Hey everyone,
So I've been wanting to upgrade to a bigger tank for awhile now. I currently have a 34g tank which I love but have been wanting more grow out room and bigger/cooler fish to keep. I had a 180 I was going to set up at one point but sold it because I needed the money at the time. So it was back to searching.... Until the other week I went to Parrot Aquatics after Kinney, @parroki, just picked up some used aquariums from around the area. He had 2 80g reef ready deep blue aquariums in really good condition, so after wheeling and dealing, we struck an accord and he hooked me up! I am now planning to have these tank side by side against one of the walls in the fish room. The 1st tank will be a display tank which will hold (one day) bigger corals colonies. The 2nd tank will be a frag tank ;Greedy.
So far I have some things ordered for the display tank and botch stands DIY built out of 2x4's. I've leak tested them and will clean them/wipe them down in the next couple of days. Im undecided if I want to plumb them both into 1 sump or have them as individual systems systems. If I do separate systems I might play around with different set ups/equipt. Undecided.
Im open to suggestions along the way as this is my first big upgrade/build and like feedback in all forms.
Money is tight so I can only set up 1 of the tanks right now but will slowly gather everything together for the other tank.
So here is what I have/ordered so far:
2x AI Hydra 26 HD's (Im a huge fan of AI and heard good things about the 26's)
REEF OCTOPUS CLASSIC 150INT 6” INTERNAL PROTEIN SKIMMER
SAPPHIRE SUMP 34 - TRIGGER SYSTEMS
SAPPHIRE ATO 10 GALLON RESERVOIR - TRIGGER SYSTEMS
2x Aqueon Pro 200w heaters.
2x Jebao OW-40 powerheads
1x Jebao DCP 5000 return pump
That's the list so far and will update along the way with pictures. Thanks for looking!
So I've been wanting to upgrade to a bigger tank for awhile now. I currently have a 34g tank which I love but have been wanting more grow out room and bigger/cooler fish to keep. I had a 180 I was going to set up at one point but sold it because I needed the money at the time. So it was back to searching.... Until the other week I went to Parrot Aquatics after Kinney, @parroki, just picked up some used aquariums from around the area. He had 2 80g reef ready deep blue aquariums in really good condition, so after wheeling and dealing, we struck an accord and he hooked me up! I am now planning to have these tank side by side against one of the walls in the fish room. The 1st tank will be a display tank which will hold (one day) bigger corals colonies. The 2nd tank will be a frag tank ;Greedy.
So far I have some things ordered for the display tank and botch stands DIY built out of 2x4's. I've leak tested them and will clean them/wipe them down in the next couple of days. Im undecided if I want to plumb them both into 1 sump or have them as individual systems systems. If I do separate systems I might play around with different set ups/equipt. Undecided.
Im open to suggestions along the way as this is my first big upgrade/build and like feedback in all forms.
Money is tight so I can only set up 1 of the tanks right now but will slowly gather everything together for the other tank.
So here is what I have/ordered so far:
2x AI Hydra 26 HD's (Im a huge fan of AI and heard good things about the 26's)
REEF OCTOPUS CLASSIC 150INT 6” INTERNAL PROTEIN SKIMMER
SAPPHIRE SUMP 34 - TRIGGER SYSTEMS
SAPPHIRE ATO 10 GALLON RESERVOIR - TRIGGER SYSTEMS
2x Aqueon Pro 200w heaters.
2x Jebao OW-40 powerheads
1x Jebao DCP 5000 return pump
That's the list so far and will update along the way with pictures. Thanks for looking!
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