Hey guys and and girls, this is my attempt on a build thread for my upcoming new tank. I want to do this to help provide more content in the community for a 3 foot long tank. I have been reading this website for a while now and appreciate the value of everyones experience and all those who share them. I picked the waterbox 100.3 because it fitted my space and I like how deep the tank is, also the sump seems huge.
A little bit about me, I started becoming serious about this hobby 5 years ago when I got a 40 gal breeder from Petco on their dollar-per-gallon sale and transitioned from fresh water to marine. As a total novice I didn't do much research and thought I could translate the fresh water world to marine. I had a canister filter, a heater, and a fluvial marine light bar. My only goal at the time was to own fish as that was the draw to the marine world for me. I didn't do much research and that lead to the LFS loving that I'm coming in every few months for a new fish. As the year went on I got more and more intrigued in the beautiful corals on display and got adventurous and got myself an anemone (I know not a coral). Well that didn't turn out so well... lets say he also got adventurous and wondered way too close to the power head. So that was the end of the 40 gal.
Two years ago I moved into a smaller apartment and with all the downtime from work, I decided I was ready for round two. I got myself a Fluvial Evo 13.5 because of the smaller footprint and I like the AIO idea. I did a little more research then and had a good tank runing for just shy of a year until disaster struck. While I was on a work trip and my significant other tagged along, our dog sitter came into our apartment and realized it was unusually hot and rescued our dog to her apartment. Maintenance claimed that the HVAC system reseted randomly defaulted to heat in mid summer! luckily our dog was ok but the tank temperature rose so high that everything was dead when I came home later that night. So thats the end of the Evo and quickly moved out.
A few months after, staring at an empty Evo in our new apartment, I decided its time for round three. This time more successful than before. With the stock light, I got corals going and fish thriving. I posted the livestock and talked a little about it on the fluvial Evo thread. And now one year later, I'm ready for a bigger thank. This time my significant other and I are doing it together. The 100 gallon Waterbox is slightly delayed and they said it should arrive late March to April, so that gives us time to research exactly how we want to run this tank and buy equipment which I will post all about it. Stay tuned.
Round 1 my 40 gal breeder FOWLR
Round 3 my current 1 year old Fluval Evo 13.5
100.3 as of Aug 2020
100.3 May 11 2021 (its been a while since I have updated, lots of changes and will be posting the process)
A little bit about me, I started becoming serious about this hobby 5 years ago when I got a 40 gal breeder from Petco on their dollar-per-gallon sale and transitioned from fresh water to marine. As a total novice I didn't do much research and thought I could translate the fresh water world to marine. I had a canister filter, a heater, and a fluvial marine light bar. My only goal at the time was to own fish as that was the draw to the marine world for me. I didn't do much research and that lead to the LFS loving that I'm coming in every few months for a new fish. As the year went on I got more and more intrigued in the beautiful corals on display and got adventurous and got myself an anemone (I know not a coral). Well that didn't turn out so well... lets say he also got adventurous and wondered way too close to the power head. So that was the end of the 40 gal.
Two years ago I moved into a smaller apartment and with all the downtime from work, I decided I was ready for round two. I got myself a Fluvial Evo 13.5 because of the smaller footprint and I like the AIO idea. I did a little more research then and had a good tank runing for just shy of a year until disaster struck. While I was on a work trip and my significant other tagged along, our dog sitter came into our apartment and realized it was unusually hot and rescued our dog to her apartment. Maintenance claimed that the HVAC system reseted randomly defaulted to heat in mid summer! luckily our dog was ok but the tank temperature rose so high that everything was dead when I came home later that night. So thats the end of the Evo and quickly moved out.
A few months after, staring at an empty Evo in our new apartment, I decided its time for round three. This time more successful than before. With the stock light, I got corals going and fish thriving. I posted the livestock and talked a little about it on the fluvial Evo thread. And now one year later, I'm ready for a bigger thank. This time my significant other and I are doing it together. The 100 gallon Waterbox is slightly delayed and they said it should arrive late March to April, so that gives us time to research exactly how we want to run this tank and buy equipment which I will post all about it. Stay tuned.
Round 1 my 40 gal breeder FOWLR
Round 3 my current 1 year old Fluval Evo 13.5
100.3 as of Aug 2020
100.3 May 11 2021 (its been a while since I have updated, lots of changes and will be posting the process)
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