Hello all! Long time lurker, first thread. Bit of background.... born and raised in Amityville New York, moved down to kissimmee florida in October of 2015. Bought a house and am just now getting back into it. New baby on the way and wife probably going for her masters after so perfect timing right? Hehe. Anywho so I picked up a 40B from a guy via Facebook for 30$. Brand new with cardboard still on the ends! Have always loved these tanks and had one before as well. I also have an old braceless 6 ft 125 I was thinking about setting up but I felt that with everything going on right now I'd be better off setting up something a little bit smaller for the time being. Kept all of my old equipment so I have what I need for a 40B already. Thinking I wanna go primarily SPS. Here is what I have/ would like to have:
Tank: 40 breeder
Light: current sunpod 150w mh, 4 t5, + moonlights (thinking about grabbing a 32" mars aqua led)
Sump: don't have one yet, tried for two at the auctions at RAP this year but didn't get either. Will likely buy one of the windridercreations 36x15x15 refugium kits.
Overflow: will likely buy a modular marine 1200gph overflow kit and set up a beananimal (wife says tank is a great idea but it NEEDS to not make her want to pee her pants)
Return: tunze 1072.20
Skimmer: RO nwb110 with bb hy200s and 2 2" neck extensions.
Powerheads: 2 x mp10w es also have some korallias I may blow across the back.
I also have a brs dual reactor that I may run, not sure yet
Won 50lbs of Billy's reef connection rock at rap and have a couple of pieces of love rock in a 20 gallon aio that is currently up and running. Was trying to come up with a nice scape with the rock for about 2 hours with my daughter the other day, my wife came out and made this in about 5 minutes
So gonna go with that lol
Building the stand now got the frame set up, just filled in gaps and then need to prime frame, poly bottom and caulk seams. The I will skin.
Stand is a lot bigger than the tank but was designed that way, will have space on the side and behind for powerheads and plumbing and will be viewable from front and right side. Will end up putting some kind of ledge around the entire thing as well and will likely have some kind of magnetically attached doors. Other than that my wife is choosing everything about the colors and look of the stand.
Also got my brs 5 stage plus RODI set up and even after 2 years in storage it is still producing 0 tds water from my well. Due to the fact that I am on a well I may end up upgrading it with a water saver dual membrane kit to try and make sure I don't collapse the dang well. From everything I've read and asked on various forums it should not be nescessary but I am paranoid as hell about having to replace the well if I collapse it lol.
Well, that's where I'm at right now, waiting for wood filler to dry and will sand and prime tommorrow night. Will post again soon!
Tank: 40 breeder
Light: current sunpod 150w mh, 4 t5, + moonlights (thinking about grabbing a 32" mars aqua led)
Sump: don't have one yet, tried for two at the auctions at RAP this year but didn't get either. Will likely buy one of the windridercreations 36x15x15 refugium kits.
Overflow: will likely buy a modular marine 1200gph overflow kit and set up a beananimal (wife says tank is a great idea but it NEEDS to not make her want to pee her pants)
Return: tunze 1072.20
Skimmer: RO nwb110 with bb hy200s and 2 2" neck extensions.
Powerheads: 2 x mp10w es also have some korallias I may blow across the back.
I also have a brs dual reactor that I may run, not sure yet
Won 50lbs of Billy's reef connection rock at rap and have a couple of pieces of love rock in a 20 gallon aio that is currently up and running. Was trying to come up with a nice scape with the rock for about 2 hours with my daughter the other day, my wife came out and made this in about 5 minutes
So gonna go with that lol
Building the stand now got the frame set up, just filled in gaps and then need to prime frame, poly bottom and caulk seams. The I will skin.
Stand is a lot bigger than the tank but was designed that way, will have space on the side and behind for powerheads and plumbing and will be viewable from front and right side. Will end up putting some kind of ledge around the entire thing as well and will likely have some kind of magnetically attached doors. Other than that my wife is choosing everything about the colors and look of the stand.
Also got my brs 5 stage plus RODI set up and even after 2 years in storage it is still producing 0 tds water from my well. Due to the fact that I am on a well I may end up upgrading it with a water saver dual membrane kit to try and make sure I don't collapse the dang well. From everything I've read and asked on various forums it should not be nescessary but I am paranoid as hell about having to replace the well if I collapse it lol.
Well, that's where I'm at right now, waiting for wood filler to dry and will sand and prime tommorrow night. Will post again soon!