Hi Guys,
I built my first reef tank back in 2012 and unfortunately had to shut it down as I had to move into a place that couldn't support it. My dear mother absolutely loved the tank, and decided a few months ago that she wanted one in her place (after some not-so-subtle coercion from me)! She had a look around and had her eye set on a RSR 170, so a few weeks ago we made plans to set one up and now the time has come! Equipment is here, I'm on two weeks break, let's see if we can start a new tank!
I call this tank the Mini Cooper, because it is a small tank but I'm hoping it'll still pack a heck of a punch! I've designed it to minimise maintenance, maximise quality and flexibility for her. She is most interested in soft and LPS corals - hopefully I'm setting her up for success with this build.
Equipment List:
I built my first reef tank back in 2012 and unfortunately had to shut it down as I had to move into a place that couldn't support it. My dear mother absolutely loved the tank, and decided a few months ago that she wanted one in her place (after some not-so-subtle coercion from me)! She had a look around and had her eye set on a RSR 170, so a few weeks ago we made plans to set one up and now the time has come! Equipment is here, I'm on two weeks break, let's see if we can start a new tank!
I call this tank the Mini Cooper, because it is a small tank but I'm hoping it'll still pack a heck of a punch! I've designed it to minimise maintenance, maximise quality and flexibility for her. She is most interested in soft and LPS corals - hopefully I'm setting her up for success with this build.
Equipment List:
- 1 x Gen III Radion XR30 from my old build
- 1 x Ecotech Vortech MP10 (/w battery backup)
- 2 x Ecotech Vectra S2: one for return, one to power a manifold for...
- 1 x TLF PhosBan Reactor 150 running carbon
- 1 x Teco-1000 Chiller
- 1 x Pax Bellum N18 Algae Reactor (potential future addition depending on how nutrients go)
- 1 x spare port
- 1 x TLF PhosBan Reactor 150 running carbon
- Ecotech Reeflink
- Clarisea SK-3000
- Octo Essence 130 Skimmer
- 2 x Maxspect Bioblock
- Auto Aqua AWC
- Seneye Reef
- E-Koral 4 Channel WiFi Doser, running Aquaforest Components 3-part + NO3
O4-X
