Yanari
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This is meant to be my build thread (am I even doing this right?). Hopefully this is being started in the right place on the forum…
So I’ve got a 90 gal Aqueon tank. Picked it up new from a big box store for a good price. I originally intended to do a large freshwater tank, I’ve kept freshwater fish for a few years. The thought entered my mind to do salt and I started chatting with the helpful dude at the counter about it. He started talking about salinity and the relative specificity of it…scared me off. I was thinking “this level of detail might be well beyond my grasp…I don’t think this is for me…”
Grabbed my tank and went home. When I got home, I had this itch in the back of my brain…I couldn’t scratch it…”it can’t be THAT unforgiving…if it’s that particular, there must be a decent tool for this stuff, no one is eyeballing their salinity levels to the thousandth degree right…?”
Then I fell down the YouTube hole…lol. The thing that actually sealed my fate was actually the idea of building my own overflow and sump…I was dabbling around looking at required/recommended equipment and I was shocked at the price of sumps…I do realize the convenience of purpose built equipment but man…this seemed like something that more or less…I could make myself, and then I found some really cool plans for a diy pvc overflow system wherein I wouldn’t have to drill a tank. (I’m deathly afraid of broken glass…it’s a thing…lol)
Then there was Bulk Reef Supply, I am working through the 52 week series. I initially stumbled upon the 5 min setup guide. It appears to be a more recent series than the original 52 week series. Having a good suggestion for recommended products and explanations for their choices has been very valuable to me.
So in this string, I’m probably going to chronicle my build, but also some of my experience and some of the knowledge I pick up along the way, but also, depending on the interaction, I’ll probably use this wall as a sounding board as well.
More to come. More pics, more thoughts, more salt
So I’ve got a 90 gal Aqueon tank. Picked it up new from a big box store for a good price. I originally intended to do a large freshwater tank, I’ve kept freshwater fish for a few years. The thought entered my mind to do salt and I started chatting with the helpful dude at the counter about it. He started talking about salinity and the relative specificity of it…scared me off. I was thinking “this level of detail might be well beyond my grasp…I don’t think this is for me…”
Grabbed my tank and went home. When I got home, I had this itch in the back of my brain…I couldn’t scratch it…”it can’t be THAT unforgiving…if it’s that particular, there must be a decent tool for this stuff, no one is eyeballing their salinity levels to the thousandth degree right…?”
Then I fell down the YouTube hole…lol. The thing that actually sealed my fate was actually the idea of building my own overflow and sump…I was dabbling around looking at required/recommended equipment and I was shocked at the price of sumps…I do realize the convenience of purpose built equipment but man…this seemed like something that more or less…I could make myself, and then I found some really cool plans for a diy pvc overflow system wherein I wouldn’t have to drill a tank. (I’m deathly afraid of broken glass…it’s a thing…lol)
Then there was Bulk Reef Supply, I am working through the 52 week series. I initially stumbled upon the 5 min setup guide. It appears to be a more recent series than the original 52 week series. Having a good suggestion for recommended products and explanations for their choices has been very valuable to me.
So in this string, I’m probably going to chronicle my build, but also some of my experience and some of the knowledge I pick up along the way, but also, depending on the interaction, I’ll probably use this wall as a sounding board as well.
More to come. More pics, more thoughts, more salt
