The 70 gallon Waterbox build thread

[Thespammailaccount]

Been meaning to start a build thread. Better late than never

 

[Thespammailaccount]

December 13th, 2019. Tank arrives

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Tank: Waterbox 70.2
Return: Ecotech Vectra S2
Skimmer: Nyos 120
ATO: XP Aqua ultimate ATO
Light: AI 26 x 2

 

[Dr. Phil]

Congrats on the new build! I have the same tank. I love it. I'll be watching for updates.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Congrats on the new build! I have the same tank. I love it. I'll be watching for updates.

I agree well made

 

[Thespammailaccount]

December 13th, 2019. It is now 11:30pm. Will work on the plumbing tomorrow

 

[Thespammailaccount]

December 14th, 2019. Plumbing installed

 

[Thespammailaccount]

December 18th, 2019. Just finished working three 12 hour shifts and off today. Time to set up the return. I open the box and start reading the directions. I hit a roadblock. I have two options. Purchase this attachment or hard plumb the return. That is easy I am off today and setting up this return so to the hardware store I go. And got it plumbed

 

[Thespammailaccount]

December 18th, 2019. Cord management. The back of the tank is against a small closet. Mini fish room! Pardon the garbage can and the light hanging from the coat hanger via a zip tie

 

[Thespammailaccount]

December 18th, 2019. Setting up the protein skimmer. She sure is pretty

 

[jstephens24]

Can’t wait to see more

 

[Thespammailaccount]

The rock? O yea the rock. December 12th, 2019. Orders sixty pounds of live rock. Picked up at the airport seven hours after order was placed

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Did not keep these. Kept some worms but got rid of some

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Ended up keeping these guys and the worms I could not reach

 

[F i s h y]

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[Thespammailaccount]

Lovely equipment and nice tank... im jealous... im probably not going to have my own water in a box until end of this year...

Overtime. And a lot of it. A whole lot of it

 

[Thespammailaccount]

December 19th, 2019. Time to get water in this tank

 

[Thespammailaccount]

December 19th, 2019. Ok need some sand and want a bottle of bacteria. Found both. While at the LFS 5min from the house I started talking to the owner and was telling him that I had spent months trying to find some good live Fiji or Pukani from a trusted source but could not find any. He then leads me to a holding tank and way in the back out of sight he starts pulling out large well established Pukani rock. My eyes glowed like a kid in a candy store! I bought all 55 pounds of it without thinking twice! It does have sponges so monitoring any interaction with coral skeleton. But what about the other rock? Well change of plans. I did add a few small pieces to add some more diversity

 

[Thespammailaccount]

December 19th, 2019. Time to fill the tank with water

 

[Thespammailaccount]

December 19th, 2019. And now the water