Michelle's waterbox 190.5

[Miclmcorallover]

So, I am pretty new to reef keeping even though I grew up with a salt water aquarium. But wow, have things changed since I was a kid. I have always wanted a reef tank but was a bit nervous. So, just last summer I had started with a fresh water tank. That evolved into another fresh water, which evolved into shrimp tanks, which then evolved into breeding shrimp and this went on till I had 34 freshwater tanks. Then, my husband encouraged me to take the leap into salt water. Well, here we are a little over a year later and we will be setting up our 5th salt water tank. This one is going to be my baby. I have been planning and saving for a while, and of course credit helps.

My tank is a waterbox infinia reef 190.5. I worked on getting all the equipment prior to the tank so when I got the tank I was ready to set it up. Even outlined the tank on paper so I could prepare my scape. That was time consuming, trying to keep in mind where I want to put corals and making sure I would be able to have good flow throughout the tank.

So my equipment list consists of:
waterbox infinia 190.5
Carribean Live Sand
Reef salt
Mixture of marco rock and life rock
hydros controller
sicce sdc 9.0 pump
4 power heads
Syncra SDC 9.0 WiFi Controllable Pump
hybrid- 4 t5 and 3 radion rx30 g6 pro blue led
hydros ato
quantum 220 skimmer
heater
ref light
uv
carbon and gfo reactor
co2 scrubber
mesh lid

We also already have a RODI and lots of buckets for all those fun water changes.

I think that is all. Here are a few pictures of my prep. Will post more another time.

 

[pochaxoo]

I like your aquascape and think those separate rocks will make for nice places to mount coral that can take over.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

So, I am pretty new to reef keeping even though I grew up with a salt water aquarium. But wow, have things changed since I was a kid. I have always wanted a reef tank but was a bit nervous. So, just last summer I had started with a fresh water tank. That evolved into another fresh water, which evolved into shrimp tanks, which then evolved into breeding shrimp and this went on till I had 34 freshwater tanks. Then, my husband encouraged me to take the leap into salt water. Well, here we are a little over a year later and we will be setting up our 5th salt water tank. This one is going to be my baby. I have been planning and saving for a while, and of course credit helps.

My tank is a waterbox infinia reef 190.5. I worked on getting all the equipment prior to the tank so when I got the tank I was ready to set it up. Even outlined the tank on paper so I could prepare my scape. That was time consuming, trying to keep in mind where I want to put corals and making sure I would be able to have good flow throughout the tank.

So my equipment list consists of:
waterbox infinia 190.5
Carribean Live Sand
Reef salt
Mixture of marco rock and life rock
hydros controller
sicce sdc 9.0 pump
4 power heads
Syncra SDC 9.0 WiFi Controllable Pump
hybrid- 4 t5 and 3 radion rx30 g6 pro blue led
hydros ato
quantum 220 skimmer
heater
ref light
uv
carbon and gfo reactor
co2 scrubber
mesh lid

We also already have a RODI and lots of buckets for all those fun water changes.

I think that is all. Here are a few pictures of my prep. Will post more another time.

Nice looking aquascape!

 

[Miclmcorallover]

All set up and cycling. I am in love.

 

[Miclmcorallover]

Nice looking aquascape!

thank you, spent a few days on it

 

[Miclmcorallover]

I like your aquascape and think those separate rocks will make for nice places to mount coral that can take over.

thank you, yes, I am planning lots of corals

 

[Reefer_kano]

That's going to be a sweet set up, definitely following.

 

[Mikeltee]

All set up and cycling. I am in love.

Yea great job on the scape!

 

[Miclmcorallover]

Yea great job on the scape!

thank you.

 

[Miclmcorallover]

Updated pic. Added a few corals.

 

[Mikeltee]

Lol

 

[Mikeltee]

Would you guys say that this is an issue with my scoly? It looked like this since day 1 and at the LFS.

Here's my elusive Mandarin on the hunt right after Lights out.

 

[Mikeltee]

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[Miclmcorallover]

Would you guys say that this is an issue with my scoly? It looked like this since day 1 and at the LFS.

Here's my elusive Mandarin on the hunt right after Lights out.

that scoly looks kinda rough. still alive but looks like it is needing some tlc
love the mandarin, one of my fav fish