My 90g build

[Justin Swinney]

Decided to do a build thread…unfortunately I thought about it 1 & 1/2 years into the tank running. So I guess I’ll do a picture dump with dates to show a timeline of things. Gonna search through my phone and get some photos in order and post shortly


Current Tank overview. 90g sps dominant reef

EQUIPMENT
Lighting-ATI 48” 8 bulb with 2 coral+ and 6 blue + bulbs/ 2 sbreef actinic led bars

Flow - 2 Icecap Gyres 3k controlled by hydros wavengine/ 2 ecotech MP40s

trigger triton 26 sump

Santa Monica HOG2 ATS

Pentair 25w UV

Bubble Magus Curve 5 elite skimmer

tunze osmolator

skimz QP6.0 return pump

Neptune ApexEL
-trident
-dos

avast marine kalk stirrer

DOSING
-brs pharma kalk - main source
-brs 2 part / tropic Marin hybrid

-brightwell coralmino
-kz flatworm stop and coral booster

 

[KingTideCorals]

Anytime is a good time! to start a thread! Looking forward to seeing the photo dump!

Keep the thread updated!

 

[Justin Swinney]

Started in May of 2019 with a diy stand and canopy with a basic 90g I got for free (and resealed with black silicon) and a 29g diy sump(which I later upgraded to the trigger triton sump but have no pictures of)

 

[Justin Swinney]

Tank cycled the first week of June 2019 so I started adding fish and inverts

 

[Justin Swinney]

Started adding coral in mid august of 19

 

[Justin Swinney]

And here are just some photos since then with corresponding dates

Jan 2020

March 2020

flame fin tang found a home in a friends tank to get this guy.

April 2020

 

[Justin Swinney]

April 2020

May 2020

my BC Rainbow Melon

June 2020 (1year since cycled)

July 2020

Big gap of no photos

my extremely aggressive black clown slowly killed my midas blenny and 3 anthias I can get rid of it though because I’ve had her for 6 years so I guess I won’t add new fish

October 2020

November 2020

 

[Justin Swinney]

January 2021
Some top down photos

 

[tritonpower]

April 2020

May 2020

my BC Rainbow Melon

June 2020 (1year since cycled)

July 2020

Big gap of no photos

my extremely aggressive black clown slowly killed my midas blenny and 3 anthias I can get rid of it though because I’ve had her for 6 years so I guess I won’t add new fish

October 2020

November 2020

looking great.

 

[Justin Swinney]

March 2021

 

[mckinleyw]

BEAUTIFUL!!!! Thanks for the thread. Im following this one now.

 

[Justin Swinney]

BEAUTIFUL!!!! Thanks for the thread. Im following this one now.

Thanks

 

[Justin Swinney]

April 2021

 

[reverc]

That’s looking good. Follow for sure

 

[Justin Swinney]

Some full light top down shots for April 21

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Following!! I love these photos!!

 

[Justin Swinney]

Following!! I love these photos!!

Thanks

 

[Justin Swinney]

Added an ozone generator this month really cleared up the water. Bought 24v dc solenoids from McMaster-Carr and wired them to a apex 1link cable so now the air line to my skimmer automatically switches between co2 scrubber and ozone generator as necessary. Loving the new level of water clarity though

 

[Justin Swinney]

Decided to add sand to the tank