So let's start with a bit of an introduction:
I manage a print shop in Yucca Valley, California. I love salt water reefs and it has long been my goal to have a large display in our lobby. Also to grow live phytoplankton and copepods and other food for my reef. I don't really do anything small scale, so I now have over 100 gallons of phyto and copepods growing and I am selling it through the local LFS.
So I started my reef tanks small, with a 55 gallon long that someone gave to me. I've had a bunch of struggles. I get distracted a lot, so one I turned it into a fresh water tank by leaving the top off on over the weekend, I've struggled with getting flow and lighting right, getting things plumbed correctly. Not planning where I'm going to put things and having space for them. Having ideas about what I want to do and then changing my mind.
Here is the conclusion I've come to: I'm never going to be done in this hobby. It's just going to keep growing. That is why when a man showed up at the door and said "I was told you like aquariums. I am cleaning out a rental and there is a large tank that I need to get rid of. Would you like to come pick it up?" I responded with: "Of course".
So I went a picked up the 54" long x 20" wide x 24" tall 112 gallon tank. I've never done a build thread before, but I've decided to take a shot at it now. I'm probably a bit late to the game to start, but we'll pick up were we are now. My next post will be what I've done so far and what equipment I've put in, but here is where the tank stands at this moment. I've got a 1 micron filter running to clear up the water from the sand. The tank sits just behind my desk in my office.
I manage a print shop in Yucca Valley, California. I love salt water reefs and it has long been my goal to have a large display in our lobby. Also to grow live phytoplankton and copepods and other food for my reef. I don't really do anything small scale, so I now have over 100 gallons of phyto and copepods growing and I am selling it through the local LFS.
So I started my reef tanks small, with a 55 gallon long that someone gave to me. I've had a bunch of struggles. I get distracted a lot, so one I turned it into a fresh water tank by leaving the top off on over the weekend, I've struggled with getting flow and lighting right, getting things plumbed correctly. Not planning where I'm going to put things and having space for them. Having ideas about what I want to do and then changing my mind.
Here is the conclusion I've come to: I'm never going to be done in this hobby. It's just going to keep growing. That is why when a man showed up at the door and said "I was told you like aquariums. I am cleaning out a rental and there is a large tank that I need to get rid of. Would you like to come pick it up?" I responded with: "Of course".
So I went a picked up the 54" long x 20" wide x 24" tall 112 gallon tank. I've never done a build thread before, but I've decided to take a shot at it now. I'm probably a bit late to the game to start, but we'll pick up were we are now. My next post will be what I've done so far and what equipment I've put in, but here is where the tank stands at this moment. I've got a 1 micron filter running to clear up the water from the sand. The tank sits just behind my desk in my office.