build thread

Hi all, I often find myself awake at ungodly hours of the night scrolling through this forum and dreaming of a mantis shrimp of my own. I’m a freshwater fish keeper, and just recently got a job in the freshwater section of my LFS. However, it’s safe to say the mantis has stolen my heart and has...

Hello everyone, So I am kind of new to the reefing community. Started up about a year ago and have enjoyed this love/hate relationship thus far lol. Sorry for the late post on introducing myself and my build. I have a 65 gal mixed tank with 2 clowns, 1 Hippo, 1 Yellow Tang (all very small) and...

The time has come! Following up on my Fluval EVO 5 which ended abruptly last December due to unexpected medical reasons, I’ve decided to go back to the original plan and give it a new try with its big brother the Fluval EVO Xll (Or 13.5 as we like to call it here in the States). The main...

Hello everyone, I am new to the community so excuse my ignorance. I found my love for reef tanks in my teens, but my minimum wage job at 16 couldn’t dream of keeping up with the hobby, so I gave up on it. Now that I make adult money, and still don’t have children to feed, I can try again. I...

Hi all! I'm back in the hobby after an almost 10 year hiatus and brand new to R2R. I got a used Red Sea Reefer 250 and my winter pandemic project will be starting it up. I'm inspired by scuba diving, both coldwater and tropical. I was in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, before the pandemic hit and I enjoy...

10/2020 5/2023 Setup - Tank: Tetra 40 Gallon Breeder - Stand: DIY Rocket Engineer - Overflow: Eshopps Eclipse S - Sump: Aqueon 20 Gallon High w/ Fiji Cube DIY Sump Kit - Return: 2x 1/2” VCA Random Flow Generator - Water: BRS 6 Stage RODI System - Salt: Brightwell Neomarine - Dosing...

So the deal was with the wife, new condo, new tank. Seemed fair to me. After deliberating between a Red Sea and IM, we went with IM due to stand and availability. I currently have an Aqueon 75 gallon reef ready but the stand casing is falling apart, it is too big for the apartment and I want to...

Hi all! Sorry I'm a little late on the build post, tank has been going for a little under 2 months now! I have been keeping freshwater tanks for about 15 years. After the unfortunate demise of a "freshwater" tophat blenny in my brackish experiment, RIP Penny the Blenny, I saw the light and...

I really wish there was a way for users to create their build threads in a way that you could view all the relevant "build" posts without all the discussions/comments. Would it be as simple as giving the OP a way to tag each "build" post as such? And then give anyone viewing the thread a way of...

Hello I am wanting feed back on the tank layout of my new 10 gallon nano reef tank build. So first off I have had a lot of experience in the freshwater hobby and I have a current planted tank. I have been wanting to get into the reef tank hobby for awhile now and have been planning this tank. So...

What's up Reef2reef, I've been lurking for a couple months & Finally got started on my build for a AIO Innovative marine 50 gallon lagoon. Just finished my aquascape & now need advice on what reurn pump to get, along with power heads or wave makers. My 1st options are the vectra s2...

Hi everybody, just thought I'd share my tank. It's my first aquarium and it's been up for about 2 months. I'm hoping to make it more LPS dominant but I have a few SPS and softies as well. Tank: Cobalt C-Vue 18 All-In-One Light: AI Prime 16HD (UV:50,V:50,RY:60,B:60,G:15,DR:15,ML:0,CW:15)...

Here's my build thread on my 60 Cube clown harem. The main thing that drew me into this hobby was the symbiotic relationships that can exist in the ocean and our tanks. I think there is no better example of this than the relationship between clowns and anemones. I've had a lot of success...

Hello R2R I'm Josh. Welcome to my first thread. I've been contemplating this for months. I got my first Partner badge today and it motivated me to get this going. The title might make me sound like a crazy cat lady for corals, but it's finally time I start a build thread of this hobby that has...

Hello, Finally posting a build thread after I upgraded from a 40G a few weeks ago. Here is my setup : NUVO INT 75G Bashsea 30" signature sump Bubble Magus Curve 7 2 MP40s 1 Kessil A360 and 1 360x Reef Octopus Vario 2. Trying to minimize maintenance so setting it up similar to most LFS which is...

I have just placed an order for a waterbox 100.3 that is going to be replacing my Fluval Evo 13.5. this is going to be my second reef tank so I still feel pretty inexperienced, because of this I wouldn't mind your guys help with suggesting what you would stock the tank with if it was yours. it's...

This will be my first build only because before it wasn't really builds just testing to see if i could sustain this hobby with a little bit of success. I've been in it for a little over a year now. I have recently upgraded from an 80 gallon shallow used tank to a bigger 120 4x2x2 brand new. This...

Hello all! a little new to R2R.. Anyways I see these build threads and i love the documentation of everything. SO cool to see everyones builds come alive. Some background info about me: I did youtube for a little while under the name "Nanojoe".. still post videos here and there but not so much...

Hello Everybody! What a great time to start a new system! So at last, the time has come for me to move out of my 40-gallon reef and upgrade to a 90 gallon! I will show you guys how I am keeping this build extremely affordable as time goes on. As of now, I have purchased my tank, stand, sump...

I've had a build thread on here before with a 55 but I have recently moved to Tampa (back at the end of March). I setup a little temporary 30 breeder. However now I am keeping it for a little bit till I get my 75 down here or if I see a nicely priced setup down here I'll get it. But with this...

Greetings! I am new to the hobby, and my tank has been running for just about 10 months. It was a budget build, with the tank itself and quite a bit of the supplies coming from a box of aquarium stuff i found at a yard sale last summer for $5. I am currently in the process of setting up a...

Current FTS It's been a strange ride up to this point. This started out because my girlfriend was talking about getting some fish. The bug bit me pretty well, too. She gets her acans, fish, clams, and zoanthids, but I've definitely bought in pretty hard myself. I've killed plenty of corals...

Hey everybody, been about a week or so since I introduced myself here in the community so it was only a matter of time until I showed my humble Cube 10 :D I’ve made a few upgrades to it, changed the stock pump to a Sicce Syncra Nano, decides to change the duckbill tip to a RFG from Vivid...

Recently acquired a 93g cube 30x30x24. I think it was a custom built tank as I haven't seen any others like it. Bought the whole setup from someone and plan to use as much as that equipment as I can. Fairly new to the saltwater scene. I have a 13.5g fluval evo going, but I've never had anything...

Hey Everyone! I tried to start a build thread with this as I was working through some things I got caught up in the mix. I wanted to share my build with the community here and also hopefully get some feedback and new ideas as we go. A little background on this tank: I purchased for $50 on FB...