Ryan’s CDA 150

[Ryan Avery]

Hello Fellow Reefers

My wife & I just bought our first home. Naturally, our new home has a perfect wall for a larger tank - so here we go.

Currently we have a reefer 250 mixed reef which our captive bread yellow tang (which we have had since he was a quarter size) is also outgrowing.

New tank is a Crystal Dynamics 150 gallon 60x24x24 star fire glass with a modular marine external overflow. Hoping to receive it in the next month or two. Using a Bashsea smart series sump. Radion XR15 blue lights.
Built a steel stand and had it powder coated with stainless steel leveling feet.

Thanks for reading!



Current tank with my yellow tang “Eric”

Stand in prismatic powders Bentley blue

 

[Ryan Avery]

I haven’t seen my alveopora stretch like this before

 

[Ryan Avery]

Slowly coming together

 

[Ryan Avery]

Tank is here and plumbing is underway

 

[Soren]

Nice job on the plumbing! It looks so clean and neat.
That tank looks like it will be beautiful!

 

[Ryan Avery]

Nice job on the plumbing! It looks so clean and neat.
That tank looks like it will be beautiful!

Thank you for the kind words and for following along!

 

[Soren]

Thank you for the kind words and for following along!

You are welcome, and I'm sad to see that you started this thread months ago with no responses from others until now!
I'm looking forward to seeing your updates and sharing in similar experiences as I get my build up and going, hopefully soon after Christmas.

 

[Ryan Avery]

You are welcome, and I'm sad to see that you started this thread months ago with no responses from others until now!
I'm looking forward to seeing your updates and sharing in similar experiences as I get my build up and going, hopefully soon after Christmas.

Awesome! I will be following your build as well!

 

[ReefSlice]

Looks beautiful so far! What equipment do you plan on using other than the xr15s? I have my modular marine overflow arriving Friday finally, can't wait to have my first external overflow.

 

[jp_75]

Have you bought your tank directly from CDA?

 

[Ryan Avery]

Looks beautiful so far! What equipment do you plan on using other than the xr15s? I have my modular marine overflow arriving Friday finally, can't wait to have my first external overflow.

Thank you! I think you are going to like it. Seems really well made and so sleek. I’m using a sicce sdc 7, Red Sea skimmer, Red Sea reef wave. I also use a apex and i trident that I will be transferring over

 

[Ryan Avery]

Have you bought your tank directly from CDA?

I did. Highly recommend, I’m super happy with it.

 

[jp_75]

Do they send directly to house? What’s the warranty on their tanks?

 

[Ryan Avery]

Do they send directly to house? What’s the warranty on their tanks?

They do. All that info is on their website.

 

[Ryan Avery]

Filling slowly but surely