Innovative Marine 40 Build

[ecoreefguy]

So I didn't realized it was going to take 6-10 weeks for reef savvy to build my tank... To make the time go buy a little faster, I'm building a small tank for the home office. Creation reef was kind enough to order me a innovative marine 40 galling AIO. So glad they aren't doing curved glass anymore, hated that look. The stand is being build locally by an excellent carpenter... I hope. My lights and skimmer arrive yesterday from Aquarium Specialty. The plan is to be a mix, slightly heavier on sps wrasse And/or anthia a tank, with 1 pair of clown .

Equipment:
Innovative Marine 40 AIO
Innovative Marine Midsize ghost skimmer
Tunze ATO
2 x MP40WES
2 x Radion Pros Gen 3 ( most likely will go down to one, I wanna see if 2 gives me better coverage while running them at lower intensity)
Reef Link ( decided to go with a reef link over the apex because it was 99 vs 549 and I can't think of features that I needed on the apex that would justify and extra 450. More money for live stock)
Top off container I decided to go with what was there. eBay had one for 69.99 shipped.

Pictures will come as soon as I actually get to pick up the tank from Creations ( arrived Friday) and my stand. If there's any equipment I overlooked please let me know. Any advice will be awesome as well

 

[ecoreefguy]

Was a bit stress about weekend meeting. So decided to open up some stuff.!! Got Reeflink up and running and connected to all the lights. Probably spending the rest of the night programming them and or looking up good profiles to model after.
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[tonymission]

Only 6-10 weeks to build the tank? What are the dimensions of the RS tank? I saw you post that it was cheaper than you expected. I got a 4k quote for 150~ gallon tank.

And where are the pics?!?!

 

[ecoreefguy]

The reef savvy? That's due in mid July . So 7 monthes lol. I'll PM pricing.

 

[tonymission]

EcoReefGuy;1006497 wrote: The reef savvy? That's due in mid July . So 7 monthes lol. I'll PM pricing.

I'll take pics of the IM in the meantime

 

[ecoreefguy]

It's that box lol. I'm still waiting on the final word on my stand from the builder, depending on how long they take will determine if I want to start a stock tank and start buying pieces of coral I like and test the light pattern.

 

[ecoreefguy]

My stand arrived yesterday. I had to do some traveling so didn't get to take many pictures. But here's the tank on the stand. Only change is to lights. Going from Radion to ATI hybrid

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[shrimpy brains]

Looks nice! I really like that stand. Classy!

 

[camellia]

Shrimpy Brains;1019891 wrote: Looks nice! I really like that stand. Classy!

What she said!

 

[ecoreefguy]

Got rock sand and water into the tank. Mounting the light. Haven't had a chance to turn it on yet.

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Wiring still a mess and under the stand is a bit clutter still. I will tuck and clean set up asap. I have more rock from the 10 gallon I will be transferring over. Again all man made rock. Two goals - to somewhat be a conservationist and to keep ph more stabilize

 

[mattgee87]

dude loving the lights , I have a soft spot of t5 fixtures especially ATI

 

[nicoli627]

Nice setup Who built your stand ?

 

[ecoreefguy]

Grouper therapy made the stand. I just upgrade to all QD drives today. Designs different. They are higher pitched than normal ones