Well, after many trials and tribulations of truly epic proportions it has come to be the time to start a new build thread. The tank is a reef ready 120 built by Glass Cages. The stand is from GC also.The tank was ordered with two return holes drilled into the back wall. It also has a built in overflow with three holes. I intend to try the Bean Animal system.
The tank and stand took three attempts to get delivered. Apparently COVID has messed up delivery companies in addition to everything else. The tank will be plumbed into my new fish room as the distinguished wife graciously allowed the construction of on in our new retirement home in the Ozarks of Arkansas. Info on lighting and other equipment will come in future threads.
The fish room is located approximately six feet behind the tank and will take a bit of plumbing by yours truly to become functional.
Needless to say, I like large sumps. A four foot by seven foot hydroponics basin was originally purchased for a sump, but is a bit too large for the footprint. Thus two forty gallon breeders hooked together in series. More on the sump configuration in the future.
The fish room will also contain quarantine tanks for the saltwater system as well as two racks (the grey and the red) with freshwater tanks. I hope the presence of freshwater in this room offends no one on this salty forum but apparently I am bitanksual or aquatically bisexual or maybe just a bit strange. Reality is I just like aquatic life in all it’s shapes and forms.
The fifty gallon lowboy against the end wall will be a coral frag tank plumbed into the main system. In closing, I have been out of reef keeping for about four years since my last reef imploded while I was vacationing in Belize. NOT a nice surprise to return home to. I have not played around with freshwater aquaria in ten or more years. Now that I’ve retired and have brainwashed the wife into allowing me to seriously play around again I plan on going for broke. Hopefully I can keep the updates coming fast and furious. I intend to have the reef going by the end of summer and the freshwater sooner. Wish me luck!
The tank and stand took three attempts to get delivered. Apparently COVID has messed up delivery companies in addition to everything else. The tank will be plumbed into my new fish room as the distinguished wife graciously allowed the construction of on in our new retirement home in the Ozarks of Arkansas. Info on lighting and other equipment will come in future threads.
The fish room is located approximately six feet behind the tank and will take a bit of plumbing by yours truly to become functional.
Needless to say, I like large sumps. A four foot by seven foot hydroponics basin was originally purchased for a sump, but is a bit too large for the footprint. Thus two forty gallon breeders hooked together in series. More on the sump configuration in the future.
The fish room will also contain quarantine tanks for the saltwater system as well as two racks (the grey and the red) with freshwater tanks. I hope the presence of freshwater in this room offends no one on this salty forum but apparently I am bitanksual or aquatically bisexual or maybe just a bit strange. Reality is I just like aquatic life in all it’s shapes and forms.
The fifty gallon lowboy against the end wall will be a coral frag tank plumbed into the main system. In closing, I have been out of reef keeping for about four years since my last reef imploded while I was vacationing in Belize. NOT a nice surprise to return home to. I have not played around with freshwater aquaria in ten or more years. Now that I’ve retired and have brainwashed the wife into allowing me to seriously play around again I plan on going for broke. Hopefully I can keep the updates coming fast and furious. I intend to have the reef going by the end of summer and the freshwater sooner. Wish me luck!