80g Peninsula

[Ccnada]

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.

 

[Ccnada]

Here is a vid of when I initially fired up the return pump. I only ran the filter sock for the first few days. Its now been removed and my scrubbers installed.

Added a few damsels to start the Bio Cycle

Added some corals from my existing tank.

This is s fun shot from my WebCam.

 

[Ccnada]

All in all this tank cost just over $1k to get up and running. Used tank and skimmer. Jebao return pump and wave pump. 300watt heater, led panel lights from Relassy, DIY sump/scrubber in a standard 29g glass tank, and Hydrofill ATO.

 

[Ccnada]

Here are some shots of whats going on underneath...

Sump

Wires...

ATO...

Plumbing...

 

[Fishtank1]

Good job Ced.. tank looking good.

 

[Oberizzle]

Amazing Job Cnada!! Inspirational.

 

[Ccnada]

Some new additions..,

 

[Ccnada]

Here are some pics of my aquascape...

 

[Smite]

Your tank is looking great. Great job polishing that thing out, so clear!

 

[Ccnada]

Thanks! Its fun to see through the tank. Looks like the fish are swimming in the kitchen😋

 

[Ccnada]

Here is an update on this tank.