Time for a new build thread! I'm getting back into the hobby after a ~year long hiatus, starting from scratch with a brand new tank.
**SPECS BELOW EDITED 12/30/2015 TO BRING EQUIPMENT LIST UP TO DATE**
Display tank: 19 gallon drilled Starphire glass rimless cube (well more or less a cube: 18" wide x 15" deep x 16" high) with black wood stand
Sump: it's a wet-dry filter sump, volume is about 11 gallons. Ditched the bio balls.
Lighting: I had planned on LEDs for the setup, specifically a Nanobox duo fixture. But for now I'm using a Current USA Nova Extreme Pro 6-bulb T5 unit
Filtration: This tank was skimmerless for about a year. I finally decided to add a small skimmer to the sump. The Tunze Comline DOC 9001 will be added in January 2016. I occasionally run carbon in the sump as well, as needed
Dosing: Bubble Magus BM-T01 for automated dosing of 2-part calcium alkalinity additives
Flow: Ecotech Marine Vortech MP-10ES, with battery backup. And the flow provided by the return, pump by AquaVim
Rock/Sand: Some manufactured reefer rock type rock, some live rock sourced from local hobbyists. Sand is a very very thin bed of white sugar-fine aragonite.
I plan to do mostly SPS for this tank. Also planning on a pair of clowns and a nem, which I loved when I had it in my old tank, but the nem may not happen-- we will see.
**SPECS BELOW EDITED 12/30/2015 TO BRING EQUIPMENT LIST UP TO DATE**
Display tank: 19 gallon drilled Starphire glass rimless cube (well more or less a cube: 18" wide x 15" deep x 16" high) with black wood stand
Sump: it's a wet-dry filter sump, volume is about 11 gallons. Ditched the bio balls.
Lighting: I had planned on LEDs for the setup, specifically a Nanobox duo fixture. But for now I'm using a Current USA Nova Extreme Pro 6-bulb T5 unit
Filtration: This tank was skimmerless for about a year. I finally decided to add a small skimmer to the sump. The Tunze Comline DOC 9001 will be added in January 2016. I occasionally run carbon in the sump as well, as needed
Dosing: Bubble Magus BM-T01 for automated dosing of 2-part calcium alkalinity additives
Flow: Ecotech Marine Vortech MP-10ES, with battery backup. And the flow provided by the return, pump by AquaVim
Rock/Sand: Some manufactured reefer rock type rock, some live rock sourced from local hobbyists. Sand is a very very thin bed of white sugar-fine aragonite.
I plan to do mostly SPS for this tank. Also planning on a pair of clowns and a nem, which I loved when I had it in my old tank, but the nem may not happen-- we will see.
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