RINKS'S 125 Gallon Build - 2 Year Build Finally Ready To See Water! Full Ecotech, & Lifereef Setup!!

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So after tearing down my starter 55G tank two years ago...... This bad boy has surfaced from the depths!!

I made the commitment to take my time a design a setup that I could not only expand but go larger with all of the pumps, sump, lights, and peripherals if I ever decided to!! I'm not going to lie it wasn't cheap for the equipment but the upfront cost is nothing compared to constantly purchasing new equipment if I decided to go larger. My setup is rated for up to 300G if I ever wanted to go that large!! I hope you all enjoy. I will be dropping water in it this weekend and beginning to cycle the tank.
My 125G I built the stand custom and stained it....

 

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Here are all of my Ecotech radion Gen 3 pros with Reeflink. In addition I have the APEX Neptune Gold.
All Compliments of
Giovanni'sReef

 

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Here is my Custom LifeReef Sump. Its rated for 300G if I ever needed to grow!! Check this bad boy out!

 

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I decided to mount my Ecotech ballasts against the wall on the inner side of the tank. In addition I mounted my MP60's backup battery with them. Loo how clean this is!!

 

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These pictures are the backboard which will hold most of my Neptune system... I drilled and planned accordingly before I sprayed it black for the final install...

 

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125G Filled with all my rock. Looks amazing!

 

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This is where I'm at fitting, fittings, and more fittings!!! After this step I will be ready for bulkhead and overflow install.

 

[steelheader.262]

Looks great!!!

 

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Thanks!!

 

[Reef_Junkies]

I see you went with some CaribSea Life Rocks Branches.... I used the same and I am not impressed as the "dormant" bacteria that they claim is on there doesn't exist. It's pretty much painted dry rock...

Anyway, your tank looks awesome! Can't wait to see more

 

[chaoha]

Looks great

 

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Joe I heard the same thing. More pics coming soon!

 

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Thanks chaoha!

 

[Sabellafella]

I juss used 140 pounds of the caribsea rock yea the bacteria is bull but wether dry or not still took me a month and a half to cycle, did it intank of corse

 

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UPDATE* Tank is coming along. Here are the pictures of the finished controller board. Everything is coming along well so far. In addition I decided to hard plumb the tank so I switched out bulkheads from vinyl hose barbed to PVC threaded adapters. More pics coming soon!

 

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Started to program my APEX system..... what a beast... this will take some time. I did get the chance to install the new wireless router underneath my tank. I chose to go with a simple linksys that simply plugged into my EB8. Its powered to always be on and has one single Ethernet cable that runs directly into my APEX. The linksys unit is a bridge so it simply detects the WiFi from my main router and amplify s it. Simple as can be.

 

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Everything is finally mounted and in position. I am still awaiting some plumbing pieces so i am a couple of days off hard plumbing the system. Check out how clean it looks!!!

 

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Here is another picture of the tank showing where I mounted my controllers and monitors..

 

[Nomadic1]

You did a really nice clean job with the apex and all the other electronics, but, there is going to be a heck of a lot of humidity inside the stand, as well as salt spray, which will eventually damage all that expensive stuff. I'd consider putting it all inside a separate cabinet.

 

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Im installing some cooling fans to counter that. I also thought about that for the near future.