The Setup:
- Used 50 gal. plexi tank and stand. Was already used as a closed loop setup with holes predrilled for drain and return.
- Added a 700 GPH aquarium overflow box-surface skimmer
- Used sump tank for $60 on Facebook marketplace
- Two 4" ring slots for a 14" and 8" long filter socks
- Will replace the 8" sock with a filter media cup filled with coral rubble and disposable filter floss
- Bubble Magus BM-Curve 5 Protein Skimmer - (New)
- Currently running Jebao DCP - 5000 Sine Wave return pump - originally started with a Sicce Syncra SDC 6.0 Controllable DC pump that died after less than a months use. Took almost a month to get a replacement from Sicce. Jebao DCP - 5000 Sine Wave return pump bought from Amazon was emergency buy to keep tank running. Still going strong!
- 300 watt submersible steel heater
- Current USA Orbit Marine LED Aquarium Light w/ LOOP Wireless Control with Timer (no longer using) - replaced 6/9/21 with 2 used AI Prime HD puck lights
- Current USA eFlux Accessory Wave Pump, 660 GPH | Ultra Quiet, Compact Size
- Current USA eFlux Accessory Wave Pump, 1,050 GPH | Ultra Quiet, Compact Size,
- Current USA 1685 eFlux Wave Pump Manifold HUB
- ReefBreeders - Auto top off
- 5 Asteria snails, 10 nassarius snails, 2 turbo snails, and 4 trochus snails
- 2 cleaner shrimp and 1 Peppermint shrimp
- 1 Royal Gamma
- 1 Tailspot Blenny
- 2 Clownfish - 1 Extreme Snowflake and 1 Extreme Picaso
- 4 Gobies - 2 Firefish, a Court Jester (aka. Rainford's Goby) and a Mandarin
- Various Zoas
- 5 Non - high end torches
- Neon Toadstool
- 3 Acans
- Blue/green Nephthea
- Neon green Nephthea
- Neon green Neptia
- Various Mushrooms
- 2 SPS coral names unknown
- Red goniopora
- Green goniopora
- Blue Trumpet
- Neon green candy cane
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