BigBundee69
Community Member
Hey everyone,
This is my first tank and i figured if im gonna do this, you have to go big. I wanted to build this for my daughter who will be here in december and show her how amazing reefs are. Plus itll be a good night light as well as some entertainment and white noise for her. So i found a 75gallon tank and stand and than dove head first into all my different filter options. I really liked the idea of having a small ecosystem and filter with using a sump plus it will improve efficiency so i built mine using a 20 long and cut my own glass for the baffles. I also built my own overflow with some scraps to save a little bit of money but it looks like a frankenstein project but if it works it works;Happy My skimmer i found here on R2R which was the Reef octo xp1000SSS and for my return i have the Jebao3500. I am using a 2in drain pipe so hopefully nothing will block it up. Just received my first round of rocks and think that was the most painful financially due to them...well just being rocks;Playful. But who says your to old to play with rocks;Joyful i wanted to try and incorporate and use some rocks that look like coquina rock which is mainly found in FL where im from just for aesthetic purposes plus theyre super porous. Right now i have a small powerhead coming in for mixing salt and an ATO so one step at a time. If you come across this post. Thanks for reading ;Happy;Happy;Happy
This is my first tank and i figured if im gonna do this, you have to go big. I wanted to build this for my daughter who will be here in december and show her how amazing reefs are. Plus itll be a good night light as well as some entertainment and white noise for her. So i found a 75gallon tank and stand and than dove head first into all my different filter options. I really liked the idea of having a small ecosystem and filter with using a sump plus it will improve efficiency so i built mine using a 20 long and cut my own glass for the baffles. I also built my own overflow with some scraps to save a little bit of money but it looks like a frankenstein project but if it works it works;Happy My skimmer i found here on R2R which was the Reef octo xp1000SSS and for my return i have the Jebao3500. I am using a 2in drain pipe so hopefully nothing will block it up. Just received my first round of rocks and think that was the most painful financially due to them...well just being rocks;Playful. But who says your to old to play with rocks;Joyful i wanted to try and incorporate and use some rocks that look like coquina rock which is mainly found in FL where im from just for aesthetic purposes plus theyre super porous. Right now i have a small powerhead coming in for mixing salt and an ATO so one step at a time. If you come across this post. Thanks for reading ;Happy;Happy;Happy
