JBJ 45 Rimless Flat Panel build

[nycluis718]

Hey all.. new to this forum but thought I would share my latest tank build for anyone interested. Today I have received the new JBJ 45 Rimless flat panel tank and stand. I have assembled the stand in less then 45 mins. I don't get how some people complained about stand being difficult to assemble. But anyways.. I will be putting the stand and tank in place tonight with some pics to come.

a little about me.. I am ex freshwater guy and went salterwater 15 years ago. I started a 100 SCA tank last year and had to sell it due to new job and work distance. Things have changed and I am now able to get a tank.. Anyway here is a list of goodies:

JBJ 45 Rimless Flat Panel tank
Cad Lights PLS-50 Elite II Skimmer
Tunze return pump (replacing the stock)
existing 300 Watt heater from my old tank
2 MP10 WQD pumps
AI Hydra 26 HD (might upgrade to 52 if not enough light)
Santa Monica Drop 1.2 Algae Reactor
Innovative Marine reactors for GFO
Aqua Forest Life Bio
Reeflink
Ink Bird ITC-308 controller for the heater and fan
40 lbs rock
Tropic Eden Tonga reef 3.5 mm


I am really liking the Zoas now, I will have a lot of zoa and some LPS. I am not sure about sps at this point. Maybe ina year or so after tank is established.

 

[nycluis718]

Soooo tnak came in yesterday and it had big o crack in the back... called dr. foster and theyh sending me new tank.

 

[pco1988]

Will be interesting to see how you put it all together.

 

[nycluis718]

Bought some rock last week from a reefer ON Manhattan reef. Great I saved some money, I bleached rock and let it dry out. Then I used some prime to get the bleach out the water. After drying the rock I started to scape my rock and 2 main large pieces of the base rock starting to break off with now pressure from me. I can easily grab the rock and break it in half. Well I am not sure why or how old the rock is but i dumped it all in garbage. I am waiting on rock to get here hopefully in a few days. Same goes for the tank. I hope it gets here in one piece.

 

[nycluis718]

hey guys rock came in today.. Here is the scape. I used reef weld and it works very well.

 

[nycluis718]

I have been busy with the tank.. Intank did not have the media baskets for the jbj 45 Rimless so I decided to just diy them. I am now on day 4 of my tank cycle and here are some results.


11/8/18 - filled tank added 1 jumbo shrimp and 1 bottle of fritze bacteria. salt is at 1.025
- all off, added life bio and rubble to tank.

11/9/18 - Days 1- ammonia is at 0.8

11/10/18 - Day 2- ammonia 0.8 , nitrite 0.5, PH 8.2

11/11/18 - Day 3 - no test , added media basket with rumble, life bio and course sponge

11/12/18 - Day 4 - Ammonia 1.2 , nitrites 1, Nitrates 20

 

[nycluis718]

more pics..