I haven’t made a tank build thread in years, so this is going to be fun!
I recently moved to a new place and I am taking the opportunity to consolidate my two current systems into a larger tank. All my setups in the past have been a hodgepodge of whatever equipment I can scrounge, but I wanted this one to be more buttoned up and thought through.
So here’s a picture of what I’m working with:
Equipment list:
Tank: 130 gallon (60”x24”x21”) Crystaline from Planet Aquariums
Sump: Trigger Systems Sapphire 39
Skimmer: Reef Octopus Regal 200 int
Return Pump: Reef Octopus Varios 6
Flow: 2x Vortech MP40
Lighting: 2x Neptune Sky
Rock & Sand: 80lbs of south seas base rock, ~20lb of liferock shapes and ~100lb of Fiji Pink sand
Dosing: Reef Octopus CR140 Calcium reactor
Control: Neptune Apex
The plan:
Currently my 90g sps tank and biocube softy tank are running and have some of the items I will be using in this setup. The lights, powerheads and live rock are all currently in use and will be moved over during the transfer. I lost a quite few acros when I moved those systems to the new house, so my plan is to frag the remaining pieces off the rocks so I have some freedom in scraping rather than just recreating what I’ve already done. The goal is to have everything moved over within the next couple weeks!
The setup:
I received the tank last week and got to work laying everything out. My first challenge is the floor under the tank. Despite being a concrete slab with vinyl wood floors, it’s really out of whack. The tank leaned backwards about 1/4” and to the side about 1/8th. I got to shimming and this is where I ended up:
I’m going to be filling in the spots between the shims with even more shims just for peace of mind, but this should be sufficient.
Next was the plumbing. I decided to hard plumb everything. Originally I had planned to go with the color plumbing, but after pricing it out I decided to just go with the basic white pvc lol.
The tank is drilled for two 1” drains and two .75” returns, so I set it up as a herbie and ran the return up as 1.25” pvc and then reduced down at the bulkhead.
That’s currently all I have setup so far, I’m out of town this weekend for a wedding so I won’t be doing anything else until I get back, but the next step is run all the cables for the apex and power bricks and then start preparing for the transfer!
That’s it for now, I’ll be updating with more info soon!
I recently moved to a new place and I am taking the opportunity to consolidate my two current systems into a larger tank. All my setups in the past have been a hodgepodge of whatever equipment I can scrounge, but I wanted this one to be more buttoned up and thought through.
So here’s a picture of what I’m working with:
Equipment list:
Tank: 130 gallon (60”x24”x21”) Crystaline from Planet Aquariums
Sump: Trigger Systems Sapphire 39
Skimmer: Reef Octopus Regal 200 int
Return Pump: Reef Octopus Varios 6
Flow: 2x Vortech MP40
Lighting: 2x Neptune Sky
Rock & Sand: 80lbs of south seas base rock, ~20lb of liferock shapes and ~100lb of Fiji Pink sand
Dosing: Reef Octopus CR140 Calcium reactor
Control: Neptune Apex
The plan:
Currently my 90g sps tank and biocube softy tank are running and have some of the items I will be using in this setup. The lights, powerheads and live rock are all currently in use and will be moved over during the transfer. I lost a quite few acros when I moved those systems to the new house, so my plan is to frag the remaining pieces off the rocks so I have some freedom in scraping rather than just recreating what I’ve already done. The goal is to have everything moved over within the next couple weeks!
The setup:
I received the tank last week and got to work laying everything out. My first challenge is the floor under the tank. Despite being a concrete slab with vinyl wood floors, it’s really out of whack. The tank leaned backwards about 1/4” and to the side about 1/8th. I got to shimming and this is where I ended up:
I’m going to be filling in the spots between the shims with even more shims just for peace of mind, but this should be sufficient.
Next was the plumbing. I decided to hard plumb everything. Originally I had planned to go with the color plumbing, but after pricing it out I decided to just go with the basic white pvc lol.
The tank is drilled for two 1” drains and two .75” returns, so I set it up as a herbie and ran the return up as 1.25” pvc and then reduced down at the bulkhead.
That’s currently all I have setup so far, I’m out of town this weekend for a wedding so I won’t be doing anything else until I get back, but the next step is run all the cables for the apex and power bricks and then start preparing for the transfer!
That’s it for now, I’ll be updating with more info soon!