Hi guys, it was nice to meet some of you at the meeting last week. For those I missed, sorry and hopefully we'll get to talk next meeting.
I wanted to start a thread to chronicle my tank setup. I'm getting back into the hobby after a few years out. Because this tank will be the first reef tank I will have set up since I got married and had a child, I'm aiming for this to be as quiet, automated, and safe as possible (and have as little sitting around outside the cabinet as i could).
Basic details:
Oceanic 30g cube (roughly 19 inches square - old style, not the new biocube) with custom stand and canopy
Ghost-style 12" overflow from Modular Marine on Ebay running Bean Animal style plumbing
One drilled return (was the old overflow) w/ 1/2" Loc-line
Sump: custom acrylic w/ built-in refugium
Return pump: Sicce 2.0 or Eheim compact 3000
Skimmer: Vertex Omega 130
Wavemaking: Maxspect Gyre 130
Lighting: Kessil 360W
Other filtration: two 4" filter socks, reactor running carbon +/- GFO
Automation: Neptune Apex
ATO: Osmolator running through a homemade Kalk reactor
Rock: all dry, a mixture of the Fiji I bought from Defective_Weeble and Pukani from BRS
Sand: Ocean Direct original grade
My aim for this tank is for a mixed reef, with some soft corals, LPS, and a few SPS. Livestock is still up in the air but will include a pair of clowns and a Randall's goby.
I'll update this thread with some pics soon. Thanks for coming along for the ride.
I wanted to start a thread to chronicle my tank setup. I'm getting back into the hobby after a few years out. Because this tank will be the first reef tank I will have set up since I got married and had a child, I'm aiming for this to be as quiet, automated, and safe as possible (and have as little sitting around outside the cabinet as i could).
Basic details:
Oceanic 30g cube (roughly 19 inches square - old style, not the new biocube) with custom stand and canopy
Ghost-style 12" overflow from Modular Marine on Ebay running Bean Animal style plumbing
One drilled return (was the old overflow) w/ 1/2" Loc-line
Sump: custom acrylic w/ built-in refugium
Return pump: Sicce 2.0 or Eheim compact 3000
Skimmer: Vertex Omega 130
Wavemaking: Maxspect Gyre 130
Lighting: Kessil 360W
Other filtration: two 4" filter socks, reactor running carbon +/- GFO
Automation: Neptune Apex
ATO: Osmolator running through a homemade Kalk reactor
Rock: all dry, a mixture of the Fiji I bought from Defective_Weeble and Pukani from BRS
Sand: Ocean Direct original grade
My aim for this tank is for a mixed reef, with some soft corals, LPS, and a few SPS. Livestock is still up in the air but will include a pair of clowns and a Randall's goby.
I'll update this thread with some pics soon. Thanks for coming along for the ride.
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