My 75 SPS build
My wife and I just finished building our house and I’ve been looking at upgrading my biocube 29 to something bigger in the home office. My wife agreed that I could do something over the next year if I accumulated parts slowly due to budget. I was leaning towards a 120 and have been perusing the forums for used equipment with no real urgency until last night...
I found a complete setup that I just couldn’t pass up. With much convincing on how much I’d save in equipment costs, I am now the owner of a fantastic 75 gallon system that I have the goal of turning into a top notch SPS reef. For $900 I was able to pick up the tank/stand/and top with the following parts: 2x Kessil a360w with goosenecks Eshopps sump Eshopps S150 protein skimmer Vectra M1 return pump Some sort of reactor 2 MP40’s A ridiculous amount of test equipment, supplements, plumbing, etc... Algae scrubbers, refractometer, and plenty of other misc equipment I haven’t had a chance to go through and identify yet This will all be combined with parts from my biocube and be controlled by my existing apex. I’ll also be pre-ordering the new AquaticLife T5/LED combo fixture tomorrow and waiting patiently for it to be delivered. I will be taking my time and getting this one running with the goal of having something worth writing a build thread about. My first step will be to clean it all up and then re-finish the stand and top which I’ll start on this weekend. I’m leaning towards the antique farmhouse white look but haven’t decided for sure. For now... here’s a pic of some of the equipment as it sits now. The blue thing on the right is a tote full of all of the miscellaneous equipment. Hope you enjoy! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...791018dd2e.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Looking good ;)
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Eshopps sumps are nice. I won one at reef-a-palooza and am using it for my rebuild. What modules do you have on your apex?
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