Welcome to my tank journal!
After 20+ years, it's time for a new tank! This is my first time building a large (glass) tank from the ground up, so we'll see if I actually learned anything from nearly 30 years of hobby experience.
Some of the discussion started here about peninsula vs. standard: https://www.bareefers.org/forum/threads/peninsula-tank-questions.36571/ and I landed on a pretty large option (not the Altumate that's 7" taller, sorry @Kensington Reefer) due to a 30% off Labor Day deal at Algae Barn! :
Tank Specs
- Dimensions: 1500 mm (L) x 700 mm (W) x 600 mm (H)
- Tank – 59" L x 27.5" W x 23.6" H
- Stand – 59" L x 27.5" W x 35.4" H
- Display capacity: 540 L / ~143 gal
- Sump capacity: 100 L / ~26.4 gal
- Glass thickness: Sides 15mm, Base 19mm
- Opti-Clear glass. Flat polished edges. White base panel.
- Black laminated rear panel w/ gravity fed ATO chamber
- Slimline Internal Corner Weir – left rear corner.
- Twin intake weir – surface and low level intake vents.
- Screw fit pre-fabricated plumbing.
- Built in controller board and outlet switches
- 4x ReeFi Uno 2.1 Pros
- 2x MP40 (flow still TBD)
- 2x Gyres
- Reef Octopus Skimmer (or Deltec)
- Hydros X4 + XP8 power bar
- Hydros WaveEngine v2
- Return pump TBD
- Modified Berlin method (strong lighting, flow, skimmer
- Aged/seeded rock from @Coral reefer mixed with some live rock from other systems (no dry rock)
- Kalkwasser only
- No at-line testing
TBD (Moving towards more community, less aggression, more dither type fish).
LPS dominant with some SPS
Delivery date: 09/12/2024
Delivery:
The pallet did not come in great shape and things looked bad for the tank (split boards, busted pieces, straps broken). We had to put oak logs underneath because it was literally sliding off the side and down the middle.
Inside looks like the tank is ok...
Little scratch inside the stand but otherwise not bad:
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