Wicked Reefs 80G build

[TidalReef Aquatics]

hello all! I was talking myself out of the hobby because recently some event took place in my tank and wiped out 99% of my sps and i have no explanation on why. Gotta say this reef hobby cost more then my boat . The tank before was a 60 gallon cube. I have a build thread here somewhere but has not been updated in ages. Well over the weekend I decided to take the kiddos to the LFS and look at fish, its their favorite thing to do but i some how i ended up with a deep blue 80 frag tank. Funny how that works out, but let the next adventure begin.

 

[BanZI29]

Wow, that sucks about the wipeout. BUT "every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end, yeah"

Wanna see what you do with this new beginning.

 

[TidalReef Aquatics]

Some updates as of last night, pluming almost squared away. I did tint the corner flow area. It actually looks pretty good. Ending up going with a hang on back return so i have the peace of mind with a emergency drain. Dry sand and rock are in the tank and its ready to be filled today.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Tank is looking Great!

 

[Jarad]

As someone with the same tank that struggled with how to plumb it best, I'd love to see some shots/drawings/etc of how you decided to do the plumbing lines. Still something I may change on mine, so wanted to see what others were doing. Thanks, and looks like a fun start!

 

[TidalReef Aquatics]

As someone with the same tank that struggled with how to plumb it best, I'd love to see some shots/drawings/etc of how you decided to do the plumbing lines. Still something I may change on mine, so wanted to see what others were doing. Thanks, and looks like a fun start!

This is about all i have of pictures for the pluming. I just kept simple with this setup.

 

[TidalReef Aquatics]

Tank is finally filled 85 gallons later and Turbo Start is added. Still got a lot of work to do.

 

[TidalReef Aquatics]

Nothing much done this week since the tank was cycling, added the skimmer and some carbon lastnight to get the water cleaned up a but, bunch of work planned for today. Filter cups are temporary for a few weeks, I'm thinking about running no filter socks, just a skimmer and chaeto.

 

[TidalReef Aquatics]

Got a few stuff done over the weekend. Aqua scape is done, Lights are finally up, all the fish from the garage tank are in their new home. This tank will get a good amount sunshine in the late afternoon for about an hour so we’ll see how that plays out.

 

[TidalReef Aquatics]

Finally got all the fish from the garage tank to the new tank. Might get some coral and snails in this weekend. Gotta lot of cleaning to do on the corals as they are loaded with the vermited snail pest.

 

[TidalReef Aquatics]

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[kevgib67]

Way to come back!

 

[Txoutlaw]

Tank looks nice.so how's it going?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Curious about updates as well!

 

[TidalReef Aquatics]

2/24/2024 update,

Tank is thriving now, had a few hiccups in the beginning, had a small outbreak of dinos and then red cyano but jow the last 2 weeks the water has been crystal clear and all the lps are getting the color back to them.

Im thinking about updating the lights to the non blue G6.