Germs WaterBox Frag 105.4 build

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Some progress with the wires behind the controller board and the power bricks. This takes as long as the plumbing did. This is the second day I have spent on it and around 5hrs total time. Still not done. Still have to run the wire tracks to clean it all up. Exhausted though. Hahao_O

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Really nice build! Looking forward to my 110 MarineX hopefully next week! Will refer back to this thread often I have a feeling.
 
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Really nice build! Looking forward to my 110 MarineX hopefully next week! Will refer back to this thread often I have a feeling.
Thank you and congrats on the MarineX 110! Feel free to message me if you have any questions or post in here. I’m happy to elaborate on anything I did on the build and add more pictures. (Still haven’t got a good camera for coral pics though) lol
 

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So it begins! I have been on break from reef tanks for 5yrs and finally have jumped back in head first. Had a 90g sps tank for 9 yrs that grew amazingly under my OCD care. I wanted to do a different type of tank with a much more shallow design and really like the 16in depth of the frag series. I’m currently waiting on the delivery of our WaterBox frag system. In the mean time I am putting together the mods in return plumbing, laying out the controller board, starting on my aqua scaping design, and designing my separate 7g cube fuge. Lots of orders coming in.
I masked out my tank location and side cabinet where I will be putting the fuge. It will be displayed In a small cabinet and most likely have a small angler there in the future. But t let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Lots of planning and building to do before any of that.
I’ll be using some new AI Hydra 64 and I also have a set of AI Vega lights that I never installed on my last tank before breaking it down. Might be older but I’ll use them for now till and see where it goes. Also got a Kessil H80 Tuna for the fuge.
I had the first generation vortech powerheads on my last tank tank and liked them but as this is a new tank and much shallower I went with iceCap Gyre 2k after a good review from another R2R member that I will put across from each other at first and probably mess around with flow as I go.
I will be updating this regularly and I respond fairly quickly to posts. Looking forward to this new tank journey.:cool:

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super nice
 
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Had a leak detection sensor go off this morning. Found an O-ring on the calcium reactor not sealing completely and started to drip. I fixed the reactor and then thought I probably should make a drip tray for it so I don’t do any more damage to the cabinet if it does leak again. I knew I bought that acrylic for something. Went to work measuring the inside of the cabinet and the cut to match. It’s rough but will do the job well and it is only seen when removed. I’ll put a bead of silicone in the lower edges to make sure it doesn’t leak and the sensor will sit inside the tray.

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Purple tang loves to eat nori and about everything else I put in the tank, the Achilles eats only the red Ogo I grow and frozen. Picky little stinker. Lol he still is running from the camera all the time too.

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After almost a month of cooking on the frag rack this acro is finally showing bright colors at the base. Can’t wait to see how it grows in. Now to figure out where to put it.
 

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Say hello to Pharaoh, our pyramid butterfly, and the to be named white tail bristle tooth.
 

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