Hello everyone! This will be a look into the start of what I hope will be a long and enjoyable journey in the hobby of Reef Keeping.
My wife and I talked about an aquarium for many years and very seriously a few years ago but things happen and the wait continued.
Finally near the end of 2019 I pulled the plug and started collecting hardware.
I have a build thread on R2R as well if you go on that site https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diefs-120-peninsula.725470/
Its a little long winded so I will try and make this thread more readable and much shorter.
When I got the go ahead from the Boss, I bought a used 90gal 48x18x24 with stand and also found a great deal on a Red Sea MaxE 170 cube.
She (the Boss) then decided she wanted a peninsula tank (grr) so I starting all over again.
The end of February I ordered a Marineland 120 and started to build my own stand.
After many mishaps building the cabinet (I am not a full time cabinet builder ) and many changes to the setup plan, the stand for both tanks are complete and the tanks are in place where I hope they stay for a long time.
I will be using the original 90gal for the 120 sump in my basement. All the plumbing for both tanks will go through the floor into the basement where I am setting up a fish room.
I'll add a few pics of the cabinet build first in case some are interested in that process. It took a lot longer to complete then I would have thought.
I'm going to move down in the basement now and get the fish room running.
I have to add support under the big tank which I hope to get installed this weekend.
I have to then get water mixing so I can cure rock while I work on plumbing, sumps and qt tanks.
Equipment list so far:
Peninsula 120 gal 48x24x24
2x VorTech MP40 pumps
2x Red Sea ReefLED 90 lights
Tunze Osmolator 3155 ATO
400 watt Aquatop Titanium Heater
90 gal 48x18x24 in basement sump
Vertex Omega 150 Protein Skimmer
x2) External Blueline 55 HD Water Pump - 1100 gph (Panworld 150)
Wasserstein WiFi Water Leak Sensor, Smart Flood Detector
RS Max E 170 Cube 40gal breeder sump
1 VorTech MP10
1 Red Sea ReefLED 90
Last pic is the rework of the shop in the basement. Don't judge, I just started
My wife and I talked about an aquarium for many years and very seriously a few years ago but things happen and the wait continued.
Finally near the end of 2019 I pulled the plug and started collecting hardware.
I have a build thread on R2R as well if you go on that site https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diefs-120-peninsula.725470/
Its a little long winded so I will try and make this thread more readable and much shorter.
When I got the go ahead from the Boss, I bought a used 90gal 48x18x24 with stand and also found a great deal on a Red Sea MaxE 170 cube.
She (the Boss) then decided she wanted a peninsula tank (grr) so I starting all over again.
The end of February I ordered a Marineland 120 and started to build my own stand.
After many mishaps building the cabinet (I am not a full time cabinet builder ) and many changes to the setup plan, the stand for both tanks are complete and the tanks are in place where I hope they stay for a long time.
I will be using the original 90gal for the 120 sump in my basement. All the plumbing for both tanks will go through the floor into the basement where I am setting up a fish room.
I'll add a few pics of the cabinet build first in case some are interested in that process. It took a lot longer to complete then I would have thought.
I'm going to move down in the basement now and get the fish room running.
I have to add support under the big tank which I hope to get installed this weekend.
I have to then get water mixing so I can cure rock while I work on plumbing, sumps and qt tanks.
Equipment list so far:
Peninsula 120 gal 48x24x24
2x VorTech MP40 pumps
2x Red Sea ReefLED 90 lights
Tunze Osmolator 3155 ATO
400 watt Aquatop Titanium Heater
90 gal 48x18x24 in basement sump
Vertex Omega 150 Protein Skimmer
x2) External Blueline 55 HD Water Pump - 1100 gph (Panworld 150)
Wasserstein WiFi Water Leak Sensor, Smart Flood Detector
RS Max E 170 Cube 40gal breeder sump
1 VorTech MP10
1 Red Sea ReefLED 90
Last pic is the rework of the shop in the basement. Don't judge, I just started