I guess it's time for me to create my own build thread. This will be my fourth reef tank over the last 10 years (third if you don't count one crashing and then restarting from scratch) and I've been keeping fish for almost 20 years now. I recently just purchased a used 75-gallon tank with a 40-gallon breeder sump and I'm excited to transfer over my existing 30g reef tank into it eventually.
Update
2023-07-28 Tank in final place
2023-07-11 Aquascape
2023-08-12 Tank Transfer
2023-08-30 New Fish (Blue Tang, Foxface, Royal Gramma)
Hardware
75-gallon reef ready seapora tank
40-gallon breeder sump with the fiji cube sump kit.
2 AI prime 16HD lights
2 noopsyche k7 v3
Tunze osmolator nano ATO
Inkbird heater controller, dual 250w heaters
RODI setup
Pumps:
* 2x Jebao DCP-3500 return
*Jebao SOW-8
* AI Nero 3
* 2x AI Nero 7
Stocking
* 2 Ocellaris Clownfish (transferred from existing office)
* Some sort of school of 5 or 6, chromis or firefish?
* Eventually I'd like a mandarin, I've always wanted one but not for the first year or two.
* What else should I put in here? I'd love a larger fish but not sure what would work well.
Plan
* Clean up office to get ready for the new tank lol
* Clean the 75 gallon, stand and sump, repaint stand.
* Leak test
* Move tank downstairs to resting place, fill with sand, create most of the rock structure
* Transfer over rocks, existing live stock and coral, move over equipment from existing tank
* Test params, lots of water changes early on
* Enjoy
Questions
* Do I need another light on this tank?
* More powerheads?
* Is the Tunze nano ATO enough for ~100 gallons of water?
Aquascape
Here's my current thinking for the aquascape. Would love to hear people's thoughts. The idea is that the left side will be fairly low down, Hammer and Torches in the back, with a zoa garden in the front. Then on the right side I want to create some sort of overhang, have SPS on top and other encrusting LPS on the bottom. Then I've got a favia colony and GSP rock that I want to put in the middle. Goal is to have a lot of negative space to allow for fish swimming while still providing places to hide on the right.
Existing Tank
It's a 30g display with a 10g sump, approximately 2 years old. Going to transfer livestock and some of the rocks to the sump/display tank of the new one.
Update
2023-07-28 Tank in final place
2023-07-11 Aquascape
2023-08-12 Tank Transfer
2023-08-30 New Fish (Blue Tang, Foxface, Royal Gramma)
Hardware
75-gallon reef ready seapora tank
40-gallon breeder sump with the fiji cube sump kit.
2 AI prime 16HD lights
2 noopsyche k7 v3
Tunze osmolator nano ATO
Inkbird heater controller, dual 250w heaters
RODI setup
Pumps:
* 2x Jebao DCP-3500 return
*
* AI Nero 3
* 2x AI Nero 7
Stocking
* 2 Ocellaris Clownfish (transferred from existing office)
* Some sort of school of 5 or 6, chromis or firefish?
* Eventually I'd like a mandarin, I've always wanted one but not for the first year or two.
* What else should I put in here? I'd love a larger fish but not sure what would work well.
Plan
* Clean up office to get ready for the new tank lol
* Clean the 75 gallon, stand and sump, repaint stand.
* Leak test
* Move tank downstairs to resting place, fill with sand, create most of the rock structure
* Transfer over rocks, existing live stock and coral, move over equipment from existing tank
* Test params, lots of water changes early on
* Enjoy
Questions
* Do I need another light on this tank?
* More powerheads?
* Is the Tunze nano ATO enough for ~100 gallons of water?
Aquascape
Here's my current thinking for the aquascape. Would love to hear people's thoughts. The idea is that the left side will be fairly low down, Hammer and Torches in the back, with a zoa garden in the front. Then on the right side I want to create some sort of overhang, have SPS on top and other encrusting LPS on the bottom. Then I've got a favia colony and GSP rock that I want to put in the middle. Goal is to have a lot of negative space to allow for fish swimming while still providing places to hide on the right.
Existing Tank
It's a 30g display with a 10g sump, approximately 2 years old. Going to transfer livestock and some of the rocks to the sump/display tank of the new one.
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