Ready, set…water! 90gal peninsula build

[DjPhato]

Hello all, I am so excited to start this new tank after years without an aquarium. This time I thought I will build my dream tank (unfortunately a bit smaller than what I wanted due to space constraints).

Tank: Glasscages 36x22xx23h - ultra clear on three sides with two 1in drain and one 3/4in return all included in a separated section of the tank on one short side.

Stand: custom made wall cabinet, wood, plaster and white pvc in the inside

Sump: Fiji Cube Fiji-24 Advanced Reef Sump 2nd Gen + ATO111 narrow water reservoir 10gal 4x20x20
A small section of the sump (after the skimmer and before the return section) will be a refugium illuminated by an AI Prime 16led fuge light (or a cheap led plant light, I did not decide yet)

Tech:
Return Sicce Syncra sdc 6.0 wifi
Heather Sicce scuba 300w contactless
ATO XP aqua duetto dual sensor system
Skimmer Bubble magus Curve elite 5 with sicce pump
Flow pumps, two AI nero 5 powerheads 3000gph

Main light will be a old Radion xr30w (generation 1) for the beginning and will be eventually substituted with Radion xr30 G6 blue or other

What do you think? I got lots of suggestions from this amazing community, thank you so much!!!

See pictures and more updates will follow

 

[DjPhato]

First pictures

 

[Reefing102]

Looks great!

 

[griss]

Wow, love the stand/sump setup.

 

[Dustin07]

what a great integration!!

 

[DjPhato]

Tank arrived, plumbing done! Ready to get rocks and start

 

[Urka]

Looks great!

 

[Reefing102]

Awesome fit!

 

[griss]

Can't wait to see it with aquascaping and water.

 

[DjPhato]

I decided to hang the light, it was very high and a lot of light was going outside the tank.

 

[griss]

I decided to hang the light, it was very high and a lot of light was going outside the tank.

I like that much better.

 

[Urka]

I think it looks way better this way

 

[DjPhato]

I got live rocks and made the aquascape, I also add 2 bags of live sand. Rocks are:

10lb manmade live rocks from MarcoRock
40lb manmade live rocks from KP aquatics
15lb natural premium australia live rocks from TankStop
3-5lb of manmade dry rocks coralline arches from Caribsea

Add bacteria and started the tank today
What do you think? I am considering adding one more dry rock to increase the high of the higher pick (against the black panel)

 

[Reefing102]

Looks great!

 

[griss]

Just commented in the other thread. And I see my desire to see the aquascape is already posted here. Looks fantastic.

 

[Dustin07]

Looks like a pretty intelligent layout. biggest mistake I always make is not being able to clean the sides very well because of too much rock.

 

[Zuluman100]

Is there an update? Curious if you went with new G6 Radions

 

[DjPhato]

Helloo, so few updates. I did get the new Radion G6 (couldn’t resist on having an app controlled light) and also two versa pumps to be used for CA and Alk dosing. Started lights with an acclimation period of 30d that will be soon finished. Got some cleaning animals that are feeding off the growing algae. Planning on adding few more animals as soon as tests look good. Last week NO2 were almost zero and NO3 were going down.

 

[griss]

Looks fantastic