25 lagoon build

[johnsamm7]

just started my cycle today on my im 25 lagoon thought I should start a build thread because I didn't do it with my last tank .

Equipment:
1- innovative marine 25 lagoon
2- radion xr15w gen 4 lighting
3- 20 lbs of Fiji pink
4- prob about 15lbs Florida reef cleaner dry rock
5- 2 Im custom caddys are waiting to go in after the cycle
6- tunze osmolator 3155 ato
7- Red Sea coral pro salt
8- brs 3 stage ro/di


Waiting to come in the mail

1- 2 aqua gadget spin streams
2- cobalt maxijet 900 return pump ( stock pump way to loud can't believe they sold that with this amazing tank)

 

[ejd420]

i want this tank...looking forward to seeing how urs turns out.

 

[johnsamm7]

These tanks are incredibly sleek built very nice I'm excited to see how well it turns out as well

 

[ejd420]

advice...i want to order this tank...what equipment will i need to get(besides tank/stand). im more of a checklist person and eant to get the items in waves before i start mapping out ehat i want to put in the tank. any advice appreciated.

 

[johnsamm7]

The tank itself comes with two filter socks and a pump . What I did was get the custom caddys for both sides because the filter socks get dirty pretty fast they work good but ur constantly cleaning them and swapping them out with others or you could buy multiple socks and keep rotating and cleaning them . The stock pump I was bummed out about because it is extremely loud so I had to order another one for it to be quiet I ordered the cobalt mj900 it's 230 gph the stock pump I believe is 211 gph so it's a little more flow . Also this tank does not come with a lid/screen top so if ur planning on having fish that jump or don't want fish to go floor surfing I would order one I'm waiting to order one from artfully acrylic there Lids are really nice but a little pricey . A nice light would do I have a radion xr 15 w pro on mine and the light fills the whole tank I do have a second one that I might be selling with the mount as well if your interested let me know . Also the cobalt neo therm 100w heater fits perfectly in the heater chamber of the tank . All really depends on what you want to grow in the tank there's a ton of different ways you could go . And definitely a decent auto top off to keep salinity in check

 

[ejd420]

The tank itself comes with two filter socks and a pump . What I did was get the custom caddys for both sides because the filter socks get dirty pretty fast they work good but ur constantly cleaning them and swapping them out with others or you could buy multiple socks and keep rotating and cleaning them . The stock pump I was bummed out about because it is extremely loud so I had to order another one for it to be quiet I ordered the cobalt mj900 it's 230 gph the stock pump I believe is 211 gph so it's a little more flow . Also this tank does not come with a lid/screen top so if ur planning on having fish that jump or don't want fish to go floor surfing I would order one I'm waiting to order one from artfully acrylic there Lids are really nice but a little pricey . A nice light would do I have a radion xr 15 w pro on mine and the light fills the whole tank I do have a second one that I might be selling with the mount as well if your interested let me know . Also the cobalt neo therm 100w heater fits perfectly in the heater chamber of the tank . All really depends on what you want to grow in the tank there's a ton of different ways you could go . And definitely a decent auto top off to keep salinity in check

ill have tonget the products u name dropped. ill let u know about the light...realistically i intend to get these things at latest early october.

 

[ejd420]

*to get

 

[johnsamm7]

Awesome sounds good

 

[johnsamm7]

Just received my spin streams in the mail and put them in the tank pretty disappointed on how much flow they restrict

 

[luckyazn6]

Are they loud the spin streamers

 

[johnsamm7]

Mine aren't crazy loud but they do have a little noise coming from them I can hear them over the return pump

 

[Trueg115]

I set up my lagoon 25 about 2 weeks ago and after running the spinstream nozzle for 2 weeks the noise is drastically lower than when mine first begun so hopefully that will come down. I'm about to order the tunze 3155, does it fit well in the return chamber?

 

[johnsamm7]

Yea it fits well it will just have to sit a little bit below the return tubing my water level sits about 1/4 inch in the middle chamber it's perfect