Francisco's 35G Reef

[Gungo]

Good day all,

Glad to show off my new 35g custom tank build by a local company in the Dominican Republic (where I live). I decided to go with this size because I'm at a point in life that my time is so limited due to responsibilities that probably most of you have. I believe it is a manageable size tank. Something I have learned through the years is that no matter how big/small your tank is, mainly at the beginning they require a lot of attention. I prepared myself and planned everything before purchasing anything. I planned to make it a LPS tank but most of my friends run SPS so I decided to take the shot.

Here's what I got:

-Display: 24 x 18 x 18 rimless with high clarity glass.
-Overflow: Eshopps Eclipse S
-Sump: 19 x 12 x 13.
-Aluminum Stand
-Return pump: Jebao Dcp 2500.
-Wavemakers: x2 Ecotech Marine Vortech Mp10
-Lighting: Aquatic Life 24" with Radion XR 15 PRO
-Skimmer: SCA 301
-ATO: Tunze 3152

Live Stock:

-Blue Tang
-x2 Clownfish
-Royal Gramma

I cycled the rocks for about 2 months and then added fish and turned on the lights and everything is being great since.

The tank is 3 months old and looks like this at the time. (Fish love to hide when I take pics)

Thank you for reading

 

[Peach02]

Looks good, excited to see this progress

 

[Gungo]

Update: Planned to go BB with this tank but after 3 months I started missing the sand look and just hated how Pvc board looks with all detritus and algae. Asked for help and my nephew came by to help to add sand to the tank

 

[Gungo]

Now with sand . Had to move the Vortechs to the sides because they make a mess with sand. Happy new year!!

 

[SMSREEF]

Cool tank! I like it with sand better.
I’m setting up
A 60 cube and planning on sand. I have a 10 gal bare bottom now, but I think sand looks so much better!

 

[Gungo]

Update:

Dealing with dinos at the moment. I knew this was going to happen as I started with dry rock from the start. Hanna's arrived on Friday and I tested everything with the following results:

ALK = 7.7
CA = 420
MG = 1350
PO4 = 0.01
NO3 = 0
TEMP = 82f
Salinity = 1.025

I need more nutrients on the tank so I decided to stop my skimmer from running. From now on the tank will only run on filter socks. More nutrients will promote the growth of other algae that can actually outgrow the dinos. UV is coming too to join me in the battle.

On another page, I had a mess with cables so I decided to clean a bit and this is how it looks now. I know is still a mess but it is better than what I had!

 

[Gungo]

Never updated this thread because of busy life. This tank has been shut down an upgraded to a new 80g:

Build Thread - Francisco's 80g Reef

Hello everyone, After almost a year of being working at home due to COVID, I decided to start a new tank since I have more time these days. This started getting into my head in September 2020 and the tank was filled with saltwater in January 2021 so it took me about 4 months to figure out what...

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