Tripptastic
Community Member
A quick little background on me. I live in the Tampa area and have had a saltwater aquarium for about 3 years now, nothing fancy at all. They were both very simple set ups with a canister filter, running a FOWLR tank. I have been itching to grow up and get a reef-ready tank, sump and start my very first reef tank.
I forewarn you now, this will be a very slow build as I work a lot and don't have an unlimited source of income to finance my hobby, but I don't let that get me down. Most of the equipment I will be using will be from my other two tank builds and over time, I'll upgrade as needed. As a side note, I have never done a build thread so please be patient with me. I will be looking for any ideas, advice and I take constructive criticism well.
With that being said, my new tank is being delivered tomorrow between 10am and 2pm! I'm off tomorrow and I feel like a kid on Christmas morning.
I have been looking for some type of plug and play system for the past few months. I have done countless hours of research on many brands: Read Sea, specifically the Reefer line, Innovative Marine, both INT and EXT Nuvos and I almost pulled the trigger on a Lifetime Aquarium from Custom Aquariums.
I have seen many debates about the pros and cons of each the tanks above and I was really torn and as luck would have it, I came across a company that like many of you, I never heard about, WaterBox. I have read every thread pertaining to this company and seen every video on YouTube about all their tanks in circulation. After visiting their website, they had a tank I fell in love with right away, the 70.2. This is part of the Generation 2 line (2018 models) and I fell in love with the 24x24 footprint and a cabinet height of 36". I wanted to see and test their quality so I ordered a Cube 10 from Waterbox. I fell in love with the attention to detail they put in such a small AIO tank. So, I ordered the 70.2 as soon as BRS listed it on their webpage. (Order was placed with BRS on 13 June. Tank was ordered from Waterbox on 22 June. The tank was picked up on 27 June and R+L Carriers contacted me on 28 June to schedule delivery.)
I will be taking a TON of quality pictures tomorrow from the packaging, uncreating, and setting up of the tank and stand so that other people who are curious about this tank can see it from every angle.
I have seen that most people who start their tank build thread have all the equipment and rock already staged, waiting for the tank, but sadly my work schedule has gotten in the way that I'm behind the power curve, big time.
BRS hasn't had Pukani rock available on their website for a while now so I don't have enough rock to start. The few pieces I have would look silly in a tank this size, consider my other two tanks were only 29 gallons with small dimensions. I did find a local company that sells Dry Pukani in Tampa, Tampa Bay Saltwater. I emailed them last night and got an automatic reply back right away saying the owner is away in the Bahamas for the upcoming holiday week and no orders will be filled until the 7th of July. Good sir, you'll be seeing be me you return from your vacation!
So with that all being said, if anyone has any tricks, tips or advice for this build thread I would love to hear what you have to say. I'm sure there are a few people here, who like me, have been looking for more information about this company and would love to see more pictures and videos of their new line. Hopefully I will be able to help answer any questions you might have.
Stay Tuned...
I forewarn you now, this will be a very slow build as I work a lot and don't have an unlimited source of income to finance my hobby, but I don't let that get me down. Most of the equipment I will be using will be from my other two tank builds and over time, I'll upgrade as needed. As a side note, I have never done a build thread so please be patient with me. I will be looking for any ideas, advice and I take constructive criticism well.
With that being said, my new tank is being delivered tomorrow between 10am and 2pm! I'm off tomorrow and I feel like a kid on Christmas morning.
I have been looking for some type of plug and play system for the past few months. I have done countless hours of research on many brands: Read Sea, specifically the Reefer line, Innovative Marine, both INT and EXT Nuvos and I almost pulled the trigger on a Lifetime Aquarium from Custom Aquariums.
I have seen many debates about the pros and cons of each the tanks above and I was really torn and as luck would have it, I came across a company that like many of you, I never heard about, WaterBox. I have read every thread pertaining to this company and seen every video on YouTube about all their tanks in circulation. After visiting their website, they had a tank I fell in love with right away, the 70.2. This is part of the Generation 2 line (2018 models) and I fell in love with the 24x24 footprint and a cabinet height of 36". I wanted to see and test their quality so I ordered a Cube 10 from Waterbox. I fell in love with the attention to detail they put in such a small AIO tank. So, I ordered the 70.2 as soon as BRS listed it on their webpage. (Order was placed with BRS on 13 June. Tank was ordered from Waterbox on 22 June. The tank was picked up on 27 June and R+L Carriers contacted me on 28 June to schedule delivery.)
I will be taking a TON of quality pictures tomorrow from the packaging, uncreating, and setting up of the tank and stand so that other people who are curious about this tank can see it from every angle.
I have seen that most people who start their tank build thread have all the equipment and rock already staged, waiting for the tank, but sadly my work schedule has gotten in the way that I'm behind the power curve, big time.
BRS hasn't had Pukani rock available on their website for a while now so I don't have enough rock to start. The few pieces I have would look silly in a tank this size, consider my other two tanks were only 29 gallons with small dimensions. I did find a local company that sells Dry Pukani in Tampa, Tampa Bay Saltwater. I emailed them last night and got an automatic reply back right away saying the owner is away in the Bahamas for the upcoming holiday week and no orders will be filled until the 7th of July. Good sir, you'll be seeing be me you return from your vacation!
So with that all being said, if anyone has any tricks, tips or advice for this build thread I would love to hear what you have to say. I'm sure there are a few people here, who like me, have been looking for more information about this company and would love to see more pictures and videos of their new line. Hopefully I will be able to help answer any questions you might have.
Stay Tuned...
