build thread

This is the SCA 50 gallon system I bought off amazon to go in my new apartment. This is my 5th tank build, but first brand new tank and first time using a cube. Here’s the tank when it arrived. Well, a little after it arrived. I got excited and started opening boxes before I remembered to snap...

Hey guys so I decided I wanted to post my build to share with you guys and also to monitor my progression of my tank over time. I started this tank out in October of last year and transferred two old tanks into this one[live rock, fish, and corals]. I built the stand from 2x4 and 3/4 in plywood...

I needed to move my 40g breeder that had been running for almost 3 years and talked the wife into letting me upgrade. I didn't take many photos of the initial build since I was moving things from an existing tank, I was hurrying to get fish and coral out of a rubbermaid container. Livestock...

I’m October of 2017 my wife and I bought a coralife biocube 29 from a coworker who has been in the hobby for over 10 years. He actually bought the set up for himself while he was trying to convince me to buy it for my kids. My son is allergic to cats and dogs, but loves animals. So my co...

I decided to start this build thread to add something to my hobby and to add to our community. This is my 5th reef tank over the last 15+ years Iv bin in the hobby, I’ve bin back into it now for about the last 4 years, slowly getting bigger and bigger and finally bigger. To where I’m at now...

It's been a long time coming, but I'm finally getting around to a build thread for my RedSea Reefer 425XL. I broke down my first tank a 40B in July of 2016 when I bought my 425XL https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/soonerberrios-40b-sumpless-build.227835/ The 425XL has been up since July 2016...

I'm a high school science teacher and my school has decided to buy me 4 of these... https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-3231/Industrial-Shelving/Wide-Span-Storage-Rack-Wire-Decking-72-x-24-x-60 They have decided to put 16 electrical outlets on each shelf "level". Spaced so that the outlets...

That's right I'm upgrading my tank by 1200%, from a 10 gallon to a 120. Doesn't sound as dramatic when you just say upgrading to a 120. But here we go. So the 10 gallon was set up over a year ago as a temporary tank until we moved until our own place. So 8 months after moving in I was finally...

Hi All! Migrating here from RC (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2164285) but I'll try to do a very abbreviated version of a 7 year build. I've condensed 7 years into 140 or so photos. I'll start with the build, then go through the repeated failures and then pick up where we...

Hey Guys, So I've been very indecisive after selling my previous tank. Ever since the move which has been 3+ months now, I thought maybe being tankless would be some what satisfying to know my wallet is staying intact more lol . Which it has, but being tank less is very depressing, Wife gave...

This thread is for discussion on building a floating aquarium canopy containing 4 OceanRevive T247s being controlled by the Bluefish Lighting controller with 6 channels. I will give a rundown on the OceanRevive Mod and the style of canopy I went with. There was one thread on R2R that gave a...

Hey everyone, This will be my first build thread. I recently moved, and had 3 tanks up and running. I decided to consolidate everything into one tank (Red Sea Reefer 525xl). My previous tanks: Red Sea Reefer 350 IM Nuvo 30l 70 gallon custom frag tank The plan was to build the new Reefer...

Hello R2R family! I will be working on my 150 triton tank in the next few weeks (I will be doing a mission trip in Nepal so the build will be placed on hold for a few weeks) Prior to the build tread, I have a question and I’m looking for some feedback.. I currently purchased a dual overflow...

I decided to try my hand in reefing after being a freshwater/reptile guy for a while. I stumbled upon a guy on Craigslist who was getting out of the hobby. I purchased his setup for pennies on the dollar because he wanted it out of the garage (happy wife, happy life). His setup was only about...

So 2 years after my new home purchase, I am now getting back into my salt water addiction. This will be my 3rd tank, but really my first "Adult" setup. I finally have enough room for a full size sump, refugium, and an observation tank. This should put the total system volume to just above 245...

I am making a build thread to track the progress of a 30 gallon nuvo by innovative marine. It will incorporate a few various IM gadgets as well. Filters socks, midsize ghost skimmer, IM reactor, tunze osmolator, jaebo rw4 powerhead, twin IM spinstream nozzles at the return, screen top, two...

This will be the my first true build. Our LFS had a new 93 Gallon Marineland rimless cube with a corner overflow with stand at a price we just couldn't pass up. I don't really know what my plans are for the tank yet so I'm open to suggestions. I just ordered a Jebao DCP-5000 Return Pump and a...

Hello! So this is a new build and my FIRST Salt Water aquarium. Please feel free to point out the good, the bad, and the ugly. Here it goes.... Main Items: Red Sea Reefer Peninsula 500 Current USA Marine IC Pro 48" Lights Current USA 1900GPH eFlux DC Pump 2 x Current USA 2100 GPH eFlux...

What's up reefers? I've mostly lurked around the forums, seldomly posting...however I'm almost finished with a big build. Here's the equipment list: Tank: Aqueon 210g Rimmed Stand: DIY **Will show pics of the build*** Lights: Ecotech radion XRw30 Gen 4 Pro x3 (adding two more shortly)...

So i just got bit by the bug a few months ago ,, my tank was setup on September 14th 2017 , i used a bit of cycle dosing stuff , waited a month and added my clean up crew , about 2 or 3 weeks ago I put my first fish( ocellarius clown ) and non hitch hiker inverts( short-spine pincushion urchin)...

This is the thread for my new 20 gallon SPS/LPS reef. It is an upgrade of my 7.5 gallon SPS/LPS borderline pico/nano found here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/7-5-gallon-bow-front-sps-lps.309229/ As you can see it is fairly crowded... The first thing I will do in this thread is...

Order and Delivery I had been thinking about adding a 2nd tank and definitely wanted a “cube shape” system just for SPS. I was thinking about a Red Sea Reefer (RSR) 170, as I already own the RSR 525XL and had great luck and success with that. But the total system size of only 43 gallons was...

DATG Sale - This Mama opened her Christmas Present Upgrading from a 5-month-old 10g nano reef. I outgrew it already. Stock Specs It arrived Saturday. Added water and coarse sand on Sunday. Started moving base rock that is not attached to any coral over to the new tank Monday. I was so proud...

Hopefully I can do some justice to this build and keep pace with some of the other builds going on in here, this being my first real build. Little back story...... I have been in the hobby for quite a few years, but on the other side of the spectrum (freshwater). I was running multiple tanks...