Lambianz
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Well looks like I'm in the right place for builds, seems like most of them are my size, a 55g shallow reef tank.. Dimensions 40'' X 17'' X 17'' rimless.. And a closed loop system.. I like to call it closed loop because there will be no filtration overflow.. The only filtration to the tank is the water changes and a striving cleaner crew.
No fish, strictly corals. Now some may say impossible but I've seen it done. Is this my first tank build, no, well the tank I had before was a tear down and an instant re-setup. And I learned a lot with that set up.. To bad Ike had to be a terrible hurricane and shut down my tank that I completely did for the second time trying to save what was giving to me, not maintained very well..Oh well lessons learned.. Soooo here goes. I've acquired these tubs from work completely forgetting we have these by the thousands, our resin comes in these tubs...I will be getting a couple cheap powerheads this weekend, salt and a RO DI unit to get the dried live rock started for
curing. Well yes, a lot of tubs for a lot of rock, but will only be using one tub for this procedure.. Other tubs will later be used for auto top offs and water changes.. I do not plan to use a auto top off system with just plain RO DI water, the top off will be premixed saltwater ready. I will have monitors set up throughout the system to monitor salinity levels as well as other water parameters. I'm placing the order for the tank this week, with the lights and RO DI 5 stage unit, the top end gph powerheads will come later. I will start building the stand this weekend... More photos to come
No fish, strictly corals. Now some may say impossible but I've seen it done. Is this my first tank build, no, well the tank I had before was a tear down and an instant re-setup. And I learned a lot with that set up.. To bad Ike had to be a terrible hurricane and shut down my tank that I completely did for the second time trying to save what was giving to me, not maintained very well..Oh well lessons learned.. Soooo here goes. I've acquired these tubs from work completely forgetting we have these by the thousands, our resin comes in these tubs...I will be getting a couple cheap powerheads this weekend, salt and a RO DI unit to get the dried live rock started for
curing. Well yes, a lot of tubs for a lot of rock, but will only be using one tub for this procedure.. Other tubs will later be used for auto top offs and water changes.. I do not plan to use a auto top off system with just plain RO DI water, the top off will be premixed saltwater ready. I will have monitors set up throughout the system to monitor salinity levels as well as other water parameters. I'm placing the order for the tank this week, with the lights and RO DI 5 stage unit, the top end gph powerheads will come later. I will start building the stand this weekend... More photos to come
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