KyleWhitaker89
New Member
I've been a member here for some time now and have had a few reef aquarium in the past, but finally finished my dream tank and am ready to share the process!
My rendering of what the goal was...
Now that the planning was done...I needed to find a tank!
Ending up finding the tank and sump on craigslist for a steal...after a good cleaning I was on my way!
Now that I actually had the tank..it was time to begin the stand build!
Making some progress! Have the entire stand skinned and both electrical cabinet and storage cubbies finished!
Stand is stained!
Final tank test fit on the stand!
Canopy finished and background painted Dark Blue!
Fast foward a little bit....finally setting the tank up! Have some dry rock structures I built and live sand in so far!
Tank is up and running!
Decided to go with three full spectrum 165 watt LEDs...
I wanted to keep everything as clean as possible, so I dedicated the entire right side to the electrical and mounted all the controllers on the door that swings open for access.
What it looks like today!
Build Details:
125 Gallon Reef Ready Glass Aquarium
45 Gallon Reef Connect Sump
Custom Stand and Canopy
Mag 18 Return Pump
(2) Jebao RW-8 Wavemakers
Jebao DP-4 Dosing Pump
Tsunami AT1 w/Toms AquaLifter
Neptune Aqua Controller Jr
(3) Aquamaster Full Spectrum LEDs
SCA-302 Protein Skimmer
225-250 pounds of live rock
80 pounds of live sand
ESV Bionic 2 Part Dosing
Current Stock List:
Power Blue Tang
Yellow Tang
Hippo Tang
Naso Tang
Flame Angel
Midas Blenny
Sixline Wrasse
Royal Gramma
(2) Percula Clownfish
(8) Blue Green Chromis
Cleaner Shrimp
Clean up crew
Thanks for checking it out!
My rendering of what the goal was...
Now that the planning was done...I needed to find a tank!
Ending up finding the tank and sump on craigslist for a steal...after a good cleaning I was on my way!
Now that I actually had the tank..it was time to begin the stand build!
Making some progress! Have the entire stand skinned and both electrical cabinet and storage cubbies finished!
Stand is stained!
Final tank test fit on the stand!
Canopy finished and background painted Dark Blue!
Fast foward a little bit....finally setting the tank up! Have some dry rock structures I built and live sand in so far!
Tank is up and running!
Decided to go with three full spectrum 165 watt LEDs...
I wanted to keep everything as clean as possible, so I dedicated the entire right side to the electrical and mounted all the controllers on the door that swings open for access.
What it looks like today!
Build Details:
125 Gallon Reef Ready Glass Aquarium
45 Gallon Reef Connect Sump
Custom Stand and Canopy
Mag 18 Return Pump
(2) Jebao RW-8 Wavemakers
Jebao DP-4 Dosing Pump
Tsunami AT1 w/Toms AquaLifter
Neptune Aqua Controller Jr
(3) Aquamaster Full Spectrum LEDs
SCA-302 Protein Skimmer
225-250 pounds of live rock
80 pounds of live sand
ESV Bionic 2 Part Dosing
Current Stock List:
Power Blue Tang
Yellow Tang
Hippo Tang
Naso Tang
Flame Angel
Midas Blenny
Sixline Wrasse
Royal Gramma
(2) Percula Clownfish
(8) Blue Green Chromis
Cleaner Shrimp
Clean up crew
Thanks for checking it out!
