Aloha reefers and fellow travelers. This is the Tiki Tank build thread. The build is complete for the most part so a few future details aside I will post everything up. I will use separate posts for reference ability should there be questions or comments.
Me - Tiki obsessed 41 year old guy from Northern Virginia. I'm a firefighter with a 3 kids and an "out of my league" wife. I enjoy reefing, jujitsu, Toyotas (especially my FJ), and building stuff.
The Tiki Tank - I wanted this to be a fun tank. A lot of people go for super natural, or region suspific, or sleek and modern... not this time. I wanted to do a fun tank, with fun fish and eye catching corals. Nothing wrong with all the other stuff at all, but this build is all about a good time.
This is my 4th saltwater tank, and 3rd reef tank. I will do my best to detail everything I did on this one to make it work well for me so far. We will go through:
Water
Mixing Station
Tank choice
Stand build
Sump and Maintenance Plumbing
My cycling process
Lighting, Flow, Etc....
Stock list
Here is where we are today:
I will Post a ton of better up close coral and fish pictures as we go....
Me - Tiki obsessed 41 year old guy from Northern Virginia. I'm a firefighter with a 3 kids and an "out of my league" wife. I enjoy reefing, jujitsu, Toyotas (especially my FJ), and building stuff.
The Tiki Tank - I wanted this to be a fun tank. A lot of people go for super natural, or region suspific, or sleek and modern... not this time. I wanted to do a fun tank, with fun fish and eye catching corals. Nothing wrong with all the other stuff at all, but this build is all about a good time.
This is my 4th saltwater tank, and 3rd reef tank. I will do my best to detail everything I did on this one to make it work well for me so far. We will go through:
Water
Mixing Station
Tank choice
Stand build
Sump and Maintenance Plumbing
My cycling process
Lighting, Flow, Etc....
Stock list
Here is where we are today:
I will Post a ton of better up close coral and fish pictures as we go....
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