first build

( Note the picture is not final layout or placement, just a temporary spot til i find the right home) I've decided to start my first Salt Water build after a couple years of fresh water! I'm planning on taking it pretty slow setting up, but am almost ready with the initial items for the setup...

So, I pulled the trigger on the Innovative Marine Fusion 15 back in October. The tank got delivered and naturally, life got crazy. Finally coming back around to it and getting things up and running. This is my first build from the ground up. I inherited a 55 gallon tank from a friend about 4...

Hi!!! im expecting a waterbox reef dx 100gl on Friday! I’m a bit nervous because it’s my first time but my next door neighbor who is a close buddy used to have one and is helping me get set up! im still buying everything I need to get set up and I plan on doing my own cycle of water vs buying...

Hello all! Saltwater fish / coral have always fascinated me since I was a child. Growing up and moving around a few times I kept several 55g long/tall freshwater tanks and it was pretty fun. I am in the military and move around every so often, so I always thought saltwater was an...

Hey all! I’m currently going through the stages of my first cycle on my first tank. I have a max e 170 aio with an INKBIRD Wi-Fi controller, 200w titanium heater, 1 ecotech mp10 power head, roughly 25lbs of dry live rock, with roughly a 2in bed of caribsea live sand. I copied my lighting...

Hello again R2R! I am enthusiastically planning my first tank. I’ve tried my best to go used but have had too many setbacks and am settling on going new. I added my current ideas to the poll. It should be noted that for the 40/75 I would be using HOB equipment for a while to start. Im trying...

Hey everyone! I wanted to post my first build thread in here. I bought an Innovative Marine AIO 50g Lagoon tank with APS Stand to start out. I filled it with live rock and Aragalive Fiji Pink sand from BRS. I am holding off on anemone and coral additions until the tank has been established for 6...

Hi all! First time poster, I'm very excited to be here and learn. I'm very new to reefing - I put together my first tank based on the advice of my LFS on this last Sunday (2/Oct)! The tank is a completely stock 24g AOI from Aquatop - the Recife ECO 24. Based on the advice of the LFS I added...

I had always wanted a reef tank since I was a teen in the mid 90s. I had shelved the idea of a saltwater tank thinking it was going to be insanely complicated and expensive, but during the start of lockdown I started binging on reef tank videos on YouTube for a little escapism and learnt tech...

Hey all, just wanted to document my journey with my 13.5 gallon reef tank. Had the tank up and running since august 20th. Added fish on the 13th of September along with some cleanup crew containing one peppermint shrimp and 3 snails. So far I’ve been feeding pretty heavy and haven’t had any...

Hi all, Posting here asking for grace and advice as I try to navigate what the heck just happened to my tank. I was using this tank as a temporary/QT tank while my bigger tank (40 gallon breeder) cycles through. 20 gallon high Salinity:1.025 Nitrates:0 Nitrates: 0 Alk: 289 pH: 8.4 Temp: 76 Had this...

So I broke down one of my fresh water planted tanks to do a rescape, and after looking at it empty and sanitized for a few weeks I got the crazy idea to make it into my first saltwater tank. I can say I’ve never spent as much time on any site as I have here researching. So I’m excited to keep a...

This is my first reef build and I have no experience. Help and advice are appreciated. Thanks for your support during this adventure. Here is the equipment I have and everything is returnable minus the stand, tank, and rocks. Any thoughts or suggestions? -75 Gallon aqueon tank -Black stand...

I have an amazing wife. For Christmas 2021 she got me a Coralife LED BioCube 32 gallon AIO with the specially made stand. Assembly was fairly easy, using standard tools. After assembly of the stand, I wiped the tank on the inside with a wet cloth and performed a test installation. We'll...

Hey, all. This is my first reef tank, and I am overwhelmed with all the equipment needs. I purchased a Waterbox 25g AIO peninsula tank and have an appropriate custom stand, but that is the only 'hardware' that I own at this time. Included below is a potential build list. If possible, I would...

Been wanting to get an Aquarium since forever and one day had a mid life crisis when I hit a milestone birthday and here I am, a proud owner of my very first aquarium ever (well I had a gold fish in a bowl when I was a kid), a Red Sea Reefer 350. Learned a lot from this forum being a passive...

Setting up the tank this Sunday and have made a few scapes, there’s about 8 pounds of rock here and the tank is 15, any suggestions or recommendations on which scale to use or how to improve, also I was wondering if using just a small piece of live rock can seed the tank because it’s really...

Well my name is Dillon, and after keeping freshwater fish for many years I’ve decided to finally try out reefing. I’m currently in the process of building a 40breeder set up. I have been on this site more times than I can count lol so I decided to join y’all. So any tips and tricks would be...

I’m planing on starting a new saltwater aquarium for the first time, I have done a lot of research and it seems the hobby needs weekly if not daily maintenance once the tank is established. I will most likely get Red Sea 350 with the sump but nothing like monitoring system or dosing system yet...

Hello I have a RedSea 750xxl. I started my first tank without quarantine fish and after my fourth round of adding fish some got sick and wiped the tank out. I cleaned out the entire tank and am starting again new. I currently have two clown fish, three small damsels and a tang in a quarantine...

"Oh lord what have I done" - is the primary thought going through my head as I sit here waiting for what feels like half of the entire BRS inventory to arrive at my door. Am I excited? yep! nervous? yep! feeling impatient? absolutely!! Ladies and gentleman, I must say this is a huge day for me...

First time reefer here and this is my build. I've gone through a bunch of content here on the forums, Reddit, BRStv Youtube, etc. I intend for this to be a "low maintenance" tank while looking very cool at the same time. Let's see if we can pull this off. Going to focus on keeping the fish...

This the the first reef tank I have ever setup. My son and I build the rock scape ourselves. It is a 16g Biocube that is currently cycling. I plan on it being mostly soft corals and maybe one or two SPS, not really sure yet as we are still doing lots of research before deciding on what corals to...

So I just wanted to tell you a little about my addiction to the hobby! I guess this story starts a year before my first aquarium came home. My uncle has a 180 Gallon Reef Aquarium, one of the coolest aquariums I have ever seen. One day I was visiting them (They live 12 hours from me) and they...

The Infinia 125.3 I ordered back in November finally arrived so I figured it's time to get a build thread started. This is my first saltwater aquarium in about 15 years. I got the tank set up a few days ago and here is the first round of pictures. The aquascape I put together ended up...