l‘m now 2 weeks into my cycle and things are looking great so I decided to start a build thread. I’ve been wanting to have A saltwater tank since college but never had the guts (or money, or funds) to take the leap. Seven years ago I started doing research in earnest. The first picture I saw of a sump scared the crap out of me however that just got me more interested. I fortunately found BRS’s 52 weeks of reefing and realized that if I was going to go down this path that a reef tank was what I wanted not just a FOWLR (now that I understood what they were). I must give Ryan at BRS a huge thanks for what I consider to be a college course in reefing. I‘ve watched just about all of their other videos as well and have been reading everything I could get my hands on. Two years ago I decided to start buying equipment for my build. It‘s a great way to not go broke when getting into reefing, but I did run into one piece of equipment that was end of life by the time I got it out of the box. None the less, it all worked.
So, I decided to get a tank as big as would fit in my house without having to build in additional support. I debated a lot but finally went with RedSea after seeing the modifications they put into the g2. I ran into a problem right away with delivery as I have a steep 100’ driveway and they would only deliver to the bottom. I was fortunate to find a new local fish store who I could buy through who would deliver directly to my house. MC Aquatics was fantastic! They brought it directly to my living room. This allowed me to line up the hole in the tank with the hole I needed to make in the wall to run lines to the basement. Here is a picture of that. I’ll add more to this later. I don’t want to bore you with it all just yet. Thanks to all that have provided advice and counsel over the past few years. It’s much appreciated!
So, I decided to get a tank as big as would fit in my house without having to build in additional support. I debated a lot but finally went with RedSea after seeing the modifications they put into the g2. I ran into a problem right away with delivery as I have a steep 100’ driveway and they would only deliver to the bottom. I was fortunate to find a new local fish store who I could buy through who would deliver directly to my house. MC Aquatics was fantastic! They brought it directly to my living room. This allowed me to line up the hole in the tank with the hole I needed to make in the wall to run lines to the basement. Here is a picture of that. I’ll add more to this later. I don’t want to bore you with it all just yet. Thanks to all that have provided advice and counsel over the past few years. It’s much appreciated!