40 gallons and counting

[Saltyreef24]

Looking good. Cant wait to see it with water in it.

I used the modular marine overflow its essentially the same thing. I plumbed mine as a full syphon and 2 emergency standpipes. With a little adjustment of the gate valve its dead silent.

Sounds awesome. Mine will be plumbed similar, except there are only 2 drains on it, so one will be the primary with a gate valve, and the other will be the secondary/emergency, with maybe a trickle running through it.

 

[Saltyreef24]

I had a AI hydra 52 on my 42 gallon, a much older generation from 8 years ago and loved it. I’m leaning heavily towards the AI primes either goosenecked or possibly mounted in a custom hood. Have you purchased your lights yet? I’m not sure how good the coverage would be with 2 primes. In the wheel house is to try 2 and then supplement with an AI blade or possibly orphek or reefbrite

Wow a 52 must’ve put out some good light. I figured I would try the 2 primes and then add to it if I need more light, since I read that they can be linked up rather easily. If 2 is really shy of how much light I end up needing, I might try to add a hydra 32 to them, but idk how compatible they are to sync up spectrum/timing, etc across AI’s different models. Also, I have a 12” Reefbrite actinic light on my current tank that I could theoretically move over

 

[RockRash]

Currently in Oahu trying to find out how to bring home some different coralline algae, bacteria, and maybe sponges etc. from the live rock out here. At the very least, I have a shooter bottle of crushed coralline algae and seawater to stick in my luggage. Fingers crossed I can find a way to bring back more goodies.

Also, my wife and I saw some wonderful creatures when snorkeling, including a sailfin tang that was well over a foot long. We also just encountered TWENTY Hawaiian green sea turtles, or Honu, resting on the beach last night. I attached a pic of some to show y’all, along with one from today.

Awesome pictures! Ya I'd be tempted to take some rocks or something home to lol.

 

[Sdoutreefer]

Gonna be a good build!

Man... I miss my 40b