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Equipment/Specs: AIO RS Nano Mat RS Desktop Skimmer ReefLED 50 with 3D printed shade RS ATO+ system Jebao SLW-3 Wavemaker LANDEN BIOSMO 1000 DC Return Pump Sicce 13W UV-C Sterilizer canister plumbed into the rear chamber with a LANDEN BIOSMO 700 DC powerhead Cobalt Aquatics 150W Neo-Therm Pro...

So here we go. Starting this for my 29ish Gallon that I’m putting together. Started planning a while ago and reading then getting a couple things here and there. my wife found the tank and stand together so I decided to go for it. Collected a majority of what I need. Still waiting on the rocks...

Hello everybody, I decided to start a thread for my 30 gallon innovative marine. Join me, if you would like, as I embark on this journey to turn this tank into something worthy of the bit of open real estate that I was graciously given permission by the bos...I mean my loving significant...

Snagged this complete setup off of Facebook Marketplace just about 2 years ago and finally got around to setting it up after starting a new job, and just general life got in the way. Adding pics of when I picked up the tank and now. I redid the flooring where it's going, built out a sump closet...

Hey folks! I’m upgrading my 3rd reef tank from a waterbox cube 20 to an IM Fusion Pro 40L. This is an AIO tank that is 35” L x 15” W and 13” H. My other two tanks are an IM 100 EXT (mixed reef) and a Waterbox 230.6 (sps dominate). My waterbox cube 20 became overrun with aptasia and had to...

What's up everyone, My name is Jacob, and I currently live in Hong Kong I used to have a small tank, but it crashed right after my BTA got shredded in the powerhead. Really tragic, but I'm ready to jump back into the hobby. Below is a photo of my new tank, if anyones interested. It's a RedSea...

So I filled 9 days ago my nano 55L actual water volume , starting biome cycle, bacter added, full dry rocks with mature live rock ruble in back chamber, copepods and phyto added and I started phytoplankton culture to keep dosing, for next month dark start :) Goal for this aquarium is to make...

It has been an interesting month. The mid brace on my four foot tank broke. I threw everything into an emergency 30 gallon while I figured out what to do. Saved a bunch of the live rock and used it to start over. Test frags are all in thanks to friends and various online shops. Tons of bacteria...

Reef Savvy Wrapped Brand New! Delivered on 9/17/25 3 sides low iron 1/2” thick glass Smoked back glass Back left slim hybrid overflow for (2) 1” drains option (4-1/2” depth 7 3/4” width) Custom Stand is from Chris Benner (Benner’s Custom Woodworking) Hard maple wood with Reef Savvy black...

New tank surprised me and arrived early, still a lot to do and work out for my first reef tank. Currently awaiting the second overflow box to be delivered before I can start to plumb it up. Need to work out how to make 1200litres of RO to initially fill it and then what skimmer to run on it.

I’m still suffering from my back injury as I type this, but I need to QT a sick anemone so I figured this would be a good chance to get this up and running! After I’m done treating the anemone, I’ll keep it running and just start cycling it I suppose, even if it’ll be a while before it’s ready...

So I have kept freshwater tanks for a while and I have enjoyed it but I have been very interested in doing a reef since before I started freshwater. I guess I wanted the practice of the routine first. My only difficulty was easing my partner into being around fish tanks and getting a tank big...

*EDIT 10/20/25. As I've progressed with the tank I've enjoyed adding weekly updates. To go with this theme, I've gone back and added titles to most of my posts. This is so that both you and I can quickly skim through the thread as I can be a bit long winded. Enjoy the thread and share your...

So I’m starting up a new budget build 75 gallon tank utilizing hob equipment. I already had a hob setup that was great for 7-8 years then all of a sudden aiptasia took over and that tank has never been the same, so I’m doing a restart with all new sand and Aussie live rock and ditching the...

New to the community. This tank has been going for 5 months now. I need to start adding more softies since I'm going for a easy maintenance tank but looking for more color to pop. A new glass slab is coming in the mail so hopefully I can move away from the acrylic piece. Also, I used a 3D...

I had a 15G cube tank from petco that started leaking last week so I upgraded to a 32g Fiji cube. I Set the tank up last Friday pulling some liverock from the sump of my 220g tank and adding some unused rock I had in a bucket. I decided to cycle the tank with some hardy coral incase I had any...

This tank had a very rough start. Everything you can imagine has happened. Large parameter swings, equipment mal functions, rookie mistakes, pests, and even a stroke of bad luck LOL. NOW 8 to 9 months later, the tank is starting to mature more and coralline is growing at a nice pace corals are...

I am making a low cost high effort conversion. I am attempting to transform a JBJ65 AIO tank into a Sump based tank. I do realize that not a lot of people do this regularly. sometimes its cheaper to buy. I researched trying to find a good thread on how to convert JBJ65. but I didn't find a good...

Hey all!! Can't say whether or not I'll be super active on updates here for my build, but I figured why not share my experience when I manage to remember! I started this tank around a month ago (March 2025). It's a UNS 45A dual AIO tank, roughly 9gal total. I've had a handful of different tanks...

UNS R90 Build Details: Return Pump - Sicce Syncra SDC 7.0 Protein Skimmer - Bubble Magus Curve 5 Elite Heater - 300W Schego Titanium Heater Heater Controller - INKBIRD ITC-306a Sand - Arag-Alive Fiji Pink Rock - LifeRock (Shapes, Arches, Ledges Stocking: Yellow Watchman Goby Bubble Tip...

Hello everyone, Ive been off and on in the saltwater hobby for a while, primarily due to relocations and having to tear down and sell everytime. Now that I’m in my forever home I’ve had the itch to start again. I ended up picking up an oceanic 125 and stand for literally 100$. Man these...

Hello everyone So stage 3 is currently in the design phase for the 3D printed parts, but the board is here and running through its test before the live run. For anyone unaware, I am working on my own custom board/s and 3D printed parts to make running Pico reef aquariums much easier. Here...

My name is Stacy. I've been in and out of the hobby since 2005. I recently got back into it from a 5 year hiatus. I set up a beautiful new planet aquariums crystalline 90 gallon system. I DIY'd all the plumbing and it is all cycled and ready for many corals and a few fish. I am very interested...

👆🏻FTS-8-18-25 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...

See attached video: I Recently put together this Waterbox aluminum stand after hours of leveling and securing this is the least amount of flex I can get out of the stand. I am awaiting a reply from Waterbox support, but wanted to see if anyone thinks this is normal or potentially catastrophic...