First Saltwater Aquarium - 36g bowfront

[jackmcdowell]

We finally decided to try a saltwater aquarium and picked up a 36 gallon tank.

The tank has live rock and sand, as well as a Fluval 407 canister.
I have also have a protein skimmer that I need to set up as soon as someone sells me a reasonably priced set of lights so I can take the top off :)
The current inhabitants are 3 hermit crabs and 2 snowflake clownfish.
Fortunately ammonium and nitrite have remained at 0 so far.

Up next is:

• Getting some lights
• Setting up protein skimmer
• Building a mesh lid
• Adding some zoas
• etc. etc.

 

[don_chuwish]

Wow, that's almost exactly how I started. 36Bow and a Fluval canister filter. Enjoy the ride and welcome to R2R!!

 

[bigjepp]

Welcome to R2R! I recently started a very similar setup. Going through the cycle right now, feel free to check it out and offer any advice as this is my first saltwater tank. I know theres a few other reefers on here working on similar builds so it will be fun to see what we can all come up with.

 

[Marinenewbie]

Cool! I’ve recently started a similar set up as well. Will be nice to share the experience.

 

[Razorp]

3rd guy with the same tank and somewhat similar set up checking in! Follow along if you like! @rmcrom ’s build had me on Amazon ordering a skimmer the next day lol. Still waiting on that to show up. I’m currently rocking a single aiprime16hd (will eventually be two primes. I do have a torch coral from a tank I broke down, still going through ugly diatom stage at the moment though. This tank will be a primarily anemone set up once stable. (Already have a baby ultra in my home tank being grown out a bit while this tank stabilizes). Love your background and scape by the way! Looks very very nice! What bacteria did you start cycle with?

 

[Razorp]

Anyone know the best way we can make a 36g bow front thread so we can all just share our tanks as they progress. That would be pretty cool. @rmcrom @Marinenewbie @bigjepp

 

[Sharkbait19]

Great build! Welcome!
I have that exact 36 gallon tank for freshwater, and I’ve always wondered how it’d look as saltwater—Clearly amazing! ;)

 

[castro13]

I had a could question about the canister. How often are you cleaning it and whats in it?