Hello Everyone,
I have been out of the hobby for quite some time now (5+) years, but used to have a BioCube and then a 65 Gallon tank. I am finally getting back in and going big!
Currently the plan is to have the tank in our fully finished and air conditioned basement. The tank size is going to be 84x30x27. Everything will be plumbed into my unfinished portion of the basement where my wife happily allowed me to make a fish room!
In the fish room I plan on having a 75G Sump.
I am going to attempt to make this room as neat as a I can. I am going to try to put up expanded PVC walls instead of drywall and also make some false walls so I can try hiding all the cables. We will see how this goes.
Below is my current equipment wish list! I have never done an aquarium this big, so this will definitely be a learning process.
1x Planet Aquariums 84x30x25 Tank (Still deciding on rimmed, eurobraced or rimless, this will probably come down to price)
1x Geo 60x20x15 Custom Sump
1x Reef Octopus Regal 250INT or 300INT Skimmer
2x 75 Gallon containers for RO and Salt water
Full Neptune control system
2x Cor-20 Returns, possibly 1 cor-20 and one Abyzz A200
1x Dos for AWC
1x Geo Cryptic Reactor
1x Geo 818 Calcium Reactor with second chamber
2x 600W Heaters
4x XR30 Gen 5 Pro lights.
1x Carbon Reactor
1x Pentair UV 50W UV Filter
So Far my progress is below:
2- 20Amp circuits installed. I didn't have any GFCI outlets available so I installed normal ones, but they will be replaced.
I also started making something similar to the Adaptive Reef Controller Board. I could not justify spending $250 on it so I bought about $40 of materials and made my own! I am still waiting for the grommets to come in and need to cut the holes in the front.
The plan is to mount all the controllers on the front of the door and hide all the cables in the back.
I am still in the process of getting everything ordered, but if anyone has any tips or pointers I am all ears.
As I mentioned I have been out of the hobby for a while and there is so much new information out there. I do plan on doing mostly SPS with some LPS for the wife since she likes the hammers and Torch corals.
A few questions to start.
Does anyone have any eurobraced tanks without canopies that are this large? If so, can you post a picture? I can't have a canopy because the ceiling in the area I want to put the tank is only 6'5" due to a duct running overhead.
Does anyone have their RODI system going directly into the sump for ATO? I am debating between either directly running a line, feeding the ATO from the 75G storage tank or just have a 10G bucket and do manual fills.
This is my first house with Well Water. I do plan on running through an RODI system, but does anyone have any experience with well water and Reef Tanks?
I have been out of the hobby for quite some time now (5+) years, but used to have a BioCube and then a 65 Gallon tank. I am finally getting back in and going big!
Currently the plan is to have the tank in our fully finished and air conditioned basement. The tank size is going to be 84x30x27. Everything will be plumbed into my unfinished portion of the basement where my wife happily allowed me to make a fish room!
In the fish room I plan on having a 75G Sump.
I am going to attempt to make this room as neat as a I can. I am going to try to put up expanded PVC walls instead of drywall and also make some false walls so I can try hiding all the cables. We will see how this goes.
Below is my current equipment wish list! I have never done an aquarium this big, so this will definitely be a learning process.
1x Planet Aquariums 84x30x25 Tank (Still deciding on rimmed, eurobraced or rimless, this will probably come down to price)
1x Geo 60x20x15 Custom Sump
1x Reef Octopus Regal 250INT or 300INT Skimmer
2x 75 Gallon containers for RO and Salt water
Full Neptune control system
2x Cor-20 Returns, possibly 1 cor-20 and one Abyzz A200
1x Dos for AWC
1x Geo Cryptic Reactor
1x Geo 818 Calcium Reactor with second chamber
2x 600W Heaters
4x XR30 Gen 5 Pro lights.
1x Carbon Reactor
1x Pentair UV 50W UV Filter
So Far my progress is below:
2- 20Amp circuits installed. I didn't have any GFCI outlets available so I installed normal ones, but they will be replaced.
I also started making something similar to the Adaptive Reef Controller Board. I could not justify spending $250 on it so I bought about $40 of materials and made my own! I am still waiting for the grommets to come in and need to cut the holes in the front.
The plan is to mount all the controllers on the front of the door and hide all the cables in the back.
I am still in the process of getting everything ordered, but if anyone has any tips or pointers I am all ears.
As I mentioned I have been out of the hobby for a while and there is so much new information out there. I do plan on doing mostly SPS with some LPS for the wife since she likes the hammers and Torch corals.
A few questions to start.
Does anyone have any eurobraced tanks without canopies that are this large? If so, can you post a picture? I can't have a canopy because the ceiling in the area I want to put the tank is only 6'5" due to a duct running overhead.
Does anyone have their RODI system going directly into the sump for ATO? I am debating between either directly running a line, feeding the ATO from the 75G storage tank or just have a 10G bucket and do manual fills.
This is my first house with Well Water. I do plan on running through an RODI system, but does anyone have any experience with well water and Reef Tanks?
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