POTO's 600g Reef/Freshwater Hybrid Aquarium Build

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We have made significant progress to the build. Although over the course of this build there were many curveballs thrown our way, the team pulled through together including working late nights over the past week as we completed the major bulk of the build, from plumbing to aquascaping, to allow us to fill the tank and get it up and running. There are still lots to do but we have come a long way since the start of this build. Here are some behind-the-scene progress pictures over the past week. Thank you for your patience.

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One of the major curveballs was the misalignment of the hole made relative to the stand, giving us minimal room to route pipes and wires. We made it work though.
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Planting the FW side while rockscaping the SW side.
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Neighbor to our aquarium. :)
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Yesterday the students along with the science faculty of the school came to our store to receive guidance on selecting their first livestock. William of POTO treated them to a brief overview of the hobby and a few tips on reefing 101. They were thrilled and guess what they picked out as their first fish?

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Guessing the triggerfish since one guys pointing at it and their unique swimming pattern? Also can we get a few more photos of that floating reef it looks awsome
 
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We added a few more fish and corals into the tank. Currently we have:

1x Yellow Tang
1x Bluejaw Trigger
1x Hippo Tang
1x Magnificent Foxface
1x Pyramid Butterfly
1x Lawnmower Blenny
1x Orange Shoulder Tang
1x Yellow Eye Kole
1x Pintail Fairy Wrasse
1x Watanabe Angel Female
5x clowns w/ their host BTA!

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Here's a video from today's feeding!

 

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I'm wanting to do something very similar, albeit on a much smaller scale.

Can you share how the freshwater side is filtered? Is that the small sump under the stand?
 
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I'm wanting to do something very similar, albeit on a much smaller scale.

Can you share how the freshwater side is filtered? Is that the small sump under the stand?

Nice! Let us know how it will come out. The sump under the stand is the filtration for the FW side. We used filter floss in the first chamber and filled the middle chamber with bio media.
 

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