Sawcjack00's Reefer 750 XXL SPS build

[SawCJack00]

Bill,
I too just moved to the area, I'm south of you in litchfield park. I'm tankless at the moment, in the beginning stages of an in wall leemar 300 gallon.

I look forward to seeing your tank come to life.

Hi Jimmy, That sounds awesome. i really wanted to do an in wall tank with a fish room, but my wife just wouldn't go for it. I'm happy with the Reefer 750 so far though.

Do you have a thread started for your tank yet?

 

[SawCJack00]

Water is entering the tank... will post more pics once I have things tidied up a bit.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

don't tidy... I want to see the progression, from a mess, to an organized mess to, the final state!!

 

[SawCJack00]

You asked for it Jimmy. Please don't judge :spin3:

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

That's nothing, you can see the light at the end of the tunnel for your build... I can still look behind me and see the light at the beginning of the tunnel.

 

[SawCJack00]

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye!

 

[SawCJack00]

:bdaysmile:It's Alive... Got my shipment of Dr. Tim's one and Only and dumped it in today, so I am considering today as the tanks birthday!!! Got the Abyzz A100 return pump running today, and man is it quiet and powerful. Currently running at 70%. Skimmer is working well, and tested the algae reactor, and it is fully functional. Still have a lot of work to do, but at least the cycle has begun.:celeb3:

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Awesome, now what's next?

 

[SawCJack00]

So the delivery truck showed up on Friday with a gift... What can it be?

 

[SawCJack00]

It's my new 73 gallon ATO resevoir From Custom Acrylics!

 

[SawCJack00]

Got lots of gadgets running now, and the tank has begun the cycle. Still waiting for my fuge light, the left front compartment will have macro algae to supplement the Algae Reactor and help with pod production.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Pretty clean! I like it! If you don't mind, what's the path through the fuge? I'd like to see that up close.

 

[reefmutt]

Agreed. Looks nice!

 

[SawCJack00]

Pretty clean! I like it! If you don't mind, what's the path through the fuge? I'd like to see that up close.

So the water comes into the front right chamber from the overflow goes through the red cups (I removed the socks because I want lots of pods and diversity. I'll put socks in when I blow off the rocks before a WC then remove them after the WC). It then flows into my Siporax box made from black eggcrate, then it can go either to the front left eggcrate chamber where I'll have Chaeto tumbling, and on to the skimmer, or back through the Algae Reactor then to the return. So basically all of the water goes through the Siporax then it will either get skimmed or go through macro algae, or both. I removed the sponge bubble trap to so it won't prevent pods from getting to the tank. I hope that explains it.

 

[SawCJack00]

Agreed. Looks nice!

Thank you Matt!

 

[SawCJack00]

Here's a few pics of the tank running. Can't wait to get some life in there!

 

[reefmutt]

Looking good!
A clean , fresh canvas!

 

[SawCJack00]

Looking good!
A clean , fresh canvas!

LOL, too clean and fresh, I want to fast forward a year... patience, patience

 

[SawCJack00]

Not too much to report. DT is well into the cycle, and I have 9 Dispar Anthias in QT right now. They will be the first inhabitants soon. I have also added lots of pods and some chaeto in the fuge. I'll post some pic once the Anthias are in their home...

 

[fishguy597]

What are you doing for qt on the anthias? Ttm or just observation?