Jstan84
Community Member
I am starting this thread to document my new 60 gallon breeder build and see how it unfurls over time. I have been keeping reef tanks off and on since 1998, and this is the first saltwater tank that I have set up since I tore down a 65G in 2019.
My main plan with this tank is to keep my all time favorite fish, an emperator angel. I plan to for the emperator to be one of my last editions and will buy as small as possible and rehome once it outgrows the tank.
Current and planned equipment are as follows:
Tank - Imagitarum 60 breeder 48X18X18
Stand - Vevor 48" x 20" workbench, may skin with magnetic panels
Overflow - Modular marine 800GPH
Sump - 20 long with refugium style baffle kit, 2 filter cups with maxpect media, plan to run the refugium in the future as needed
Lighting - Maxpect razor r420R 160w 16k from my old setup, will supplement in the future as this light wont give enough full coverage for 48"
Flow - (2) MP10's with plans to add at least 1 gyre style pump, likely to give Hygger or Jebao a try
Skimmer - Currently an old Eshopps S-120 but will be testing an IOAOI reef-100
Heater - Hygger 200w Titanium w/ thermostat
Controllers - Hydros X2 w/ 4 plug wifi bar, as well as an old reefkeeper lite. Keeping the reefkeeper for now for PH control and less important items that dont need to be app controlled
ATO - Controlled by Hydros
Dosing - Future TBD
RODI - BRS 5 stage
I have run RODI line from my garage to the room the tank is in and have a 20 gallon brute reservoir in the closet with plans to add a second to keep salt water on hand.
As everything currently stands I have the stand built, tank drilled and painted, rock scape built, and the majority of the plumbing done. waiting on the sump kit to arrive so I can build that out and finish plumbing, hopefully I will be able to get water in the tank by next weekend.
I went with Tropic Eden Morrocan dry rock as I was able to get some from a local reefer for cheap. Really liked it so I added more from premium aquatics. Shoutout to premium aquatics for giving me a 20% off discount code just because I asked and there were no current promotions on Tropic Eden, excellent customer service and rock arrived 2 days later.
Pictures of how the scape is currently set up, appreciate any feedback. I am very happy with how this has turned out so far, used super glue and NYOS reef cement. The pictures dont capture the depth very well but super happy with the Tropic Eden rock, I went back and forth a lot between this and an Ecoscapes kit.
Thanks for looking, I will keep updating as I go along.
My main plan with this tank is to keep my all time favorite fish, an emperator angel. I plan to for the emperator to be one of my last editions and will buy as small as possible and rehome once it outgrows the tank.
Current and planned equipment are as follows:
Tank - Imagitarum 60 breeder 48X18X18
Stand - Vevor 48" x 20" workbench, may skin with magnetic panels
Overflow - Modular marine 800GPH
Sump - 20 long with refugium style baffle kit, 2 filter cups with maxpect media, plan to run the refugium in the future as needed
Lighting - Maxpect razor r420R 160w 16k from my old setup, will supplement in the future as this light wont give enough full coverage for 48"
Flow - (2) MP10's with plans to add at least 1 gyre style pump, likely to give Hygger or Jebao a try
Skimmer - Currently an old Eshopps S-120 but will be testing an IOAOI reef-100
Heater - Hygger 200w Titanium w/ thermostat
Controllers - Hydros X2 w/ 4 plug wifi bar, as well as an old reefkeeper lite. Keeping the reefkeeper for now for PH control and less important items that dont need to be app controlled
ATO - Controlled by Hydros
Dosing - Future TBD
RODI - BRS 5 stage
I have run RODI line from my garage to the room the tank is in and have a 20 gallon brute reservoir in the closet with plans to add a second to keep salt water on hand.
As everything currently stands I have the stand built, tank drilled and painted, rock scape built, and the majority of the plumbing done. waiting on the sump kit to arrive so I can build that out and finish plumbing, hopefully I will be able to get water in the tank by next weekend.
I went with Tropic Eden Morrocan dry rock as I was able to get some from a local reefer for cheap. Really liked it so I added more from premium aquatics. Shoutout to premium aquatics for giving me a 20% off discount code just because I asked and there were no current promotions on Tropic Eden, excellent customer service and rock arrived 2 days later.
Pictures of how the scape is currently set up, appreciate any feedback. I am very happy with how this has turned out so far, used super glue and NYOS reef cement. The pictures dont capture the depth very well but super happy with the Tropic Eden rock, I went back and forth a lot between this and an Ecoscapes kit.
Thanks for looking, I will keep updating as I go along.
