Hey everyone,
I have wanted to start my own saltwater reef tank for a while now, and with the wife finally given me the go ahead, I wanted a place where I can post my progress and updates as well as get some advice along the way. First things first, the tank is planning on going into our living room so I wanted to make sure that not only did I have a great looking stand but a matching Canopy as well. I decided to go the route of building my own stand. Now let me start by saying I am most defiantly an armature carpenter. I have been working on the stand and Canopy for the last 4-5 weeks on the weekend as time permits. I have posted a series of pictures so you can see how it has progressed. I must say I am very happy with how it has turned out so far and please feel free to post your thoughts on it. I plan on starting to prime and paint the stand this weekend hopefully. Once it has been fully painted/seal and I have an electrical come and put a dedicated breaker onto the outlet I will be using, my buddies and I will move it into the house, start setting up the equipment, plumbing etc.
Speaking of equipment below is the fully list of equipment I plan on buying. If you have any thoughts on the equipment by all means let me know (good or bad).
I have wanted to start my own saltwater reef tank for a while now, and with the wife finally given me the go ahead, I wanted a place where I can post my progress and updates as well as get some advice along the way. First things first, the tank is planning on going into our living room so I wanted to make sure that not only did I have a great looking stand but a matching Canopy as well. I decided to go the route of building my own stand. Now let me start by saying I am most defiantly an armature carpenter. I have been working on the stand and Canopy for the last 4-5 weeks on the weekend as time permits. I have posted a series of pictures so you can see how it has progressed. I must say I am very happy with how it has turned out so far and please feel free to post your thoughts on it. I plan on starting to prime and paint the stand this weekend hopefully. Once it has been fully painted/seal and I have an electrical come and put a dedicated breaker onto the outlet I will be using, my buddies and I will move it into the house, start setting up the equipment, plumbing etc.
Speaking of equipment below is the fully list of equipment I plan on buying. If you have any thoughts on the equipment by all means let me know (good or bad).
- Apex Aquarium Controller
- 2x Netputne Systems Wav pump (4000 GPH)
- 2x Reefbreeder Photon v2 32 inch
- Apex Cor-20 Return pump
- Leviathan Reef Sump 36
- Leviathan ATO10 10 Gallon Auto Top Off Container
- Skimz SM167 Monzter DC Protein Skimmer
- Smart UV 25 Watt UV Sterilizer
- BRS 6 Stage RODI 75 gallon/day
- Neptune ATK Auto Top Off
- BRS Dual Carbon & GFO Reactor with Pump
- 2x Jager 300w Heater
- Apex FMK Flow monitoring Kit
- 2x Apex Leak Detection
