new tank build

Hey r2r, This is the first post of many to come detailing the startup and maintenance of my first saltwater tank. I'm mostly ignorant to the process other than what I have read online and I'm always receptive to tips and tricks. My setup was bought second hand includes this far: -55 gallon tank...

I have just starting cycling my first tank. It's a 55 gallon tank with 25 lbs of dry live rock and a few pounds of live rock from my local pet store. I also have a bed of live sand and I have used a bacterial supplement as well. Assuming I will need an additional ammonia supply I plan to...

Hi guys, glad to join the forum. Eagerly looking to get back into building a new tank. Been about 7 years since I sold my 14 gal nano. Got a quote from CADLights for the tank only. 68G Versa - $550 for tank only, delivered. Anyone here have good experience with their tanks? Roughly the same...

My 300 gallon all glass tank is approximately 2 weeks away from completion so I have decided to start my tank build thread. This will be my 3rd and hopefully final upgrade. I have never done a build thread before so I am open to suggestions on my thread and build. After getting quotes and...

So I've decided to jump back into the hobby and it's been a while, so I'm going to document from day 0: Picking up tomorrow: 90 gal Aqueon glass tank LFS built stand Eshopps R-200 Refugium sump Reef Octopus INT 150 skimmer Mag 7 pump Megaflow overflow Aquaillumination Hydra HD 26 x 2 I'm...

Researched for days and im fairly certain that it is safe to drill the back of the 120 marineland topfin aquarium. Does anyone have the same exact tank that is drilled? Only the bottom panel is tempered?