37g Display on Adapted Sump

[Big Bosha]

Hello all!
I figured I would start a build thread on my 37g display tank (My first reef)

Top Fin 37g Tall tank
Imaginarium Alluminum Stand
Eshopps 800gph Overflow box
Carib Sea Aragonite Sand bed
Marine Warehouse Fiji Live Rock
AI Nero 3 (2000gph) powerhead
Eheim Jaeger 125w Heater
ViparSpectra 300w around 2ft above tank
Custom 15 gallon sump retrofitted with 20g long baffle kit
Reef Octopus Classic 200INT Skimmer
4 inch filter sock
Chaeto and Red Sea Lettuce
Finnex Fugeray Reugium light
Hygger 800gph Return pump w/ controller
Aquatopp 5w internal UV sterilizer

Stocking so far:
2 Ocellaris Mocha Clownfish (Chestnut and Walnut)
1 Scissortail Goby (Finn)
1 Firefish Goby (Twitch)
1 Flame Armatus (Waddles)
1 Sand sifting starfish
Multiple Snails (Nassarius, Trochus, Mexican Turbo, Zebra)
1 Galaxea
1 Goniopora
1 Favia
Red People Eater Zoanthids
1 Montipora
2 green Candy Canes
1 Purple Candy Cane
Green Shaggy Pipe Organ
Midnight Daisy Polyps
Purple Tip Frogspawn
Aussie Neon Green tip Wall Hammer
Lavender Platygra
Duncan's

(Some help identifying them would be great!)



On the way here:

Wifi Micro Dosing Pump
Tunze Nano ATO system
2 Little Fishes Kalkwasser stirrer
Skimz Nano Chaeto Reactor
Two AI Prime 16hd's

PS: A couple of these pictures were taken during the time I was fighting Dinos and using an reflux powerhead and not my nero 3

 

[\m/reefsnmetal\m/]

Lookin good! Glad I'm not the only nerd to place my tank alongside my computer desk lol. I'm on my first reef too.

 

[Big Bosha]

Lookin good! Glad I'm not the only nerd to place my tank alongside my computer desk lol. I'm on my first reef too.

Oh I've had lots of people on the pc side of things complaining about how I have my $3,500 computer right next to a reef tank. I dont think they understand I have just that much in the reef next to it... hahaha. You are most definitely not alone friend. This is my permanent desk tank. I was going to do a 10g cube or even a pico reef for my desk tank because I spend so much time there being a cad drafter and going to school for engineering. I just said the hell with it and went for a decent sized system. Peninsula. I would've gone bigger if the space next to my desk would have been available. But I like it for now. Thanks for the kind words as well! Unfortunately some of those photos were taken during a battle with dinoflagellates, and before I had 14 frags in the tank. It looks alot better now. I'll update the thread when the corals start thriving. I recently decided to upgrade from a black box to an ai prime to avoid the hot spots because I do only Lps. Slowly it is getting better (and more expensive... lol)

 

[\m/reefsnmetal\m/]

Yeah non-reefers wouldn't get it or understand just how much money gets thrown into a tank. The peninsula looks great. It's a fun idea and makes me wish I had researched unique aquascaping ideas before I built mine. Placing mine next to the computer has been a double edged sword. The extra workspace makes testing and such very convenient. However, on zoom my college professor has had to ask why I'm glowing blue and always staring off to the side lol. I could spend all day staring into my tank.

 

[Big Bosha]

Oh my god... you just described every zoom call I've been on. Then of course when the class is a little behind and I've worked ahead, I'll play some brs videos in the backround, or play a light game. Again, what am I looking at, why am I glowing blue, why does it look like I'm next to a pool... hahahaha. And thank you friend. I do love the peninsula. It offers it's own unique challenges with flow and what not, but I think it fits into my little workstation well.

 

[\m/reefsnmetal\m/]

That is too funny! I look forward to seeing your tank as it progresses.

 

[JB33t]

This is one Interesting build I will definitely be following this, I was thinking of doing my build by my pc too but my worries were salt sneaking up in areas