First Reef

dduby · Aug 15, 2019

Greetings R2R. I purchased this tank June 14 and went to work.

Bryson.bobby · Aug 15, 2019

Cool! Is this going to be your build thread?

dduby · Aug 15, 2019

Bryson.bobby said:
Cool! Is this going to be your build thread?

I'm going to try and make this my build thread. I didn't document every step so there will be gaps in assembly.

Peace River · Aug 15, 2019

Nice! It looks like you have a lot of potential with this tank!

Bryson.bobby · Aug 15, 2019

dduby said:
I'm going to try and make this my build thread. I didn't document every step so there will be gaps in assembly.

Sounds good. I’ll be following

Proteus Meep · Aug 15, 2019

Exciting times ahead

dduby · Aug 15, 2019

Once i got the tank home, I realized that the color wasn't as white as it appeared at the LFS. So, I spent an afternoon sanding and prepping for paint. Sanding and some tack cloth action later i was ready for paint.

I didn't have the intention of sharing this with the world so I don't have much to share of this stage of the build

dduby · Aug 15, 2019

First of several deliveries from BRS. I bought the 48" 4 bulb ATI T5-LED Hybrid with Wifi. I got this on the house wifi so it is accessible from my home network. Shout out to Keith@ATI for the instructions for this. I really like this fixture so far. Is it overkill..perhaps, but i like it.

GatorScott · Aug 15, 2019

Very nice!

dduby · Aug 15, 2019

Beginnings of my mixing station. I plumbed my RODI unit up in my mechanical room in the basement and i wasn't going to haul buckets from my basement so i changed the design up a bit to give me a valved output i could hook a hose up to and pump salty water up to my tank. Sure the head loss is high but i'm not carrying buckets. That pleases me greatly.

dduby · Aug 15, 2019

Finished product. Note the addition of the barbed fitting. I use this to pump the water upstairs to my DT. I also plumbed the RODI into the house supply and used a shutoff valve with a float in the storage vessel because i forget things.

I used a food safe hose i found on amazon and built a filling hook contraption

Blitheran · Aug 15, 2019

Looks good! I may have missed it, but what kind of LEDs are you going to use?

dduby · Aug 15, 2019

Blitheran said:
Looks good! I may have missed it, but what kind of LEDs are you going to use?

I bought an ATI T5-LED Hybrid

dduby · Aug 15, 2019

Peace River said:
Nice! It looks like you have a lot of potential with this tank!

Thank you. Yep i can't wait to start adding coral. I was looking at something smaller initially but one of my buddies was steering me to something larger and I'm glad i listened.