Originally I had planned on jumping in head first and getting a waterbox 270 or red sea XXL 900 but before I could even start there was a change of plan as a bowing wall in the basement is progressing quicker than anticipated. That meant my budget just plummeted and I needed to look at smaller or used setups, I chose used since I really don't like going small. I came across a marketplace post on here and was able to talk some friends into going with me 3 hours each way to pick it up.
Equipment:
Tank - 150 gallon SCA with Euro brace
Stand and canopy - custom plywood painted black.
Sump - Trigger platinum 39
Lighting - Razor X R5 300W LED
Skimmer - tbd, leaning towards Reef Octopus Regal 150int
Return Pump - Reef Octopus Varios 6
ATO - 10g acrylic with Tunze Osmolator 3155
Heater - 500W Finnex Titanium heaters
Powerheads - 2 x gyre icecap 2k
Controller - Apex
Tests - Red Sea Ca and Mg, Hanna Phos and UL Nitrite, plan on getting tests for NO3 and Alk but haven't decided on brand yet. Will probably get more test kits as well being a scientist I nerd out over data and testing. Bought the Red Sea Master Care test kit.
Equipment:
Tank - 150 gallon SCA with Euro brace
Stand and canopy - custom plywood painted black.
Sump - Trigger platinum 39
Lighting - Razor X R5 300W LED
Skimmer - tbd, leaning towards Reef Octopus Regal 150int
Return Pump - Reef Octopus Varios 6
ATO - 10g acrylic with Tunze Osmolator 3155
Heater - 500W Finnex Titanium heaters
Powerheads - 2 x gyre icecap 2k
Controller - Apex
Tests - Red Sea Ca and Mg, Hanna Phos and UL Nitrite, plan on getting tests for NO3 and Alk but haven't decided on brand yet. Will probably get more test kits as well being a scientist I nerd out over data and testing. Bought the Red Sea Master Care test kit.
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