New to R2R (Saving the Reef 225g at a time)

[SavetheReef]

Hey Guys my name is Rob and i have been into reefing for a little over 3 years.
I first started with a 20g with HOB one month later i got a 24g nano cube, 6 months later i got a 60g. After that i upgraded a couple more times to a 100g,125,180g and now currently a 225g.


This plan started off about 6 months ago. i started getting everything ready.
first this tank belonged to a fellow reefer. It's a 72L x30W x 24W Front Star fire front. Well the day i was going to pick up the tank from the guy the guys bringing it down from the 2nd floor cracked the tank on the front side and left side. So instead of junking the tank i decided to take it and recondition it. I got the front replace with new Star fire and the left with regular Glass. And since i was at it i got the whole tank stripped and resiliconed with black silicone.

My current Equipment list is as follows:
225g Visio Front Star Fire tank (corner dual 1.5 drains and dual 3/4 inch returns)
Custom sump 72g Refuge/Return/Skimmer
Bubble Master 250
72' Aquamedic 3 x 250w with 4 x 39w actinics (Phoenix 14k DE)
Reef Keeper Elite with moon controller
JBJ Auto Top off
300w Marineland Heater
Tunze Power heads

250 pounds of Fiji LR
40 pounds of Tonga Brank
30 pounds of Marshall Island
Corals are LPS and SPS

Fish list:
1 Vlamingi tang (6 inches long)
1 Sohal Tang (6 inches Long)
1 Yellow Tang (4 inches long)
1 Blue Hippo Tang (4.5 inches long)
1 Red sea Sail fin Tang (5 inches long)
1 Clarkii Clown
2 False percs
1 Magenta
5 Green Chromis
1 Yellow tail damsel
2 devil Damsel
Here are the pics of the broken tank:

 

[SavetheReef]

well 3 weeks later i got the tank back fully reconditioned:

 

[pakora]

nice pics!

 

[SavetheReef]

next came the stand. i picked up a stand from a local reefer. the stand was made for a 8 foot long tank by 24 inches wide and 42 inches tall.

But my tank was 6 feet long by 30 inches wide so some modifications needed to be done to the stand.
So this is what i started with:

 

[roshi719]

Looks nice!! Welcome to R2R by the way!!!!

 

[SavetheReef]

And this is the same stand just all chopped up and made it wider.

 

[Gimili the Great]

awesome, cant wait to see some water in it

 

[SavetheReef]

Then when a couple crazy reefers get together to lift 500 pounds of glass onto a 44 inch tall stand.

 

[SaraB]

Welcome to R2R and keep the pictures coming on this new project!

 

[SavetheReef]

Then added about 320 pounds of the Legenday Southdown Sand.

i let it sit like this for about one week.

 

[SavetheReef]

Well one week latter i moved all my rock and fish into a 4x4 pallet bin and had all my fish with about 300 pounds of Rock in the garage for 2 weeks. I did not loose a single fish and only lost one pink cap coral.
i dont have pictures of that though.
Then i transferred all my rock and corals into the new tank.

 

[SavetheReef]

here is my custom fabricated light rack that holds my Aquamedic fixture. its 3 x 250w and 4 x 39w actinics.

tank was getting clearer every day

 

[SavetheReef]

after it was running i decided to start up my fuge on the left side. i put in about 20 pounds of Miracle mud and added about 35 pounds of LR and some Cheatto.

 

[SavetheReef]

some pics of my Reef Keeper Elite

And some of my fish

 

[SavetheReef]

some more these pictures where taken about 1 month ago i need to take more

 

[SavetheReef]

my most recent addition to the tank was 1 week ago i got a Korallin Calcium Reactor

 

[SavetheReef]

Thanks guys/gals for the welcome. My next step is to work on the skin for my stand and then im done. I mean besides getting more corals

 

[MarvinsReef]

very very nice... ganda po...

should I move this to the tank thread?

 

[revhtree]

Awesome build thus far! I love an instant build! LOL! You basically just got a whole new tank! LOL!

 

[SavetheReef]

Salamat Marvin.

Yeah i did the whole build in about 3 weeks. I pretty much had everything planed in my head. After 5 upgrades its a piece of cake LOL. Just the other day my wife asked me are we going to upgrade again. i told her it we upgrade i am going to do an Inwall and move the tank to the garage. looks like she is thinking about it. But i really want to keep this where it is.