Ignitros
Active Member
Hello,
Just wanted to post about my new build. Just got back into the hobby and started a personal tank to go along with my new coral business. Thought that I would post some pics and update it's progress as I go. I started by going with basic equipment and I plan to upgrade as funds become available.
It's a Fluval M90 AIO tank. It measures 36" width x 16" height x 16 " depth with the filter section. Tank only is 36" width x 16" height x 12" depth. I've filled it with 40 lbs of Walt Smith Reef Rock 2.1 and 40 lbs of Caribsea Fiji Pink sand. I have a Jebao DP4 doser going with kalkwasser and Triton method Core7 additives. At some point I'll change to 2 part but for now kalkwasser seems easier with the equipment I have. I have one filter chamber dedicated to chaeto with a chaetomax fuge light on it for 12 hours alternating schedule. I also have a dedicated chamber for media filtration, carbon and gfo for now. One chamber for the Fluval skimmer and a small return pump for the last chamber. I also have the Seneye Reef Monitor to keep me in the loop on some stats.
Planned upgrades are a pair of Maxspect Gyre XF230 dialed down, Kessil AP700 light to replace the pair of Fluval Reef 2.0 lights. Maxspect Turbine duo td6k return pump to handle the return as well as the media filters. Thinking about a Tunze 9004 DC skimmer and still debating whether I should run an Apex system. That might come in handy if I upgrade to a larger tank at some point.
It's been about 3 months since I started the cycle and I've got currently a Yellow Watchman Goby, a Diamond Watchman Goby, red skunk cleaner shrimp some margarita snails, hermit crabs, nassarius snails for livestock.
For corals it's pretty bare. Just a Duncan and a pair of mushrooms.
Just wanted to post about my new build. Just got back into the hobby and started a personal tank to go along with my new coral business. Thought that I would post some pics and update it's progress as I go. I started by going with basic equipment and I plan to upgrade as funds become available.
It's a Fluval M90 AIO tank. It measures 36" width x 16" height x 16 " depth with the filter section. Tank only is 36" width x 16" height x 12" depth. I've filled it with 40 lbs of Walt Smith Reef Rock 2.1 and 40 lbs of Caribsea Fiji Pink sand. I have a Jebao DP4 doser going with kalkwasser and Triton method Core7 additives. At some point I'll change to 2 part but for now kalkwasser seems easier with the equipment I have. I have one filter chamber dedicated to chaeto with a chaetomax fuge light on it for 12 hours alternating schedule. I also have a dedicated chamber for media filtration, carbon and gfo for now. One chamber for the Fluval skimmer and a small return pump for the last chamber. I also have the Seneye Reef Monitor to keep me in the loop on some stats.
Planned upgrades are a pair of Maxspect Gyre XF230 dialed down, Kessil AP700 light to replace the pair of Fluval Reef 2.0 lights. Maxspect Turbine duo td6k return pump to handle the return as well as the media filters. Thinking about a Tunze 9004 DC skimmer and still debating whether I should run an Apex system. That might come in handy if I upgrade to a larger tank at some point.
It's been about 3 months since I started the cycle and I've got currently a Yellow Watchman Goby, a Diamond Watchman Goby, red skunk cleaner shrimp some margarita snails, hermit crabs, nassarius snails for livestock.
For corals it's pretty bare. Just a Duncan and a pair of mushrooms.
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