build thread

Good day All After years of dreaming and saving me and my wife pulled the trigger and it finally arrived and was installed the 16th of May. So i thought i'll do a build thread :) The gear: Red Sea Max 625G2 (130 gallon display 30 gallon sump approximately) incl everthing Res Sea (Skimmer /...

Hello all.. Looking to get a tank as I've suggested in my Hello Thread... I'm going to search for tanks whatever comes up. Id love to go Montipora dominated especially get the plated Montis on the backwall to grow outwards.. The stocking id love to keep is a Maroon Clown x1 Purple Tang x1...

T&M Tank is Taylor and Matt’s Tank. It’s a 20g long. Build started September 3, 2023. It’s gone through one crash and many newbie mistakes. Come with us as I update this thread to see what we learn and how we solved or attempted to solve problems as they arose. It’s been a long journey from then...

I recently had a huge Ich outbreak and had almost everything die. When I start back up again (July 6th) it will basically be starting over. The only current survivor is the cleaner shrimp. Bank account balance: -$4290 I eventually want to have corals but don't own any yet I might return my...

Wanted to share my tank. I have a very hands off approach and let nature take its course. I let corals duke it out for space, unless if they’re touching my clam. If you live in Alabama and want free frags/corals let me know. Equipment Reef octopus 150 int classic skimmer Phosban 150 reactor...

Excited to start my build thread for my 'get back into the hobby tank'. The tank is pretty unique, a former petco acrylic frag tank purchased from another R2R member. This is how it looked when I brought it home. Peep the wife's cat already sticking his nose where it doesn't belong haha. It...

I had an established 4 year old 425l mixed reef tank that sprung a leak, and by necessity had to create a smaller setup in a 250l tank with no substrate, which was running for about 4 weeks. Now I have a 625l and have transferred all coral and fish, this time using sand with live bacteria as...

Hey everyone! I just wanted to share my progress and build for my new Innovative Marine 170EXT! This is my dream tank, and can’t wait to get this thing going, but obviously, patience is key! I received the tank Saturday April 13th, and got it on pieces of 4x4 in the garage for the movers, and...

Hi from New Zealand! Got into the hobby about two years and found this site to be HUGE help in all the research that comes with owning a living reef. Figured it was time to share my journey and tank. Little bit about myself, I'm an engineer with Ph.D. specializing in laser physics... so I...

I finally bit the bullet and decided to buy the Waterbox Indfinia 275.6. Got a great deal on it (I wonder if they are exiting the UK market). This will be my third tank over 15 years and hopefully my last :) (Well, that is what I told the wife.) I have a place to store it next door, so I have...

Hello everyone, I am a long time lurker here but I finally have something that might be worth sharing! I have had a Fluval Evo 13.5 AIO tank for about 2 years now and I ended up with a second one so I am starting a new build (which I will also retrofit to my other tank if it works well)...

Hey all, my tank is almost a year old now so I figure it's time to post a build thread Tank: Used JBJ 24g from Craigslist Lighting: SmatFarm G5 Filtration: 5g tank converted into a sump, Aquatop media tumbler with RowaPhos, Aquatop 7W UV Sterilizer, Macro Aqua M-50 protein skimmer Feeding: 2g...

starting out with the aquascape. Hoping to get a couple opinions on it. Going to use the caribsea arag-live Fiji pink sand. Other than that I will post pictures along the way and seek advice from time to time.

Starting a new thread for my IM100 tank. My old tank is a Redsea 250, now I’m adding a new tank. The plan is to plumb both tanks together to reduce my maintenance. Here’s my old build thread which I haven’t been updating for a while. Adding a recent picture for my old tank. It gets way too...

So I figured I would start a build thread for this tank build. To start off this is not my first reef but I want to keep it simple. I had an issue with my 70 sump leaked and stand had structure damage so fish and coral moved to a 40 till this tank is set up. This is the list of what I have in...

This whole aquarium journey started for me about 4 years ago. I was in Petco with my wife getting things for the cats. She asked if we could get a fish and I immediately told her no because she would never take care of it. She left for work that night and I went back to Petco and bought a 2...

Hey everyone! I'm starting up my second tank and figured having a build thread going would be fun. I enjoy watching everyone else's progress, so why not give it a shot? Regarding my "style" I try to keep things as minimal as I can. My goal is to keep things as stable as possible with as few...

About eleven years ago I started a family and had to move around the country quite a bit for career reasons. I had to give my 75 gallon mixed reef, as well as my 20gallon Elos Mini. I've missed it a great deal and I've finally gotten to a place in which I can have a reef again. I'm starting...

I have an old 55 gallon tank that has lived in my garage, and dry for 10+ years. The tank was set up last Sunday, so cycling is going on now. (BORING) It has some good "dry" Live Rock and and sand in it still. The filter, heater and UV Light were all still attached and sitting there. Along...

1. So it begins I recently got the wonderful gift of an all in 1 aqua one reef 160 for Father’s Day which was approx 6 months ago During this time I have experimented and had some really amazing highs and some serious lows (all my fish dying) By using this all in one system it’s got me u To...

Starting a new build this tank is the waterbox 50.3 AIO looking to transfer my rock from my IM 15 to the right side. Ya'll like the new rock structure? My first attempt at NSA structure. Looking to have a lot of space for the fish to swim in this tank. The left side of the aqua structure will...

Hello everyone i recently set up a prostar 90v2 display (63G) sump (15G),I started with a mix of live and dry sand also had my rock scape custom done by chandlerrocks! Started my cycle with 2 clowns a bottle of dr tims and a bottle of microbacter7 i chose to use no lighting during this process...

Hey everyone, I wanted to start a post here for motivation to document the process of my build that I plan on starting in the coming weeks. Some info on the setup so far; Red Sea Reefer 425XL V3 2x EcoTech MP40s (on current tank) 1x EcoTech Vectra M2 (on current tank) IM heater (2x300watt)...

New to the life of aquarist and I purchased myself a used 180g 72x25x24. I picked up the tank and canopy but turns out that was all that would fit in my vehicle. I will go to pick up the rest from the seller this upcoming weekend. It has bottom drilled holes with two downspouts a 45-gallon sump...

So after a move and then a huge tank crash I've decided to start a new build. I'm building this yo showcase lifereef skimmers and sumps and really everything they can do. He is going to build my tank, Sump, fuge, skimmer, reactors(media,bio,and calcium may have him make me a custom trickle...