Greetings all,
So this is my first foray into the hobby of saltwater aquariums so over the last few months I have spent considerable time research, convincing, and getting the equipment I really wanted. So this is the progress of my build to date, I am hoping to have water in it by this week Thursday.
Equipment
2 * AI Hydra 64 HD
2 * Eheim 300 Watt heaters
1 * Teco 500E Chiller
1 * Neptune Apex
1 * Neptune DOS
1 * AI Fuge
1 * AquaMedic Ozone 200mg
1 * Reef Octopus 150 Ozone reactor
2 * Jaebo pumps (8000L and 6500L)
1 * Deltec 1000ix skimmer
1 * Clarisea SK3000
2 * Maxspect jump 4K
1 * DD Ocean ATO (will replace with Tunze soon)
1 * 55 Watt UV
Testing
Hanna Alk, Phos Colorimeter and Saltwater pen
Salt
Tropic Marin Pro-Reef
Rock
CaribSea base rock and a local brand
Anyway, this is how things progressed.
Stand
Sanded and painted
Initial wood cladding test
Painted
Initial display design
Progress
Display and stand
Final touches to display and install at my house
Sump
Initial plumbing
Last update since Friday, 95% complete
The fuge light is going to be moved and lowered it was just put in there for now, still need to finish drilling the controller box on the right and mounting controllers.
Edit: Can't remove that last stupid picture in the paragraph.
So this is my first foray into the hobby of saltwater aquariums so over the last few months I have spent considerable time research, convincing, and getting the equipment I really wanted. So this is the progress of my build to date, I am hoping to have water in it by this week Thursday.
Equipment
2 * AI Hydra 64 HD
2 * Eheim 300 Watt heaters
1 * Teco 500E Chiller
1 * Neptune Apex
1 * Neptune DOS
1 * AI Fuge
1 * AquaMedic Ozone 200mg
1 * Reef Octopus 150 Ozone reactor
2 * Jaebo pumps (8000L and 6500L)
1 * Deltec 1000ix skimmer
1 * Clarisea SK3000
2 * Maxspect jump 4K
1 * DD Ocean ATO (will replace with Tunze soon)
1 * 55 Watt UV
Testing
Hanna Alk, Phos Colorimeter and Saltwater pen
Salt
Tropic Marin Pro-Reef
Rock
CaribSea base rock and a local brand
Anyway, this is how things progressed.
Stand
Sanded and painted
Initial wood cladding test
Painted
Initial display design
Progress
Display and stand
Final touches to display and install at my house
Sump
Initial plumbing
Last update since Friday, 95% complete
The fuge light is going to be moved and lowered it was just put in there for now, still need to finish drilling the controller box on the right and mounting controllers.
Edit: Can't remove that last stupid picture in the paragraph.
