sooo.... first time ever doing any kind of build log on a forum, so we'll see how this goes.
Been in the aquarium hobby a few years now. Started mostly with the "went to petco, got a tank and fish" mistake, excitedly called a friend who's been in the hobby many years, and quickly learned I was doing everything wrong. Over the next couple years, I got very heavily into high tech nano/pico freshwater planted aquariums, and while I had some that didnt work out, I had some (one especially) that just worked and I enjoyed that success for a few years - bred blue velvet shrimp in it, had some tetras, clown killis etc. End of last year - same friend offered me a bunch of frags, a tank, sand, etc if I wanted to do saltwater. Over the next couple months, did way too much research ordered a Waterbox Cube 10 for a really good price, got a kessil A80 tuna blue, and got to work. Ive had that tank now just over a year, and shipping this week is my new Waterbox Marine X 90.3. I've spent the last many months ordering parts (had a red sea reefer 250 I bought used that I was going to set up, decided to sell that and order the Waterbox), so heres the list of what I have so far, and where I plan to go! Ill update with photos once I have time to take some decent ones and start getting things more assembled. Currently most things are scattered in our "fish room" awaiting the new tanks arrival.
Main Tank:
Been in the aquarium hobby a few years now. Started mostly with the "went to petco, got a tank and fish" mistake, excitedly called a friend who's been in the hobby many years, and quickly learned I was doing everything wrong. Over the next couple years, I got very heavily into high tech nano/pico freshwater planted aquariums, and while I had some that didnt work out, I had some (one especially) that just worked and I enjoyed that success for a few years - bred blue velvet shrimp in it, had some tetras, clown killis etc. End of last year - same friend offered me a bunch of frags, a tank, sand, etc if I wanted to do saltwater. Over the next couple months, did way too much research ordered a Waterbox Cube 10 for a really good price, got a kessil A80 tuna blue, and got to work. Ive had that tank now just over a year, and shipping this week is my new Waterbox Marine X 90.3. I've spent the last many months ordering parts (had a red sea reefer 250 I bought used that I was going to set up, decided to sell that and order the Waterbox), so heres the list of what I have so far, and where I plan to go! Ill update with photos once I have time to take some decent ones and start getting things more assembled. Currently most things are scattered in our "fish room" awaiting the new tanks arrival.
Main Tank:
- Waterbox Marine X 90.3
- (2) Kessil A360WE w/Gooseneck (already owned/gifted the mounts, will upgrade to rigid mounts later)
- (2) AI Nero 3 - considering adding a Nero 5 as well
- AquaForest AF Rock (will be held together w/ E-Marco 400 (pink))
- MarinePure Ceramic Biomedia 1 1/2” Spheres
- CaribSea Fiji Pink Sand
- Reef Octopus Octo Sump 24 (bought this when I had the Reefer 250 and found that it had come with a leaky sump, decided to keep it for this build as well)
- Reef Octopus Varios-4
- Reef Octopus Classic 110SSS
- Skimz MBR127 Macro Algae Reactor
- Klir DI-4 Filter Roller
- Tunze Osmolator 3155 ATO
- Going custom with red PVC with dark grey fittings
- BRS 200W heater+controller
- Custom made by stacking two 26 gallon tanks from Tractor Supply Co. in a closet in the same room as the main tank. Ran a cold water line into the closet under the house to directly connect the RODI system, and added a drain line from the closet to out the side of the house for the RODI flush.
- I'll be following EatSleepReef's recent tutorial on the retractable hose so I can easily fill my tank during water changes, and will use a Python hose to pull water out of the tank and into the bathroom sink in the same main living area.
- BRS 5 Stage Premium RODI system
- Hydor Seltz D 750 GPH Pump
- (2) Clowns - one is a designer, no clue what kind though
- handful of snails
- Elephant Sea Slug (if I can find him in the current tank)
- handful of rock flower nems if I can get the to unleash themselves from their current rocks
- A few hammers (gold, pink and green tip)
- purple tip frogspawn
- bi-color frogspawn
- green plate coral
- superman blasto (I think)
- unknown acan
- couple of unknown clove polyp's
- few different leathers
- (1) Yellow Eye Kole or TominiTang
- (1) Fairy Wrasse
- (1) Firefish
- (1) Basslet
- (1) goby/shrimp pair
- (?) Peppermint Shrimp
- (?) blue legged hermit crabs
- (?) tiger conch snails
- (?) nassarius snails
- (?) variety of other snails maybe
- What else should I look into adding?
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