Latest FTS: 8/5/21
It's been about 5 years since I had a reef tank. Suprisingly a lot has changed in the hobby. I sold off my 75g and moved to an innovative marine 20 gallon about 7ish years ago. We moved houses and I sold off all my livestock instead of attempting to make the move with it. That was 5 years ago at this point.
Now that my kids are growing up, they wanted fish. So that was the perfect excuse to start back up my 20 gallon that has been stored in the basement all these years. I have worked at home throughout covid. I put the tank in the back part of my house adjacent to where I work. This will give me something to look at a reason to take a break through the day.
I'm a little late on this build thread as I have had the tank up for around 3 months. I plan to document what has happened since the start and catch everyone up over the next few posts.
I started with an mj1200 return pump since I had it laying around from the previous build. I have my old AI prime (non hd) that fired back up. I had a 100w heater too and that was in working order. I have everything a nice vinegar bath and cleaned the tank. That's about it as far as hardware goes.
My RODI filters were all tossed besides the RO membrane. I bought new filters from BRS and decided not to use a DI chamber after some advice from a LFS. The RO membrane looks to be ok according to my in line TDS meter.
I bought some live rock from the LFS and added in some more caribisea dry rock. Tank has gone through it's cycle and I added a pair of clowns. All is well...for now...
It's been about 5 years since I had a reef tank. Suprisingly a lot has changed in the hobby. I sold off my 75g and moved to an innovative marine 20 gallon about 7ish years ago. We moved houses and I sold off all my livestock instead of attempting to make the move with it. That was 5 years ago at this point.
Now that my kids are growing up, they wanted fish. So that was the perfect excuse to start back up my 20 gallon that has been stored in the basement all these years. I have worked at home throughout covid. I put the tank in the back part of my house adjacent to where I work. This will give me something to look at a reason to take a break through the day.
I'm a little late on this build thread as I have had the tank up for around 3 months. I plan to document what has happened since the start and catch everyone up over the next few posts.
I started with an mj1200 return pump since I had it laying around from the previous build. I have my old AI prime (non hd) that fired back up. I had a 100w heater too and that was in working order. I have everything a nice vinegar bath and cleaned the tank. That's about it as far as hardware goes.
My RODI filters were all tossed besides the RO membrane. I bought new filters from BRS and decided not to use a DI chamber after some advice from a LFS. The RO membrane looks to be ok according to my in line TDS meter.
I bought some live rock from the LFS and added in some more caribisea dry rock. Tank has gone through it's cycle and I added a pair of clowns. All is well...for now...
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