125 gallon basement sump upgrade for 150 gallon display

Reefs and Geeks · Sep 10, 2020

Found a good deal on some more lights, so I doubled up the lights on my frag tank to get some more even spread which is really nice. I am also turning a section of my sump into more frag holding/growing room as I can never seem to get enough space in my frag tank. I plan to add a 24x48" frag tank in the near future. I've been trying to accumulate everything I need to add it on and I think at this point I just need the tank itself and will need to get some new frag racks too.

I decided to take a couple pictures of my fragging setup for doing zoas last time I was fragging . It is really nice to have the counter space right next to my frag tank. Not sure what I'm going to do for my fragging station once I put another tank there. Guess I'll have to figure something out. I know I'll outgrow the extra sump space fore frags quick, but I'm hoping the 2x4' frag tank will be enough to keep me satisfied for a while.

Camaro Show Corals · Feb 19, 2021

Any update?

Reefs and Geeks · Mar 12, 2021

The Camaro Show said:
Any update?

yeah, Apparently it's been a while since I've updated my build thread. Since September I've added an 80 gallon frag tank and since out grown it (of course), added an apex which I've been loving for my tank, Got a bunch of macro algae to help with filtration and give me something different to trade with local hobbyists, restocked my tanks with a few hundred astrea snails, added a massive skimmer which was kindly traded to me by a local hobbyist for what I believe is a very modest amount of frags but I couldn't convince him to take any more.

I've been behind on fragging do to lack of time, but am getting back into it again now. I've been remodeling another room for my new 3D printer which I got to make reefing gear both for personal use and for sale

it's been alot of fun so far messing around with it. I printed a bubble plate to go in my new skimmer which has been awesome, and have been developing some diffusers for my lights since there aren't any commercially available. Think I finally got them down after half a dozen iterations or more so I'm working on printing more of them now. It's been a fun addition to the hobby, but I have to fight with my wife a bit on printer time since she's into it as well. Might have to invest in some more printers and frag tanks if things go well

Just yesterday I came home from work to find a large chunk of my rockwork in my main display had been knocked off. Probably a 15" long piece of rock. It's just leaning up against the rest of the rockwork for now, but not sure what I'm goign to do to fix it at this point. My rockwork is multiple branchy structures drilled and glued together, so fixing that in the tank may not be possible, and of course the rock work is covered in coral now. Guess I'll see what I can come up with, or might need to do a minor re-scape.

Reefs and Geeks · Mar 12, 2021

Reefs and Geeks said:
yeah, Apparently it's been a while since I've updated my build thread. Since September I've added an 80 gallon frag tank and since out grown it (of course), added an apex which I've been loving for my tank, Got a bunch of macro algae to help with filtration and give me something different to trade with local hobbyists, restocked my tanks with a few hundred astrea snails, added a massive skimmer which was kindly traded to me by a local hobbyist for what I believe is a very modest amount of frags but I couldn't convince him to take any more.

I've been behind on fragging do to lack of time, but am getting back into it again now. I've been remodeling another room for my new 3D printer which I got to make reefing gear both for personal use and for sale it's been alot of fun so far messing around with it. I printed a bubble plate to go in my new skimmer which has been awesome, and have been developing some diffusers for my lights since there aren't any commercially available. Think I finally got them down after half a dozen iterations or more so I'm working on printing more of them now. It's been a fun addition to the hobby, but I have to fight with my wife a bit on printer time since she's into it as well. Might have to invest in some more printers and frag tanks if things go well

Just yesterday I came home from work to find a large chunk of my rockwork in my main display had been knocked off. Probably a 15" long piece of rock. It's just leaning up against the rest of the rockwork for now, but not sure what I'm goign to do to fix it at this point. My rockwork is multiple branchy structures drilled and glued together, so fixing that in the tank may not be possible, and of course the rock work is covered in coral now. Guess I'll see what I can come up with, or might need to do a minor re-scape.

Ohh and my clowns seem to have mated again. Shame i'm not set up to care for fish fry. hate to see them lay eggs actually since I know the fate of them already and it's not good. Just don't have space for them unfortunately.