7Ft. 212 gallon reef build

Tru REEF · Feb 13, 2019

Since I’ve made my mind up on this theme the skimmer, dosing pump and UV should all be here by Monday. Pic for reference.

mshonk · Feb 13, 2019

Very nice! I use the ow10 and rw10 wavemakers and the dp3 dosing pumps. Love them. Very curious about their lights. They look really good. I actually replaced some eflux loop 660gph wavemakers with the jebaos and haven't looked back. I always recommend testing the water for stray current with all equipment.

Tru REEF · Feb 14, 2019

@mshonk i agree they definitely exceed expectations and the lights do great as well the WiFi connect sucks and can use some updating but I don’t need the ramp up and down, just pop them on using only 40% total. Here is a video with them 2 months over tank to see growth shots at the end. Song gets annoying sorry haha. ()

mshonk · Feb 14, 2019

I like hiphop! Its definitely better than the trap or trance music everyone usually has. Very nice!

Tru REEF · Feb 20, 2019

So finally have the tank in the house now. Also had to brace the flooring being I have a 36” crawl space I hired help for that one. So aquascaping was pretty easy and still have my old live rock to put in but that’s for when saltwater is in. Thought long and hard about bare bottom or sand and I chose the sand for looks only I just like it, sorry easy maintenance I’ll wait 3 years for your stability. So on to the canopy which is heavier than I wanted, but it’ll be fine just want be removing it for just no anything. I have plenty of space although it is a little higher than I planned but again it’ll work better spread for lights. Which leads to the lights I am running (4) ATI T5 blue+, (2)JEBAO AL-150 , And (1) 250w 14k Phoenix MH in the middle. That I may switch out soon for 2 more JEBAOs depends on 1 electricity consumed normally 20 bucks monthly to run mine and how my water temp flows if it flex to much or any over 1 degree either way the MH is coming off. Large water volume (250 gallons) so it shouldn’t hurt. So I made my mind to do all JEBAO equipment I can find to run this Reef. Doser skimmer lights uv wave makers pumps and back up battery. Here’s a few pictures.

Tru REEF · Mar 22, 2019

Ok got the water in the JEBAO 212 gallon reef. I started with crushed coral about 60lbs. And 130lbs. Of rock, 60lbs of live well cured rock and 70lbs of dry rock, which helped the tank cycle within under a week. So I added a sps frag to see if the tank was ready for coral and it survived for 2 days (still living by the way). On the 3rd day I started moving all other corals in and added 5 fish. 2 yellow tangs and three damsel non aggressive ones. It has been around 3weeks here are a few pictures and a video to see the progress.

Tru REEF · Mar 22, 2019

Here’s the video don’t mind the scratches I did all I can with this glass tank. Considering one day in the future of replacing the tank with a another one with exact dimensions. (). Hope you guys and gals enjoy.