FormulatedFire

Greetings! It's been 10 years since I've had a tank and about 7 months ago I picked up a 125g tank that is a freshwater community tank. While it's been great having a tank to sit and stare at I've really missed the amount of life and color that comes with a full on reef tank. So that leads me to my new project which was long term but seems to be taking an accelerated path. So whats the plan.... The initial setup will be four 40g breeders plumbed (1 1/2" drain) to a 150g Rubbermaid stock tank with 3/4" dual returns in each corner over the top. Long term I believe I'll have space to expand to 1-2 more racks or 1 large tank. I've had two 75g reefs before and never felt like I had enough space so this design will allow me to have a decent amount of space with room to grow. I also wanted to go with four separate tanks so i can divide coral types so there isn't any chemical warfare and also different types of fish. Stock tank will house a bunch of rock and I'm planning to rig up a floating basket for cheato. Equipment... I picked up a Mag 18 return from someone getting out of the hobby for cheap so that will be the starter return pump. I have two extra small Mag pumps i'm thinking of running in the sump to keep detritus down Skimmer is still up in the air. Lights I've decided to go with LEDs but I'm not decided on brand or model as of yet. I've got 1 300w jegar heater plan to buy another or two. Once i see how much flow i get from the return lines I'll look into power heads. I'm sure I'm forgetting something but this is a start. Huge thanks to @Telegraham for helping me with drilling the tanks today!! Next step will be stands.

Not sure if your review is good or bad but I pulled the trigger before the sale ended and it arrives today.

Happy Labor Day All! This seems like a really good deal on a basic RODI but I'm always sceptical of those type of deals. Lol So I wanted to see if anyone had experience with this model. I know the RO buddie had mixed reviews but this looks like standard size model. Dr. Foster and Smith have it on sale + 15% off for labor day + mail in rebate. Its aquatic life 100gpd https://m.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=40363

http://www.capitalcichlids.org/ Is local and is a sister site to monsterfishkeepers.com which is awesome for bigger fish.

I've read that the chrome/siver finish is just a paint that salt will errode it and it will eventually peel off. Also +1 on the drop ceiling sections for them

Not sure if you've checked eBay, but premium aquatics sells them on their for great prices. The user name they use is premiumaq.

I have two koralia evo 750s that I used on my reef tank and they worked great with no problems at all. I was actually planning to put them up for sale in the near future since I converted back to freshwater. I still have the boxes and everything for them if your interested PM me.

Here's a couple links from Melev's Reef that might be able to help you out. http://www.melevsreef.com/55g/55sump.html or http://www.melevsreef.com/install_sump.html

I've had great reliability out of the ASM models. I ran the ASM G3 on my 75Gs and it was easy to use and worked great. I picked it up for 100 used off reefcentral.

How are all those zoa's and that LPS working out for you??

And I'm assuming that you kept the bucket at the same temp as the tank. Only reason I ask is because I've heard a similiar story with adding liverock that had been in storage and the heater malfunctioned and the LR was sitting in an overheated bucket for a week which killed off pretty much everything in the rock. When the liverock was added to a new tank it killed the tank parameters.

How long was all of your liverock and sand out of the water?

So now that everything is broken down I have -75g black RR tank w/ 30g sump (3 sections w/ baffles) -Black pine majesty stand -Mag 5 return pump -All plumbing included (durso stand pipe and return lines coming back over the top in each corner) Would sell the whole package above for $400 2x Koralia Evo 750s - $30 a piece (used for 5 months) Black Tek 6x54W T-5 fixture 48" long and fixture and bulbs are 5 months old - 4 ATI Blue + & 2 ATI Purple + also have a brand new Aquablue bulb $350 All items will be pickup in glen burnie before wed and in Essex after wed If you want the whole package above pm me and we can work out a deal. I'll throw in a free 55g tank if you buy it all!

All livestock gone....may have some hardware in the future

Occy Clown pair Neon green Sinularia Neon green SPS Colony Toadstool frags All available again...make offers otherwise they will be going to LFS Sunday afternoon