5/4/2023 - FTS (12 months old)
After ~10 years with a biocube 29, I decided I wanted something bigger. Up until about 6 months ago I had lost interest in the hobby for a few years. For at least the last 3 years I did nothing more than top off the tank (it was fishless at that point). Now I’ve relit the fire and found a deep interest in the hobby again. I started whipping my biocube back into shape. The included siphoning out the 10y/o sand bed, and replacing some of the rock that had become completely covered in orange mushrooms. Added a couple fish, and started adding some small frags.
7/31/21 - The day I decided to revive my tank…
That same tank today
During this time I knew what I really wanted was a bigger tank. A few months ago someone in a local Reefer group listed a Reefer 300xl for sale at about 50% of the new price. I jumped on it immediately! It was pretty filthy when I picked it up, but got it looking new again pretty quick
Now I just needed equipment for it. Over the next few months I managed to grab a couple used Kessil a360x’s for a good deal, and bought a pair of Nero 5’s. After some more research I decided I wanted to go the roller filter route, so I picked up a Clarisea sk3000 along with a red sea rsk300 skimmer. Everything arrived last week, so time to start getting things ready!
First job: modifying the sump for the roller filter. That process has been covered on this particular sump quite a few times in these forums, so I'll leave out those details. But overall it was pretty easy and took about an hour tops.
The wife at this point let me know that she wasn’t too excited about the black cabinet going into the living room. So… gotta make it white!
Spent the past few days in the garage painting and sanding the stand.
Next up I’ll be modifying the plumbing for the roller filter. Waiting on an order of adapters and pvc pipes/fittings for this. Will update when that’s done.
After ~10 years with a biocube 29, I decided I wanted something bigger. Up until about 6 months ago I had lost interest in the hobby for a few years. For at least the last 3 years I did nothing more than top off the tank (it was fishless at that point). Now I’ve relit the fire and found a deep interest in the hobby again. I started whipping my biocube back into shape. The included siphoning out the 10y/o sand bed, and replacing some of the rock that had become completely covered in orange mushrooms. Added a couple fish, and started adding some small frags.
7/31/21 - The day I decided to revive my tank…
That same tank today
During this time I knew what I really wanted was a bigger tank. A few months ago someone in a local Reefer group listed a Reefer 300xl for sale at about 50% of the new price. I jumped on it immediately! It was pretty filthy when I picked it up, but got it looking new again pretty quick
Now I just needed equipment for it. Over the next few months I managed to grab a couple used Kessil a360x’s for a good deal, and bought a pair of Nero 5’s. After some more research I decided I wanted to go the roller filter route, so I picked up a Clarisea sk3000 along with a red sea rsk300 skimmer. Everything arrived last week, so time to start getting things ready!
First job: modifying the sump for the roller filter. That process has been covered on this particular sump quite a few times in these forums, so I'll leave out those details. But overall it was pretty easy and took about an hour tops.
The wife at this point let me know that she wasn’t too excited about the black cabinet going into the living room. So… gotta make it white!
Spent the past few days in the garage painting and sanding the stand.
Next up I’ll be modifying the plumbing for the roller filter. Waiting on an order of adapters and pvc pipes/fittings for this. Will update when that’s done.
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