This is Reef Tank #2. First time having 2 Reefs running at once.
Bought the tank used. 52x15x23h.
Here is where I was planning on installing it.
So I started to demo the half wall...
Also had to repair the wall and fill the floor so it would be level.
Went to Home Depot and bought the wood for the stand and went to work on it.
Here is the bare stand with the tank.
Built the doors and started to paint.
Polished the tank.
Added some handles/hinges. Added sand/dry rock, finished the plumbing, filled with water from Scripps with what I had.
Made one other trip to Sripps to top it off and fired her up!
Installed this fan, hooked up to my InkBird Temp controller, to turn on when temps are high. I also have a fan in the stand that turns on at the same time.
I used 3/4 conduit to hold my lights.
Have a 29g sump with a scrubber/fuge section. Also running an Aquamaxx skimmer and ATO.
Used some rocks from my current tank to help seed this one. Cleared out some fast growing, easy to keep corals from my current tank and moved it into this one.
I’m hoping to house some not so reef safe fish in this one. Possible triggers, Angels, and butterflies.
Bought the tank used. 52x15x23h.
Here is where I was planning on installing it.
So I started to demo the half wall...
Also had to repair the wall and fill the floor so it would be level.
Went to Home Depot and bought the wood for the stand and went to work on it.
Here is the bare stand with the tank.
Built the doors and started to paint.
Polished the tank.
Added some handles/hinges. Added sand/dry rock, finished the plumbing, filled with water from Scripps with what I had.
Made one other trip to Sripps to top it off and fired her up!
Installed this fan, hooked up to my InkBird Temp controller, to turn on when temps are high. I also have a fan in the stand that turns on at the same time.
I used 3/4 conduit to hold my lights.
Have a 29g sump with a scrubber/fuge section. Also running an Aquamaxx skimmer and ATO.
Used some rocks from my current tank to help seed this one. Cleared out some fast growing, easy to keep corals from my current tank and moved it into this one.
I’m hoping to house some not so reef safe fish in this one. Possible triggers, Angels, and butterflies.
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