I currently have a 40 gallon mixed reef in my living room as my first saltwater tank. I've been toying around with the idea of a multi-tank reef system for a couple of months now and as my office is filling up with all my reef keeping equipment and supplies in addition to a QT setup, I decided it's time to put together a fish room in the basement to store all of this stuff (not moving QT) along with having a few tanks. My goal for the system is to provide corals and fish a healthy place to grow out. I'm not buying anything that won't thrive in the tanks they're in now but my plan is to have a larger display (350+ gallons) after my wife and I move in a few years and this system will provide me 1) experience in running a larger reef system, 2) a chance to acquire and test out new equipment suitable for the larger system, and 3) the ability to grow out frags and fish stock so I'm not adding all tiny frags to a larger display.
Now on to the fun stuff!
40G Refugium
20G Anemone Tank
90G Grow Out Tank
50G Frag Tank
125G Sump
Depending on how this goes and how things grow, I may add more frag tanks and/or a 125+ gallon FOWLR tank.
All of this will be controlled by my Apex and by this fall I should have a Trident for the primary testing.
A word of warning, this will be a slow build. I won't get into a ton of detail regarding the cost of the system in this thread but I will say I have a reefing budget of $400-$500 a month that will be the limiting factor in how quickly things go. Lower priced equipment will likely be used to get everything wet and stocked but once initial costs have settled I plan to replace where needed.
My wife is very supportive of my reef keeping hobby. I used to have some very unhealthy hobbies so almost anything could be better than those but I knew she was on board with my plans when in the early stages of planning she started getting me decorations and making cross-stitches for the fish room like this stained glass moorish idol (I know, it's a heniochus based on the yellow tail but it wasn't the time for correcting).
Now on to the fun stuff!
40G Refugium
20G Anemone Tank
90G Grow Out Tank
50G Frag Tank
125G Sump
Depending on how this goes and how things grow, I may add more frag tanks and/or a 125+ gallon FOWLR tank.
All of this will be controlled by my Apex and by this fall I should have a Trident for the primary testing.
A word of warning, this will be a slow build. I won't get into a ton of detail regarding the cost of the system in this thread but I will say I have a reefing budget of $400-$500 a month that will be the limiting factor in how quickly things go. Lower priced equipment will likely be used to get everything wet and stocked but once initial costs have settled I plan to replace where needed.
My wife is very supportive of my reef keeping hobby. I used to have some very unhealthy hobbies so almost anything could be better than those but I knew she was on board with my plans when in the early stages of planning she started getting me decorations and making cross-stitches for the fish room like this stained glass moorish idol (I know, it's a heniochus based on the yellow tail but it wasn't the time for correcting).