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Alight guys so it took me about 6 months to finally get to the point I am now of setting up my build
This will be my biggest build so far last build was 10 gallons lol.
Setup
75 Gallon Acrylic tank with center overflow, 48w18d20t w/ Black acrylic stand and canopy
x2 group buy LEDs with Mai 120w 2 red, 2 green, 2 violet, 21 white and 28 royal blue. No optics, might be changing out a couple LEDs at a later time.
25 gallon sump with refugium
ASM G 1 Protein Skimmer
filter sock
mag 7 return
about 80 pounds of Caribsea reef sand
80+ pounds of pukani dry rock
x2 wp25 turtles (still waiting for them on group buy)
Coralife marine salt mix (will probably switch salts at a later time possibly salinity brand)
I am taking everything slow and gathering a ton of information since I am still a noob with this hobby lol Many thanks to a large number of Chicago reef members
Currently I am filling up my tank with RODI water very slow process also cooking all dry rock in a vinegar and water mix, to get rid of all the phosphates.
I am very new to testing parameters in saltwater still need to buy some test kits.
From the information gathered I might be running a couple other things later on. A GFO reactor, dosing CA and ALK with with a dosing pump. but that at a later time, I will have a ton of free time while my tank is cycling
Planning on keeping mainly SPS and some LPS
If any of you have any recommendations/criticism would love to hear it.
Some pictures of the setup filling up.
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This will be my biggest build so far last build was 10 gallons lol.
Setup
75 Gallon Acrylic tank with center overflow, 48w18d20t w/ Black acrylic stand and canopy
x2 group buy LEDs with Mai 120w 2 red, 2 green, 2 violet, 21 white and 28 royal blue. No optics, might be changing out a couple LEDs at a later time.
25 gallon sump with refugium
ASM G 1 Protein Skimmer
filter sock
mag 7 return
about 80 pounds of Caribsea reef sand
80+ pounds of pukani dry rock
x2 wp25 turtles (still waiting for them on group buy)
Coralife marine salt mix (will probably switch salts at a later time possibly salinity brand)
I am taking everything slow and gathering a ton of information since I am still a noob with this hobby lol Many thanks to a large number of Chicago reef members
Currently I am filling up my tank with RODI water very slow process also cooking all dry rock in a vinegar and water mix, to get rid of all the phosphates.
I am very new to testing parameters in saltwater still need to buy some test kits.
From the information gathered I might be running a couple other things later on. A GFO reactor, dosing CA and ALK with with a dosing pump. but that at a later time, I will have a ton of free time while my tank is cycling
Planning on keeping mainly SPS and some LPS
If any of you have any recommendations/criticism would love to hear it.
Some pictures of the setup filling up.
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