Papi's reef tank thread 187gal+

[Papi Sanchez]

What's up fellow reefers
I'm still kinda new to the salt life I'm three years deep still wet behind the ears lol
Current setup 125gal

Hob overflow pf1800 w/2 1-1/2 u tubes

75 gal sump ends up being 62gals

20gal top off tank

30gal qt

Return pump jabeo dcs12000

40 watt uvsterilizer

2 reactors gfo/carbon

Brains of the op-Neptune apex w/eb4

Jabeo powerheads 2 pp8

Top off-tunze 3155

Lighting kessil a360n tuna blue

Heater 800w finnex titanium

 

[Papi Sanchez]

 

[Papi Sanchez]

Started on 2/5/17 cycled tank in just under 25 days with some help from bottles of bacteria
And now 8 months later I'm going to be adding a deep blue 60gal rimless frag tank to the system should be fun

 

[Papi Sanchez]

Stand is half ads built for today finishing touches tomorrow and hopefully some plumbing getting done

 

[Papi Sanchez]

And this is why I'm in the doghouse this week with the old lady chaos in my kitchen

 

[Papi Sanchez]

Some plumbing shots I decided to go with a 1 inch feed line instead of 3/4 mainly because I already had the plumbing pieces and 2 I didn't want to boost up the pressure that much going from 1.25 to .75 kept it quite simple I added a one way valve just Incas we loose power I don't need everything draining back to the sump definelty would be buried in the yard

 

[Papi Sanchez]

so it's finally filled with a couple frags in the tank racks are on ordered and custom shroom boxes are being made can't wait to have everything in place keep following guys for updates

 

[TUSI]

Looks great. You are on the right track

 

[Papi Sanchez]

Thank you I'm trying my butt off and it's totally worth it so far

Looks great. You are on the right track

 

[Papi Sanchez]

Update the frag tank has been up and running for a lil while now and seems to be getting filled quicker than I thought which is great enjoy

 

[Papi Sanchez]

Just got in some awesome custom mushroom boxes made by clear water aquariums and he did a great job they are 10x8x3