Coming back to the hobby. New to R2R!

PTXReef · Nov 19, 2020

Nice build!

Welcome to the R2R community and happy reefing!

TJAVOREK · Nov 29, 2020

Started working on the plumbing of the manifold, would love any thoughts or pointers.

Build Thread - Tye's AstoriaReef 350: Cycle Started

Hi everyone coming back to the hobby after about 15yrs away; back then had a down and dirty 55gallon reef tank with all HOB equipment. Recently purchased an apartment so was finally able to come back to the hobby without the fear of having to move the tank etc. Since a lot had changed in the...

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TJAVOREK · Nov 30, 2020

Holidays got a bit in the way but have been planning out my plumbing. Below is the manifold I put together that splits off the return for the UV and the two media reactors. The UV and media reactors are controlled by gate valves and the manifold is controlled by a ball valve. In other build threads it seemed that having dead ends is not preferred so I was able to loop the manifold. Would love to hear any thoughts and comments as this is my first time plumbing a tank especially if creating the loop is a good thing.

KingTideCorals · Dec 5, 2020

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