Hello fellow reefers , I will be starting a new thread to track the progress of my new up coming tank , to share my insights with the reefing community as well as to recieve valuable advice from all the experienced reefers out there. A short introduction of myself , i started a simple all-in-one redsea max 150 back in 2014 keeping mainly softies and lps corals. It was a second hand tank that was handed over to me by my uncle , whom was also the person that introduced me to the wonderful world of reefing. Being young , impatient (actually still am , working on it) and unknowledgable , i made many mistakes in the past which i will rectify and improve on in the following build. The name of the thread suggests a few characteristics of my tank . Firstly , most of the equipments that ill be using are mid tiered equipments and some of them are second-hand. This is to cut the cost of setting up the tank and to see if it is really neccessary to spend a ton of money on equipments.
So without further ado , these are the equipments :
Tank:
-5x2x2 display tank , single euro braced , 12mm, front side crystal glass
-4x2x2 sump tank normal glass
Custom Made by aquarium artist
Lightings:
-4x grassycore LED lights
Skimmer:
-Skimz Oval 257 skimmer
Return pump:
-Ecotech Marine Vetra L1
Calcium Reactor:
-Skimz 157 dc calcium reactor with secondary chamber
-2x 3L CO2 cylinder
-intense solenoid
-MC122 ph controller
Auto-top off:
innovative marine auto top off
Wavemakers:
-2x gyre xf250 with advanced controller
RO/di unit:
-Zero RO/di 5stage
-216L water drum with float valve
Salt:
-3x Skimz PUR reef salt
Redundancies (might be planning to add more):
-Caperplus ph and temperature monitor
I will upload more pictures when the tank arrives this coming saturday , so stay tuned!