Starting my first salt water reef tank.

[carsonroberge]

This is my 75 gal tank and my sump. I'll be building my stand and canopy with my father. I cannot wait to have it up and running!! On a budget though so i'll be getting all the parts one by one weekly haha.

 

[pgr11]

Congrats welcome to this wonderful addication. Your gonna love it

 

[Pkunk35]

yes...another falls to the reef side.

GL with the tank and if on a budget research carefully and I think you'll enjoy lots of success.

See you on the boards!

 

[KSzegi]

Congrats and enjoy! The week by week equipment/supply additions might be a good thing ..... you'll have no choice but to be patient!!:laugh:

 

[revsgirl]

Looks great! Congrats!

 

[revhtree]

Welcome to R2R!

We appreciate your membership!

Thanks for joining and please make sure and post often!

 

[carsonroberge]

It's been a while since I updated this. Mainly because not a lot has progressed. I've just been researching everything LOL. I've made some purchases though. I bought a power head I saw for pretty cheap at my LFS and a pump as well. I decided to design my own light fixture. I've gone back on forth on buying one a building one for months. I decided to go with a mixture of t5's and LED's. The LED's are just gonna be used for extra color and moonlights though. I bought individual socket's for t5's. I'm waiting to find a deal on a ballast. I'm going with 5 48" t5's. I haven't decided what LED's yet though.

That's all for now. I'm getting some goodies for the tank for Christmas, so there will be another update then. I don't know if any one still follow's, but I thought I'd share none the less.

,Carson Roberge

 

[carsonroberge]

Please ignore the sloppy work on the RO/DI unit. I'm redoing my RO/DI setup and making it into a salt mixing station. Influenced by the salt mixing station thread. :nerd:

 

[carsonroberge]

SO. I'm finally starting the build on the stand. I ordered all my rock and my sand yesterday and a bunch of other goodies. Which means this tank is finally on it's way!

 

[carsonroberge]

I bought 80 lbs of BRS Reef Saver
50 lbs of Fiji Pink Reef Sand
some egg crate
And a Reactor
I'm still waiting to purchase a skimmer and the lights. I know What skimmer and i'm still going back and for on the lights. It's SO expensive.

 

[ReefPops]

Sounds like things are coming along great. Looking forward to seeing your light fixture. I think a T5/LED combo will look great. Your patience is awesome. I think that's key to being successful in this hobby. Can't wait for more updates.

 

[carsonroberge]

Well I'm a college student. So with this hobby and my budget I have no choice haha.

 

[carsonroberge]

Here's my water mixing station

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/do-yourself-diy/105181-i-built-my-mixing-station.html

 

[carsonroberge]

I've gotten quiet a bit done!

Me and my dad finished building the frame of the stand. I've put on a coat of polyurethane, now only like five more haha.

I also picked out a lot of goodies for the tank.

Lastly here are the plans for my aqua scape

 

[carsonroberge]

bump. since I posted this at like two in the morning lol

 

[ryhoward]

Looking great. This is half the fun!

 

[carsonroberge]

Thanks Howard!

 

[carsonroberge]

Here it is all up and running

Ammonia less than .025
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5.0

 

[carsonroberge]

I turned the skimmer on yesterday to break it in. I had a question though, I bought the bulk reef supply carbon and GFO reactor. My question is which one should I fill it with first? And when?

 

[cbb_70]

Looking awesome!!! Looks like you've done your homework!