My reef tank build

[Stephen Richards]

hahah. okay where to start. I have been in the hobby with this tank for just over 2 years. I have done fresh water for years and threw some life changes I decided I was going to do saltwater.
Soo. I started saving, building and researching. (So much research o.0) long store short i thought I was prepared but Nothing beats experience.

I started with the Red sea reefer 425 XL V3

 

[Stephen Richards]

Start here

 

[Stephen Richards]

Maped everything out on my counter.
Honestly would have done the rock work way differently but I glued it so w/e you learn

 

[Stephen Richards]

All put together and the sand was to small and blew around the tank :( so much $ wasted

 

[BighohoReef]

Great start! Congratulations on the tank! Looking forward to seeing the finished product :)

 

[Stephen Richards]

Cycled. Did it correctly but should have also used mircobacter or something similar like vibrint

 

[Stephen Richards]

First coral I think i was 2 mouth in... way to soon!!!

 

[Stephen Richards]

Did Y manifold

 

[Stephen Richards]

 

[Stephen Richards]

Starting to establish

 

[WIReefer]

Looking great! Love the build nice scape! Keep it up

 

[Stephen Richards]

How it stands today.
What I've learned is patience with proactive Attention