Hey all!
As promised, I am starting the build of my new Waterbox peninsula mini 15. I was looking to start a new tank with more thought and planning put into it (not that I didn’t do that with the 40 breeder) but with this tank I’m trying to be creative with the aquascape and keeping the display clear from everything to make the tank look more natural.
-This is what I have going so far. Got the dry rock from brs and broke it down with a hammer to play with. In total, it’s about 11 pounds.
- I upgraded the filtration in both chambers in the back. I really didn’t want to use a filter sock so I changed it to a 3 compartment media basket from InTank.
- I will be I bought the prism ATO from reef breeders and I’ll be using a 5 gallon water jug as a reservoir.
- I’m waiting in the stand to arrive. I went with the cobalt aquatics c-vue stand, it’s supposedly arriving on the 12th… we will see about that!
- for the sand, I will be using carib sea special grade. I went with this because I want to make this a mixed reef tank. So having higher flow with a smaller tank would be very difficult with any grain size smaller than this one.
- as for the light, I was jumping back and forth as to which one to choose. I was thinking either the AI prime 16 HD, or the kessil a360x. After discussing it with a lot of people, one of me good friends and fellow hobbyists said the 360 would be overkill for this size of tank. So I went ahead and decided to go with the a160we.
That’s pretty much where I’m at so far. So for such a long post. It’s my first build thread and figured I go all out and be as detailed as I could be. I will update everyone once I get the stand.
As promised, I am starting the build of my new Waterbox peninsula mini 15. I was looking to start a new tank with more thought and planning put into it (not that I didn’t do that with the 40 breeder) but with this tank I’m trying to be creative with the aquascape and keeping the display clear from everything to make the tank look more natural.
-This is what I have going so far. Got the dry rock from brs and broke it down with a hammer to play with. In total, it’s about 11 pounds.
- I upgraded the filtration in both chambers in the back. I really didn’t want to use a filter sock so I changed it to a 3 compartment media basket from InTank.
- I will be I bought the prism ATO from reef breeders and I’ll be using a 5 gallon water jug as a reservoir.
- I’m waiting in the stand to arrive. I went with the cobalt aquatics c-vue stand, it’s supposedly arriving on the 12th… we will see about that!
- for the sand, I will be using carib sea special grade. I went with this because I want to make this a mixed reef tank. So having higher flow with a smaller tank would be very difficult with any grain size smaller than this one.
- as for the light, I was jumping back and forth as to which one to choose. I was thinking either the AI prime 16 HD, or the kessil a360x. After discussing it with a lot of people, one of me good friends and fellow hobbyists said the 360 would be overkill for this size of tank. So I went ahead and decided to go with the a160we.
That’s pretty much where I’m at so far. So for such a long post. It’s my first build thread and figured I go all out and be as detailed as I could be. I will update everyone once I get the stand.