***11-24-23 updates on page 6***
Well after 7 years of having a 29 gallon and 75 gallon and being in my new home for the last 5 years, I’ve decided to put the finishing touch on my man cave and add a 310 gallon Planet Aquarium reef ready tank in it. I started this project back in mid-late August of this year and have been slowly getting things together for it and am currently in the process of finishing my DIY wood stand for it so I can finally move the tank from my garage where it’s been sitting for 2 months and into my basement man cave.
The plan is for it to be a mixed reef with mostly LPS and softies but will give a shot at keeping some of the easier to keep SPS such as birdsnest and monti and see how it goes. Have only tried keeping a birdsnest in my 75g which is still small on a frag plug right now.
My first project after I ordered the tank through my LFS was putting together a saltwater mixing station, I managed to score a pair of 65 gallon water storage tanks off Facebook and had an old Lifegard QuietOne 6000 laying around not being used. And I upgraded my old RO Buddie rodi unit to the BRS 100gpd 4 stage rodi unit with a float valve. I know in the photo I have a brass hose attachment on it for running a hose if need be, that was temporary, I had to order a pvc hose attachment fitting because Home Depot by me didn’t have anything like that.
One thing I’m trying to do with this build is have this setup as fully automated as I possibly can. There is still a lot I don’t know and am still learning but I’m hoping with all of you here, the fb groups and my LFS I’ll be able to get this build set up right and as best as it can be.
***UPDATE CORAL POST on 11/5/22 on page 5***
***NEW FISH UPDATE 10-18-22(see last post of thread)***
***September 17,2022 UPDATE***
****Labor Day Weekend 2022 Update****
***Pics of the build as of mid-July 2022***
Well after 7 years of having a 29 gallon and 75 gallon and being in my new home for the last 5 years, I’ve decided to put the finishing touch on my man cave and add a 310 gallon Planet Aquarium reef ready tank in it. I started this project back in mid-late August of this year and have been slowly getting things together for it and am currently in the process of finishing my DIY wood stand for it so I can finally move the tank from my garage where it’s been sitting for 2 months and into my basement man cave.
The plan is for it to be a mixed reef with mostly LPS and softies but will give a shot at keeping some of the easier to keep SPS such as birdsnest and monti and see how it goes. Have only tried keeping a birdsnest in my 75g which is still small on a frag plug right now.
My first project after I ordered the tank through my LFS was putting together a saltwater mixing station, I managed to score a pair of 65 gallon water storage tanks off Facebook and had an old Lifegard QuietOne 6000 laying around not being used. And I upgraded my old RO Buddie rodi unit to the BRS 100gpd 4 stage rodi unit with a float valve. I know in the photo I have a brass hose attachment on it for running a hose if need be, that was temporary, I had to order a pvc hose attachment fitting because Home Depot by me didn’t have anything like that.
One thing I’m trying to do with this build is have this setup as fully automated as I possibly can. There is still a lot I don’t know and am still learning but I’m hoping with all of you here, the fb groups and my LFS I’ll be able to get this build set up right and as best as it can be.
***UPDATE CORAL POST on 11/5/22 on page 5***
***NEW FISH UPDATE 10-18-22(see last post of thread)***
***September 17,2022 UPDATE***
****Labor Day Weekend 2022 Update****
***Pics of the build as of mid-July 2022***
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