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After 3 years and 1000s of hours of youtube researching (I think I have watched every BRS video available) and learning coral reef biology with my mixed reef 65 gallon tank I have started my next reef project. I feel like Ryan and Randy are family!! I have purchased the Waterbox Reef XL 270.6. It is a 6' 200 gallon display tank with 65 gallon sump. The tank will be delivered in late December but the build project will last 4-6 months. I am pretty detail oriented but there are so many variables with these builds. I could really use the help of the community so I don't make mistakes that are hard to recover from. I am going to install in my office. Next steps:
- Build a wall in the crawl space under floor to support the 2000 pounds of water weight (contractor hired)
- Run dedicated 20amp circuit to backup generator sub panel
- Run all dosing lines and infrastructure from current fish room to new tank.
- Start building aquascape with 150 pounds of marcorock!
Hardware bought so far:
1. 3 Neptune Sky lights
2. Custom light bar from 80/20
3. K2 Kalk reactor - I want to replace 2 part dosing
4. Neptune GRO light
5. 150 pounds of Marco Rock
6. COR 20 return pump
7. Another Neptune DOS
Bringing over from old 65 gallon tank:
1. Apex
2. Neptune Trident
3. Neptune ATK
4. 3 Neptune DOS (1 waterchange, two part, Amino, Nitrate)
This is going to be a lot of work but fun build process! I could use everyones advice (positive and negative)
- Build a wall in the crawl space under floor to support the 2000 pounds of water weight (contractor hired)
- Run dedicated 20amp circuit to backup generator sub panel
- Run all dosing lines and infrastructure from current fish room to new tank.
- Start building aquascape with 150 pounds of marcorock!
Hardware bought so far:
1. 3 Neptune Sky lights
2. Custom light bar from 80/20
3. K2 Kalk reactor - I want to replace 2 part dosing
4. Neptune GRO light
5. 150 pounds of Marco Rock
6. COR 20 return pump
7. Another Neptune DOS
Bringing over from old 65 gallon tank:
1. Apex
2. Neptune Trident
3. Neptune ATK
4. 3 Neptune DOS (1 waterchange, two part, Amino, Nitrate)
This is going to be a lot of work but fun build process! I could use everyones advice (positive and negative)
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