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Progress thread for my 90g reef build. Not exactly sure what corals i'm going to aim for this time. Probably a mix of mostly sps with a scattering of other things thrown in.

I started assembling equipment over the last few weeks. I finished the stand a couple of days ago and should get the lighthood finished this weekend. While the poly is drying on the hood, it is time to start fitting everything in the stand. it is going to be a tight fit.

few pics to start...

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Made some good progress this morning and got most of the equipment jammed in the cabinet. Might get it test filled tonight if I get some time.

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The Kessil is for the fuge.

Got the tank all tested in the basement and ran it for a bit. Moved it up the other day and got it filled up with RODI and have started adding salt.

I have rock coming from tamba bay saltwater next week. can't wait.

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Nice looking equipment. Should turn out to be a nice system.


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zachxlutz;1117945 wrote: Nice looking equipment. Should turn out to be a nice system.

thanks. I hope it all works out. This is the first time in a long time i've built a system from scratch without reusing a lot of equipment. It was nice making choices on new stuff that I hope works well together.
 
I got my live rock this morning from Tampa Bay saltwater. It came in on an early flight and the rock was in great shape. There was lots of algae, hermit crabs, serpent stars, urchins, and even a few hard corals. Good number of questionable crabs too. I picked off as many as I could find and they are in my QT tank now until I can research them. i'm not sure they are all bad, but a few are for sure.

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I'll have to do some rearranging of the rock. I didn't know what I had as I was opening box by box, so it was hard to plan out the stacking.

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close ups of a few pieces.

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Nice, looks like a quality build. When you are ready for corals let me know I got some frags, you are right near me!
 
jdpierce21;1118296 wrote: Is your RODI in your stand?

No. That is a carbon and GFO chambers. They just don't have anything in them yet. I was missing a couple of fittings to hook them up like I really wanted and just got the parts today.
 
Nice looking setup! Some nice macroalgae in there too!

Jenn
 
JennM;1118355 wrote: Nice looking setup! Some nice macroalgae in there too!

Jenn

thanks.

now i'm stuck in the waiting game for cycle and letting the tank stabilizing. This is always the worst waiting time for me. i'm so ready to get some corals.
 
The hardest part is the, "Hurry up and wait," part.
 
So while i'm waiting on things, i've started to think about the fish I want. I'm going to probably get something this weekend and start it off in QT for awhile. What would be a great fish for a 90g to be the "show fish"? I haven't had a tank this small in a while, and I had forgotten a lot of my favorites aren't really an option anymore.

I'm going to end up with mostly sps for the corals, so anything that will harass them for sure is out. I'm willing to risk fish that could harass. I've had good luck in the past with questionable fish not actually bothering the corals. I think I overfeed a bit too much.
 
I think the sump is going to work out fine, but everything seems just a tad small for my hands. Cleaning the filter socks is tight. I've also dropped the cover of the ATO section in there a few times already, and that is really a narrow opening. I'm going to have to add a cross piece to that cover so it can't slip in as easily.
 
I'm setting up a 90 myself and am stuck on which sump to get, thanks for the info

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