So I dont post here often nor do I really keep up with my build thread and part of that is because, unfortunately, I think I may have to scrap my 120gal build.
I live in a rental in a big city and all the things necessary that I would really like to do for this tank (plumbed rodi into sink, mixing station, etc) are quickly becoming impossible as i realize what I can actually do. For reference I have a 120 4x2x2 tank with stand and a diy sump set up in our living room
(Ignore the a80 its there temporarily)
Its a wonderful old oceanic tank. I think its double paned because it was unreasonably heavy. I have a skimz protein skimmer setup, its got a mix of dry and live rock as well as dry sand. Its been running wirh pretty much nothing in it for 3 months or so now. I got some hydor WaveMakers for free and I jist recently snagged a couple a360we lights for it. But now im thinking its going to be to big for me to do proper maintenance on it in the long run.
I have to hook my rodi unit to our hose spicket outside our house on the patio and run it to my 30g brute or to some 5 gal buckets (I do the buckets for my nano 24g cube reef in my bedroom). It's a 100gph brs rodi which I like a lot but even at that speed it still takes some time to even fill up the brute and even longer to mix and heat the saltwater. We don't have any other sinks in the home that work for hooking the rodi up and I cannot mess with the plumbing in the home since I'm just renting. If there's a crash, fish disease, or any other reason why I would have to do a 50% or more water change it would take me atleast a day or 2 to even do that.
I also only have the lease for another year and a half before I probably pack up and move again so I dont even know if its worth it to establish a nice mixed reef. I dont have the money to really buy everything quickly and its suddenly becoming apparent that this might just be a step too far. I may have bitten off more than I could chew.
Im considering moving all the saltwater stuff to a spare 55gal or get something around a 75gal but no higher to make it more reasonable to handle. Or im considering just sticking with my 24gal cube which I love dearly.
Im probably over thinking it and im this post has gone on long enough, but if anyone has advice, I'd love to have some haha.
Thanks everyone happy reefing
I live in a rental in a big city and all the things necessary that I would really like to do for this tank (plumbed rodi into sink, mixing station, etc) are quickly becoming impossible as i realize what I can actually do. For reference I have a 120 4x2x2 tank with stand and a diy sump set up in our living room
(Ignore the a80 its there temporarily)
Its a wonderful old oceanic tank. I think its double paned because it was unreasonably heavy. I have a skimz protein skimmer setup, its got a mix of dry and live rock as well as dry sand. Its been running wirh pretty much nothing in it for 3 months or so now. I got some hydor WaveMakers for free and I jist recently snagged a couple a360we lights for it. But now im thinking its going to be to big for me to do proper maintenance on it in the long run.
I have to hook my rodi unit to our hose spicket outside our house on the patio and run it to my 30g brute or to some 5 gal buckets (I do the buckets for my nano 24g cube reef in my bedroom). It's a 100gph brs rodi which I like a lot but even at that speed it still takes some time to even fill up the brute and even longer to mix and heat the saltwater. We don't have any other sinks in the home that work for hooking the rodi up and I cannot mess with the plumbing in the home since I'm just renting. If there's a crash, fish disease, or any other reason why I would have to do a 50% or more water change it would take me atleast a day or 2 to even do that.
I also only have the lease for another year and a half before I probably pack up and move again so I dont even know if its worth it to establish a nice mixed reef. I dont have the money to really buy everything quickly and its suddenly becoming apparent that this might just be a step too far. I may have bitten off more than I could chew.
Im considering moving all the saltwater stuff to a spare 55gal or get something around a 75gal but no higher to make it more reasonable to handle. Or im considering just sticking with my 24gal cube which I love dearly.
Im probably over thinking it and im this post has gone on long enough, but if anyone has advice, I'd love to have some haha.
Thanks everyone happy reefing