I guess this will be the official introduction for myself and my tank to R2R. It won’t really be a build thread since the tank already exists, but I’ll cover some of the build in here as well.
Here are a couple of pics of the tank
To start with, I am definitely a tech and automation junkie. Maybe I’m just lazy, but if something can be automated so I don’t have to do it, then I’m absolutely going to automate it.
My tank is run by my apex and the apex does everything from controlling the lights, temp, and pumps to feeding the fish, dosing two part, auto top off and auto water change. It even pumps my skimmate into the drain and automatically turns on my RODI filter to refill my ATO reservoir and NSW reservoir when they run low.
The only tasks I need to routinely do are cleaning the glass, refilling the auto feeders and dosing containers and adding salt to the NSW reservoir after the apex refills it. I can literally go days or even weeks without having to spend a minute on the tank if I don’t want to.
I’ll spend a lot of time covering the automation in this thread since I think that’s part of what makes my tank unique, but before we get there I’ll show you the rooms where the tank lives and some of the pics from when it was getting built.
The tank is installed in the wall between my living room and my dining room so it’s visible from both rooms. Here’s the tank from the living room:
And the other side of the tank from the dining room:
I love having so much of the tank visible it gives me two large areas to put corals and it keeps the fish and inverts out in the open because there really aren’t any rocks that they can hide behind. If you have the option to make both sides of your tank visible then I highly recommend it.
Here are a couple of pics of the tank
To start with, I am definitely a tech and automation junkie. Maybe I’m just lazy, but if something can be automated so I don’t have to do it, then I’m absolutely going to automate it.
My tank is run by my apex and the apex does everything from controlling the lights, temp, and pumps to feeding the fish, dosing two part, auto top off and auto water change. It even pumps my skimmate into the drain and automatically turns on my RODI filter to refill my ATO reservoir and NSW reservoir when they run low.
The only tasks I need to routinely do are cleaning the glass, refilling the auto feeders and dosing containers and adding salt to the NSW reservoir after the apex refills it. I can literally go days or even weeks without having to spend a minute on the tank if I don’t want to.
I’ll spend a lot of time covering the automation in this thread since I think that’s part of what makes my tank unique, but before we get there I’ll show you the rooms where the tank lives and some of the pics from when it was getting built.
The tank is installed in the wall between my living room and my dining room so it’s visible from both rooms. Here’s the tank from the living room:
And the other side of the tank from the dining room:
I love having so much of the tank visible it gives me two large areas to put corals and it keeps the fish and inverts out in the open because there really aren’t any rocks that they can hide behind. If you have the option to make both sides of your tank visible then I highly recommend it.