Budget Reef Build

[Roatan Reef]

Sooooo after 15+ years in the Freshwater Hobby, I finally decided to do a Mixed Reef Tank.

I have a converted 125 Salt Water Tank for my S. American Cichlid/ Mixed Community Tank, and its doing great...I now sometimes wish that I should have kept the sump and not plugged the overflows, but all together it is my best and biggest FW tank ever. Its acrylic BTW..

Also have 2 Planted Betta Tanks, 2.5 gallons.

I've researched SW setups for over 6 years, but was always cautious about actually doing it. These are the big things that convinced me to pull the trigger....also been a lurker on R2R for years, never setting up an account until now.

1. I watched literally hundreds of Videos, read hundreds of articles over the years...although controversial, Reefbuilers and Jake Adams really convinced me to pull the trigger with his 1 day 20G Nano Tank build.

I figured I would use his method and apply it to a 40B tank.

I lol'ed at all the reefers telling him it was impossible to do what he did without cycling, no dosing, and he only did 6 water charges in 2 years...people absolutely lost their minds...and yet this is someone who has been in the industry over 20 years.

I did research SaltwaterAquraian.com, BRSTV.com on YouTube along with many others to form an adult decision, along with researching R2R also..




Just to start, I decided to go with a Budget Reef Build Type of Setup....I say Budget Build because I am trying some different things that are a tad cheaper, but LULZ at a budget build Saltwater Tank.. once you get into it...you know! Your Budg

 

[CRD23]

Welcome.. keep us updated on the progress.

 

[Doctorgori]

what kind of light you using? those SW fish? sorta look like severums ? ( but I can’t always see well)

 

[Roatan Reef]

Budget Build Update:


So after 5 months or so, here is where we are.. of course lost about half my coral, to much too soon, lost a few fish and a Cleaner Shrimp, but other than that the tank is doing good, fish are good and coral is doing better....and we have Coraline Algea growing too.