Andy's 45 gallon starfire SC Aquariums skimmerless build 24"x20"x20"

[spspirate]

I was very happy with the packing job. Box weighed about 145lbs. A lot heavier than I expected.

 

[kschweer]

Awesome!!!

 

[spspirate]

Un packed and sitting on the wheels just to gaze at it for a bit. Tank is a lot bigger than I imagined. Really happy with the construction of it. Plenty of room to grow some corals!

 

[revhtree]

Looks nice!!

 

[spspirate]

Looks nice!!

thanks Rev!!

 

[spspirate]

Not too crazy about the internal overflow but the good side of that is I can almost butt it up to the wall. Really like the foot print. The dimensions should be right on for the Radion. Now time to start working on the stand.

 

[roryb24]

I have one xr15 on my red sea reefer 170 that's the same dimensions and it covers well.

 

[spspirate]

I have one xr15 on my red sea reefer 170 that's the same dimensions and it covers well.

Good to know. Thats a cool little fixture!

 

[roryb24]

yea its great for the price and quality. BTW your last tank was insane I'm sure this one is gonna be pretty good as well.

 

[spspirate]

yea its great for the price and quality. BTW your last tank was insane I'm sure this one is gonna be pretty good as well.

Thanks! Yours looks very nice! Going bare bottom with this set up and may even go.............................skimmer less.

 

[roryb24]

Thanks! Yours looks very nice! Going bare bottom with this set up and may even go.............................skimmer less.

Thanks, I'm almost done cycling. You gonna go starboard?

 

[NanoDJS]

Very cool and best of luck with the new setup. I will be keeping up with this one for sure great bit of kit! what sand are you going with ? I had some bad experience's with ultra gritty stuff and starfire glass before its soo soft , but man those colors !

 

[webbrage]

Tank is on the truck and will be here at the beginning of next week!!
SC Aquariums 24x20x20

i really like the tank, also i wanna keep up on this cause the lights in interested to see how they do with the corals.
How do you intend to transition them from the old lights? anything special.

 

[spspirate]

Thanks, I'm almost done cycling. You gonna go starboard?

Maybe. I really was just thinking about painting the bottom. Hopefully the bottom will be covered with coralline and corals.

 

[spspirate]

Very cool and best of luck with the new setup. I will be keeping up with this one for sure great bit of kit! what sand are you going with ? I had some bad experience's with ultra gritty stuff and starfire glass before its soo soft , but man those colors !

Thank you! Going to go bare bottom with this reef.

 

[spspirate]

i really like the tank, also i wanna keep up on this cause the lights in interested to see how they do with the corals.
How do you intend to transition them from the old lights? anything special.

Thanks, yea I'm excited with the new set up. My corals went from 500 watts of halide to about 70 watts of T-5 lighting. The Radion along with the Reef Link has a"acclimation" mode in which I can program the percentages and slowly photo acclimate my corals throughout a course of time.

 

[spspirate]

Did you get it with 3 1" holes or only 2?

Just a one drain and one return.

 

[NanoDJS]

Excellent ! this should be one heck of a tank , congrats on the new setup !

 

[spspirate]

Excellent ! this should be one heck of a tank , congrats on the new setup !

Thanks! This go around for me is a totally different approach. Last reef I started with a sand bed then decided to do away with it. Always have ran halides and now solely LED's. I have even been tossing back and forth the idea of going skimmerless.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Following along! You're a part of the Radion club now. Never thought I'd see that happen! Welcome to the Dark Side (or maybe it's the "Light" Side)!