Hello all! New to the forum, and relatively new to the hobby. This will be my second tank after a catastrophic failure the first time around. My goal with this tank will be pretty much 100% automation since I travel quite a bit.
Here is the build as she sits now, dry as can be.
The build is as follows:
Innovative Marine SR80
2x Kesisl A360W
Full Apex controller - AFS/ALD/WXM/PM2/LSM/BOB
1 Ecotech VorTech MP40
EcoTech battery backup
2x Innovative Marine mid-size media reactors running BRS ROX carbon and BRS HC GFO
Innovative Marine Ghost Skimmer
2x Cobalt 150W Neo-Therm
Tunze ATO
Stenner 170DMP4 for automatic water change (Will exchange .5 gallons 3x daily)
2x BRS 1.1mL dosing pumps controlled by Apex dosing B-Ionic Cal and Alk
70-90 lbs BRS Reef Saver Rock and a few #s of shelf rock
Fiji Pink sand running about 1.5-2.5 inches
The cabinet is very spacious but since it has two dividers it made installing the Apex and all the components rather tricky.
I'm still waiting on my BRS RODI unit so hopefully we can get wet by this weekend or early next week.
The stocking list for corals will be very varied. I plan to have a lot of SPS, a nice euphyllia and zoa garden, and other softies as I see fit.
The stocking list for the fish isn't determined yet, but I already have a pair of clowns. One black ocellaris and one traditional ocellaris. I'm looking into a Blenny, maybe a tang, a mandarin if I can hold a stable copepod population.
I hope this thread becomes a full progressive story of the tank, and hopefully it'll be full of success.
Thanks for looking and following along!
Here is the build as she sits now, dry as can be.
The build is as follows:
Innovative Marine SR80
2x Kesisl A360W
Full Apex controller - AFS/ALD/WXM/PM2/LSM/BOB
1 Ecotech VorTech MP40
EcoTech battery backup
2x Innovative Marine mid-size media reactors running BRS ROX carbon and BRS HC GFO
Innovative Marine Ghost Skimmer
2x Cobalt 150W Neo-Therm
Tunze ATO
Stenner 170DMP4 for automatic water change (Will exchange .5 gallons 3x daily)
2x BRS 1.1mL dosing pumps controlled by Apex dosing B-Ionic Cal and Alk
70-90 lbs BRS Reef Saver Rock and a few #s of shelf rock
Fiji Pink sand running about 1.5-2.5 inches
The cabinet is very spacious but since it has two dividers it made installing the Apex and all the components rather tricky.
I'm still waiting on my BRS RODI unit so hopefully we can get wet by this weekend or early next week.
The stocking list for corals will be very varied. I plan to have a lot of SPS, a nice euphyllia and zoa garden, and other softies as I see fit.
The stocking list for the fish isn't determined yet, but I already have a pair of clowns. One black ocellaris and one traditional ocellaris. I'm looking into a Blenny, maybe a tang, a mandarin if I can hold a stable copepod population.
I hope this thread becomes a full progressive story of the tank, and hopefully it'll be full of success.
Thanks for looking and following along!