My First Build - 75g Mixed Reef

kmarcz1983

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Hello! I'm new to R2R and thought I would share my first adventure in saltwater. Started the build right before Xmas last year. The tank was donated by a friend and the rest of the equipment I accumulated over a few months before I set everything up. Apologies in advance, I'm a horrible photographer!

Equipment:
75 gallon glass tank + stand
Eshopps PF-300 overflow box
Coralife Super Skimmer 125g
Aqua-Mag 7 return pump
2x wavemakers 1300 GPH (forget the brand)
Eshopps RS300 2nd gen Sump/Refugium


Livestock:
2 snowflake clownfish
1 yellow tang
1 cherub pygmy angelfish
1 diamond goby
1 peppermint shrimp
1 frogspawn
1 bubble coral
1 trachy
1 purple long tentacle
60 lbs LR
80 lbs LS


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First pic of the tank, the sump below is the original one I built myself and quickly realized an adequate protein skimmer for a 75g tank would not fit.

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One of my wavemakers that puts out 1300 GPH.

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Fully plumbed and ready to go.

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Sand added and new lids in place.

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Refugium up and going...

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This is picture is from about 3 weeks ago, I've added some LR and LS as of late. Also added a pulsing xenia, metallic blue mushroom colony, trumpet coral (about 6 heads) and 1 rhodactis frag.
 

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