to help us...

Finally took the leap and purchased an aquarium that I believed was worthy of a reef tank that I’d be proud of. I purchased the Innovative Marine 100 gallon Internal Overflow Complete Reef System (link below). It took exactly one week from purchase to arrive into my garage as it was recently...

Brand new to reefing. Basically there was an office I worked in that had some tanks and I fell in love with the triggerfish and the way they swim. Always planned to have a tank in my own office one day. Don’t plan on having my own office any time soon though so convinced the wife to do an in...

I'll start with a couple photos to show my progress so far. I started with a Aqueon 40 Breeder and drilled it for the Eshoppes Prodigy M overflow (I drilled a hair too high) I had to shave a little bit of the bracing in the back to make it fit more flush. I bought some metal shelving off amazon...

Hello everyone I previously made a couple of threads on the development process of this, but now it is time to start it up! This is a 700ml pico reef. Yes you read right. A bit more than a personal coca cola bottle of water. Heating: Heating is being done through my own design PCB and...