Hi everyone,
I am starting to make progress with my largest setup thus far so I wanted to document my progress. I have had saltwater reefs for about 10 years now but have always had nano setups, my largest being a BioCube 29g and my smallest a 7g rimless. I have always loved nano tanks as we were living in an apartment and it was simple and cheaper. We bought a house now and I have been working at home for 3 years so it is past time to get a decent sized setup in my office. My office is right next to the mechanical room in our basement so I will have the sump in there. I am planning on drilling the tank peninsula style but it will set up along the wall as my desk in the middle of the room and I don't have room for the footprint of the tank, but I want to have that option in the future and I love the look of peninsula tanks. I will at least be using "furniture grade" PVC so the plumbing isn't such an eyesore. I have started the cycle in the sump since I have not built the stand for the display yet. Will be using 3/4" plywood for that. Also a lot of the basement and house is going through renovations so progress is a little slow.
Some of the equipment:
- 40B sump
- Fiji Cube Triton DIY sump kit
- Fiji Cube overflow
- 36" AquaticLife Hybrid with 3 AI Primes
- Probably MP10s for flow, have one currently
- Tunze 3155 ATO
- Reef Octopus 150sss
- AI Prime Fuge
Some pics of where I am so far as well as my current nano (Fluval Evo) and my prior setup (Mr. Aqua 22g):
I am starting to make progress with my largest setup thus far so I wanted to document my progress. I have had saltwater reefs for about 10 years now but have always had nano setups, my largest being a BioCube 29g and my smallest a 7g rimless. I have always loved nano tanks as we were living in an apartment and it was simple and cheaper. We bought a house now and I have been working at home for 3 years so it is past time to get a decent sized setup in my office. My office is right next to the mechanical room in our basement so I will have the sump in there. I am planning on drilling the tank peninsula style but it will set up along the wall as my desk in the middle of the room and I don't have room for the footprint of the tank, but I want to have that option in the future and I love the look of peninsula tanks. I will at least be using "furniture grade" PVC so the plumbing isn't such an eyesore. I have started the cycle in the sump since I have not built the stand for the display yet. Will be using 3/4" plywood for that. Also a lot of the basement and house is going through renovations so progress is a little slow.
Some of the equipment:
- 40B sump
- Fiji Cube Triton DIY sump kit
- Fiji Cube overflow
- 36" AquaticLife Hybrid with 3 AI Primes
- Probably MP10s for flow, have one currently
- Tunze 3155 ATO
- Reef Octopus 150sss
- AI Prime Fuge
Some pics of where I am so far as well as my current nano (Fluval Evo) and my prior setup (Mr. Aqua 22g):
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