Well I'm back!
After having to sell my 180 overnight I took a short break from the hobby. Until, a good friend had to get rid of his 56 gallon column tank and I gladly adopted the aquarium.
I took it in and let it sit for about two weeks on my porch. After seeing it everyday, I decided to get to work! I cleaned it up, painted the back black, drilled 4 holes in it and added and overflow over a months time. Even at this point the tank still sat outside for another month before I even brought it inside again. Then, I went ahead and added some plumbing!
Fast forward 3 months, I now have a running tank! I am taking this build pretty slow and am almost to the point of adding fish and coral! The tank has been running for 2.5 months now and has fully cycled. I did lose two chromis, RIP, early on but that only helped the tank move through the cycle.
Now for the list of goods:
Tank:
Marineland 56g column 30"L x 18"D x 24"H
Marineland stand (I had to cut a portion of the shelf to fit the skimmer)
10g sump (no baffles)
Equipment:
Jebao DCT-8000 return pump (overkill)
Jebao RW-8 wavemaker
Ecotech MP-10 wavemaker
Jager 150w heater
SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer
Livestock:
25lbs livesand
50lbs liverock
1x Trochus snail
I am at the point where I am waiting to order lights. I am leaning towards two Oceanrevive arctic-T247 lights for this reef as I have had tremendous success with these lights, but I am still open to other lights.
Pictures to follow as I do not have any on my phone!
After having to sell my 180 overnight I took a short break from the hobby. Until, a good friend had to get rid of his 56 gallon column tank and I gladly adopted the aquarium.
I took it in and let it sit for about two weeks on my porch. After seeing it everyday, I decided to get to work! I cleaned it up, painted the back black, drilled 4 holes in it and added and overflow over a months time. Even at this point the tank still sat outside for another month before I even brought it inside again. Then, I went ahead and added some plumbing!
Fast forward 3 months, I now have a running tank! I am taking this build pretty slow and am almost to the point of adding fish and coral! The tank has been running for 2.5 months now and has fully cycled. I did lose two chromis, RIP, early on but that only helped the tank move through the cycle.
Now for the list of goods:
Tank:
Marineland 56g column 30"L x 18"D x 24"H
Marineland stand (I had to cut a portion of the shelf to fit the skimmer)
10g sump (no baffles)
Equipment:
Jebao DCT-8000 return pump (overkill)
Jebao RW-8 wavemaker
Ecotech MP-10 wavemaker
Jager 150w heater
SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer
Livestock:
25lbs livesand
50lbs liverock
1x Trochus snail
I am at the point where I am waiting to order lights. I am leaning towards two Oceanrevive arctic-T247 lights for this reef as I have had tremendous success with these lights, but I am still open to other lights.
Pictures to follow as I do not have any on my phone!