Hi all!
My first reef tank, a Waterbox Peninsula Mini 25, has been a great little tank, but unfortunately I have had issues keeping the little guy stable with my busy schedule. So during the last IM sale, I decided it was a good time to upgrade it to a system with more water volume and, critically, more space in a sump for automation & filtration equipment. The plan is for a mixed reef - softies, LPS and nems.
The tank has been sitting on my office floor for the last 2 months or so while I've been on work travel, but I've finally got some breathing space to get this thing up and running.
Stand is put together, which was a MAJOR pain in the rear - getting all of the profiles lined up properly without a completely flat and level surface is an incredibly arduous task. In any event, I got everything close enough according to IM CS, so I got the tank on and the stand in its spot. I think it fits pretty well there.
As for scape, I have an awesome custom aquascape built by Reef Assist CT. I wanted something rear corner heavy that opens up into bare sand and small rock islands in the front corner, and I think he nailed the main structure.
I'll be running this with a single Radion XR-15 G6 Pro, pending a PAR map. I suspect with G6 lenses this will be fine, but once I get it filled I'm going to do a map and decide if I need another. Once that decision is made, I'm going with a TopLids lid.
As far as filtration goes, and this is my primary motivation for making this thread for such a quick project, my plan is to try and figure out what the best solution for automatic fleece rollers is for the RFS-22 sump that comes with this setup, which is a well-designed sump in many respects. The problem is that its design is so tightly coupled to the plumbing setup that comes with the tank that it doesn't seem very easily modified to support a fleece roller like some other sumps without basically gutting the thing. I was able to find basically no information on compatible (either natively or w/ mods) systems in this area, so I'll be sharing my findings and any associated modifications as I go.
My first reef tank, a Waterbox Peninsula Mini 25, has been a great little tank, but unfortunately I have had issues keeping the little guy stable with my busy schedule. So during the last IM sale, I decided it was a good time to upgrade it to a system with more water volume and, critically, more space in a sump for automation & filtration equipment. The plan is for a mixed reef - softies, LPS and nems.
The tank has been sitting on my office floor for the last 2 months or so while I've been on work travel, but I've finally got some breathing space to get this thing up and running.
Stand is put together, which was a MAJOR pain in the rear - getting all of the profiles lined up properly without a completely flat and level surface is an incredibly arduous task. In any event, I got everything close enough according to IM CS, so I got the tank on and the stand in its spot. I think it fits pretty well there.
As for scape, I have an awesome custom aquascape built by Reef Assist CT. I wanted something rear corner heavy that opens up into bare sand and small rock islands in the front corner, and I think he nailed the main structure.
I'll be running this with a single Radion XR-15 G6 Pro, pending a PAR map. I suspect with G6 lenses this will be fine, but once I get it filled I'm going to do a map and decide if I need another. Once that decision is made, I'm going with a TopLids lid.
As far as filtration goes, and this is my primary motivation for making this thread for such a quick project, my plan is to try and figure out what the best solution for automatic fleece rollers is for the RFS-22 sump that comes with this setup, which is a well-designed sump in many respects. The problem is that its design is so tightly coupled to the plumbing setup that comes with the tank that it doesn't seem very easily modified to support a fleece roller like some other sumps without basically gutting the thing. I was able to find basically no information on compatible (either natively or w/ mods) systems in this area, so I'll be sharing my findings and any associated modifications as I go.