So in November I finally decided I wanted to try a salt/reef tank after years of having large fresh tanks and fresh water stingrays. I was going to just do a small 40-80 gallon setup. (everyone who knows me, knows I do nothin small). Somehow that turned into a 180 gallon tank I came across used. Followed by a new trigger cr44 sump. At that point I decided let's do it right and make it look nice. I custom build the stand and stain matched it to the stand on my 300 gal fresh tank. I then got three xr30 lights. An H180 fuse light, 57w uv sterilizer, tunze ato, reef octopus regal skimmer, and then decided I'd buy marco rocks and build my own NSA (negative space aquascape). Somewhere in the coming weeks, I decided using the brute trash cans didn't look clean or easy. So I bought two 65 gallon tanks and built a mixing station to go along with my 7 stage RODI setup with booster pump.
Last night I wrapped up the plumbing with a 4 valve manifold. I'll attach photos as things progress more but we're almost done.
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Last night I wrapped up the plumbing with a 4 valve manifold. I'll attach photos as things progress more but we're almost done.
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