Well, I figured now was the time to start a build thread. I was told that even pictures of empty tanks was exciting. Just dismantled my 56 gallon FOWLR. Only livestock I'm keeping is a beautiful yellow watchman goby named Gobes that was just too cool to give up, so she's hunkered down in quarantine right now. We just bought a house, and the sitting area has this perfect wall for a larger tank. So we decided to upgrade to a 150 gallon that is going to start out as FOWLR and then eventually house very easy corals that won't require tons of my time. Since I enjoy having an aquarium in the living room to enjoy while we eat dinner or watch a movie, I'm also planning a 33 gallon cube aquarium with macro algae for a pair of tank bred seahorses. So, here's what I've got so far:
150 gallon FOWLR, eventually reef:
Coralife Super Skimmer 220
4 Koralia 1400s
Ocean Pulse Wavemaker Quatro
Small sump with HOB overflow (will need upgraded to large sump once bioload becomes heavier)
T-5 lighting (going to need new bulbs once I decide to populate with some easy corals)
~100 pounds of sand (black aragonite reef sand)
200 pounds of dry rock from Reef Rocks
~50 to 75 pounds of formerly live rock from my 56 gallon
Algae scrubber
Heater
33 gallon cube:
tank and stand
sump with HOB overflow
that's it
I have a small RO/DI unit on the way. No more major equipment purchases planned for the 150. As for the 33 - still gonna need a chiller, HOB protein skimmer, macro algae galore, and some plastic hitching posts along with a good amphipod population. Not too worried about lighting on 33 since I only need enough to grow the algae.
I'll start posting pics later this week. Currently cleaning up the 33 gallon and waiting on one last shipment of rocks from Reef Rocks for aquascaping along with RO/DI so that I can get water in the 150. Once I have the 150 gallon cycling, the 33 gallon is gonna get up and going so that once it's done cycling I can get some macro algae in there.
150 gallon FOWLR, eventually reef:
Coralife Super Skimmer 220
4 Koralia 1400s
Ocean Pulse Wavemaker Quatro
Small sump with HOB overflow (will need upgraded to large sump once bioload becomes heavier)
T-5 lighting (going to need new bulbs once I decide to populate with some easy corals)
~100 pounds of sand (black aragonite reef sand)
200 pounds of dry rock from Reef Rocks
~50 to 75 pounds of formerly live rock from my 56 gallon
Algae scrubber
Heater
33 gallon cube:
tank and stand
sump with HOB overflow
that's it
I have a small RO/DI unit on the way. No more major equipment purchases planned for the 150. As for the 33 - still gonna need a chiller, HOB protein skimmer, macro algae galore, and some plastic hitching posts along with a good amphipod population. Not too worried about lighting on 33 since I only need enough to grow the algae.
I'll start posting pics later this week. Currently cleaning up the 33 gallon and waiting on one last shipment of rocks from Reef Rocks for aquascaping along with RO/DI so that I can get water in the 150. Once I have the 150 gallon cycling, the 33 gallon is gonna get up and going so that once it's done cycling I can get some macro algae in there.