build thread

So, i have made my decision for the new tank build. I will be doing this in stages as life is extremely busy with work right now! ( Which is good!) The "bones" of the build, so to speak, will be the Reefer XL 300 G2 system from Red Sea. ( 65 gallons ) First piece of the puzzle will be picking...

Recently picked up a redsea 750xxl tank (glass only). It was replaced via warranty as the overflow glass was cracked during shipping. I decided to take it on as a new build and see if I could tinker with it and make a beautiful reef tank. 1st thing obviously was building the stand I was going to...

Tank build specifically for the purpose of housing a variety of small eels. Though it was time to show what I'm doing with this tank and the fairly unconventional setup. Current stock: Fish: Banded snake eel 26" Gold spotted snake eel 25" Snowflake eel 15" Engineer gobies 10" Magnificent...

Lights On! Nov 1 - 2022 Custom 155 gallon display from Glass Cages. 200+ gallon total system. Display Dimensions 50" x 30" x 24" First Post Historical Below.... Tank is next to fish room I am building Sump will be in Fish Room Custom Steel Stand Exoskeleton over a custom marine...

Hi guys , never been a part of a forum before so iam excited for this new experience i want to share with you my dream tank build i have been in the hobby for a while in a 250 reefer and i am returning with a big upgrade my tank is a red sea peninsula 650 Equipment 1- 2 ATI straton LED 2-...

57 Gallon rimless Deep blue 3' to 225 Gallon 6' in wall Ok so I have a waterproofing company coming to my basement soon and this means I need to tear down my current reef tank and move it to an area away from the outer wall of my basement. I see no reason in moving something I'm not 100% happy...

First tank in several years (First ever was in 2007), I made the cardinal sin of choosing a smaller tank, and I have already started planning the upgrade, should be about September when I start piecing that together, will be a 75g Innovative Marine INT. For now, the IM 20g Fusion Pro (first gen)...

Excited to start my build thread. Just ordered most of the equipment and will continue over the coming weeks. I am upgrading from a 32 Gal Fluval Flex that I have had for over a year now. for my build, I wanted to choose the quietest equipment possible because it will be in my home office. I...

Hey everyone! My name is Anna (Ah-na, like the Frozen princess) and I'm a long time lurker, but first time poster! I started reefing during COVID with a 50 gallon SCA cube. I've been bitten by the bug and currently have a Waterbox 220.6 shipping as we speak! I'm super excited to document my...

Hey everyone! New to the hobby and almost done with the cycling process. I will be posting my Reef tank journey here. Hopefully it will help some people along the way!

I absolutely love looking through everyone's build threads (Especially the monster ones!), and there are many weird/interesting techniques that i see people use on their tanks! Aquascapes are also very interesting to see. What are your favorite build threads, or ones that you think are...

Next office build! A PNW 40 oz “reef” system! Just running rodi water right now. Thinking of adding a few pieces of cycled rock, a little sand, and, this may be crazy, but a few pocillopora frags. I’ve always had good luck with pocillopora, so I thought it’s my best bet for an sps. SPS in such a...

After breaking down my old setup that had been running strong for 4 years the best decision was to part ways with everything that needed life support. I kept most of my dry goods and am finally starting my first build thread. So join me on my journey or let us call it round 2 of this IM Nuvo 20s...

Current progress: If you read further down, you'll see that my 425 build got put on a major hold and I'm using what would be my QT as a DT, and a small 10g as a QT instead. Right now the 29g rolls with a Seaclone 110 HOB skimmer and 2x Nicrew Hypereef 100's. For flow I'm using a UnicLife W-10...

This is the beginning of my redsea 200xl. My complete restart of reefing. started 3/23/22 Livestock plan currently : 1 small yellow tang 2 small gladiator clownfish planning to do all types of corals. No plan yet.

This tank has been up and running for a bit but I thought I'd start a build thread for it. Monday 17/01/2022 I bought a second hand Red Sea E260 from my LFS that came with all equipment including the sump upgrade for $5000 AUD. about $3700 USD Tank 2 x stock Ai Hydra 26s 2 x return pumps 1 x...

Starting up a new build thread for my newest system redsea reefer xl200 build radion xr15 blue g5 Bubble magus 3ex skimmer Jebao dosing pump 13 watt uv Phosphate / carbon reactor Swapped out filter sock for filter cup (redsea) (X2) innovative marine wave link pumps ( med ) set on pulse...

Assuming work doesn’t run too late, tomorrow will be starting day for my first tank. Tank - Aquatop Recife eco 24g cube ready to go. It’s really quite nice looking, but I imagine the skimmer/light may need to be upgraded sooner than later Location - I’ve already received comments about the...

Hello! I am just about ready to start up my first reef tank. I know this first time through will have plenty of ups/downs/unknowns, but am super excited, and look forward to learning in part through the more experience reefers out there. My First Build Short Version- There is none, sorry...

Here's my build thread. I'll try and start from the beginning when I started before ending up with the 20gallon AIO I have now. May take me a few days to find pics and get them posted. Here's how it started: A Fluval Chi 5g (was freshwater, but the pump failed and I decided to repurpose), a...

I started back into the hobby 4 months ago and forgot how much patience is required. My nano tank is still pretty new, but I decided I want a little bit more space and a cleaner setup for the long term. So....instead of keeping my little practice WaterBox for a year and then starting a new tank...

So I was going to do the traditional buy a larger saltwater tank and then get a quarantine tank etc. later, but decided I would flip that. I'm not doing things quite by the book, or like many do them. I picked up an inexpensive hang on back Aqueon 29 gallon and the following items: 30...

Hey folks just wanted to share my new build for a 100g tank. I'm getting back into the hobby after taking a 12 year break. This time I'm going with more automation to make it more manageable. This past weekend I finished the control panel and hope to be adding some new inhabitants very soon...

I setup a new, small tank in our living room - a Biocube 32 with Coralife stand. We're beginning this as a low-maintenance FOWLR, but I'm sure I'll get sucked into upgrades and keeping more kinds of coral down the road. We've previously has 3 other medium sized mixed reef aquariums. I setup...

Welcome to another installment of "how come you've never been married"? With your host, Michael. Before we begin, let's lower our heads in prayer. "forgive me father, for I have sinned. It's been two weeks since my own account put a hit out on me.." Now, let's follow along as we turn this...