Setting up my first salt water tank

[MikeC]

Def will! I'll PM you next week to plan a good day

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[CristianD]

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1180971

Check these out too

 

[vinnymang]

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1180971

Check these out too

interesting. I'll look more into them

 

[vinnymang]

Received my skimmer (swc 180) return (waterblaster 5000) and my aqua controller (neptune apex lite). Waiting on my RO/DI unit. Pretty sure it was a 75 GPD RO/DI 5 Stage PLUS System from bulk reef supply. Also waiting on some slip to threaded bulk heads so I can start/finish plumbing, fill the tank with water and start getting things rolling!

 

[shmibly]

Man I wish I started with a 125 lol. Let us know how it goes.

 

[Donewiththisplace]

Cant wait to see the progress...keep us posted.

 

[vinnymang]

With continued help from CristianD, the plumbing setup is basically complete! Just have to glue and apply plumbing tape where needed. Here are some pics of the setup

 

[stooops718]

Looks great!

 

[vinnymang]

Plumbing complete! RO/DI doing work. AI Sol super blues arriving friday. Couple days left until live sand and rock going in. Also painted the back of my tank with black water based latex paint. Things are rolling!!!

 

[fishman1069]

Nice man! Looking good

 

[MikeC]

Nice job!!

 

[CristianD]

nice vin. better start making that water... gonna take plenty of it to fill that big boy up. keep the updates coming

 

[SanmanReefer]

Hey guys! I posted a thread a couple months ago about getting into the hobby. I finally took initiative and bought a tank! I bought a Reef ready, dual overflow 125 gallon Aqueon glass tank. Dimensions are 72"x18"x24". Putting it in my basement thats just about finished with renovation, in the same room my home theater system is in. I bought the tank brand new tank with an aquarium stand, that was showcased on the floor in Pets Warehouse on Glencove Road in CarlPlace, NY. When I got home, I put the tank on the stand and the stand seemed a bit wobbly. So I spoke with the manager and they're gonna swap the stands tomorrow with a new one. I also bought an Aqueon Model 4 ProFlex Modular Sump and and two megaflow overflow accessory kits. So far that's all I bought and hopefully by tomorrow I have that all connected. I'd like to thank CristianD, a buddy of mine who's a member of the forum, for taking the time to help me out with this project. After this weekend, I'll probably pick up a return pump and protein skimmer. CristainD recommended I'd get a reef octopus water blaster 5000 return pump and a SWC Xtreme 180 Cone protein skimmer. Hopefully, all this will be connected soon and ready to fill up with RO/DI water so I can make sure everything is fine with the tank, and then start planning how my aquascape is going to look. I will be using live sand and I'm pretty sure I'm going to use a combination of Dry and live rock, with dry rock on the bottom and stacking live rock on top. Later on, I also plan on hooking up 10 gallon tank next to the sump for auto top-off, will most likely be hooking up LED's once I get the money for them. I hear that Acan, Aqua illumination and Ecotech are the brands to look at. And as soon as my buddy Cristian D showed me on his iPhone, I told myself I have to set up a digital aquatics reef keeper lite plus controller w/ digital float switch kit and mount. I will likely go with ecotech power heads. I'd really like to hear your guys input as well on tips, tricks and advice on anything really. I will be logging everything on the forum. What I learned from my first thread post was that I should and will be very, Very patient with the entire process.
Until my next post, -Vinny

Nice tank, so you're the one that bought that tank. LOL. I went in there and they wouldn't sell it to me, said it was on HOLD or SOLD.Ha ha!! Very nice, looking forward to seeing it fully setup.

 

[vinnymang]

Hahah yea, I was that guy. Sorry about that. Should be starting my cycle by next week. So excited!

 

[vinnymang]

Overlooked leveling my tank and only have water running into one overflow. Need to spend the day draining and leveling :/

 

[vinnymang]

Everything up and running and used instant ocean reef crystals to get my salinity perfect. Adding dry rock with some live rock tomorrow!

 

[vinnymang]

Live rock and live sand in! Now just testing the water everyday. Trying to figure out with my pops how we're going put on the lights. They came with a a hanging kit and mounting rail, but the ceiling is too high. Might create two brackets on the wall and lie the mounting rail on there.
Also trying to figure out what's going on with my Neptune system. Everything works except for the app on a cellular network. I can even access the URL I set up on safari on my iPhone, but not the app?! Another call to Neptune systems is on the to do list, unless you guys got an answer. Almost forgot about setting up my tunze osmolator as well

 

[Gabe]

Good luck

 

[cmantis]

You could do either something off the wall or like I am going to do and make pvc brackets and just paint them black.

 

[nyguardian21]

Good luck, you starting off with good equipment. Remember to research, research, and more research...