I've been out of the hobby for a year and a half and have been plotting my return for a while now. I was originally planning to do a large system but with my wife delivering our first baby in June I decided to go with a nano to keep the workload lower. My brother in law Shawn and I chose to heavily modify a biocubes like we have always talked about doing. Here's an equipment list:
Tank: 29g Coralife biocube drilled in chamber 3 for overflow
Stand: Stock biocube stand
Sump: Custom built sump that fits perfectly in the stand
Lights: RapidLed dimmable, solderless nano kit
Skimmer: Reef Octopus NW-110-6520B
In tank flow: Vortech MP-10w ES
Controller: Full Apex Neptune with add-on WXM to control Vortech which will also fully control the LEDs.
ATO: DIY system run by Apex
Hood with the RapidLed kit installed:
Lights on:
Shawn drilling the tank, this guy is skilled:
Here's the back of the tank's plumbing:
An overhead view of the return:
Mount the Apex and put the sump together:
Fill it up:
I added sand last night and began programming the Apex. I have the rock cycling but I still need to aquascape the tank and then it will be fine tuning until I can eventually add livestock.
Tank: 29g Coralife biocube drilled in chamber 3 for overflow
Stand: Stock biocube stand
Sump: Custom built sump that fits perfectly in the stand
Lights: RapidLed dimmable, solderless nano kit
Skimmer: Reef Octopus NW-110-6520B
In tank flow: Vortech MP-10w ES
Controller: Full Apex Neptune with add-on WXM to control Vortech which will also fully control the LEDs.
ATO: DIY system run by Apex
Hood with the RapidLed kit installed:
Lights on:
Shawn drilling the tank, this guy is skilled:
Here's the back of the tank's plumbing:
An overhead view of the return:
Mount the Apex and put the sump together:
Fill it up:
I added sand last night and began programming the Apex. I have the rock cycling but I still need to aquascape the tank and then it will be fine tuning until I can eventually add livestock.