90 Gallon Starfire SPS Build

[SpSDrew]

Been out of the hobby for awhile and coming back with a splash Alright no more corny lines and lets get to the good stuff. My goal with this system was to spare to expense and automate the tank wherever possible.

90 gallon SC Aquarium 36x24x24
Custom stained burch stand
20 gallon long aquarium and a baffle kit (will be replaced with a custom sump/fuge)

2x Kessil 360x ( adding 3rd once I start buying coral)

BubbleKing 180 to support my habit of overstocking tanks

Cor-15 return pump with 1” flow meter

2x MP40

Neptune everything

 

[SpSDrew]

The equipment mountain took a month to obtain most things needed for this build. Also set up a 20L fish quarantine tank. A second QT frag tank will be set up in the coming weeks

 

[SpSDrew]

RODI water tank and dosing pump rack is located a few week from the tank making easy access

 

[Auquanut]

Wow! You obviously know what you're doing. Looking forward to watching your progress. And welcome to R2R! You need to come to my house and make some sense of my jumbled up mess!

 

[SpSDrew]

80lbs of Fiji pink lives and and 80lbs of Real Reef Rock were used. The kessil are mounted on a sliding rail mounted to the stand. This way I can move their placement if needed and add another stand for a third light down the road.

 

[SpSDrew]

The control board is still leaning next to the tank waiting on a day to rewire some things. Also still working on getting all the DOS pumps hooked up. A metal divider was made for a drip tray leading into the sump. This will keep the cords dry behind the sump.

Another change since was to remove the kessils from the QT tank and just buy a cheap black box for over it. Easy bright lighting to observe the fish. Some rubble and junk sand were thrown in for my regal tang. He kept getting himself wedged under the pvc pipe and tearing up his side.

 

[S.Pepper]

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[Coral Euphoria]

Lookin' good! I have to say that I have the same skimmer and it's been going strong for 10 years! Love it!

 

[Barrett]

Looking good so far, I am debating upgrading my SCA 50 cube to the same 90 you have.

 

[thewackyreefer]

I'm envious of your apex mounting. Beautiful work.

 

[SpSDrew]

Thank you everyone! The apex board has been a headache but it’s getting there. Got some magnetic door switches and float valves to hook up to the breakout box. I’ll be getting the final touches on the tank this week and restocking the QT tank with future residents.

 

[SpSDrew]

Some of the current residents.

 

[mystersyster]

Dope setup. Cant wait to see it stocked.

 

[Barrett]

Flame hawks are one of my all time favorite fish, definitely my favorite fish in my tank.

 

[SpSDrew]

Thanks everyone! Not sure what’s next on the list. I was trying to get a juv. Regal angel Friday on divers den but someone else was quicker with their payment apparently.
Since I’m not paying hundreds extra for an apex trident I did pick up some Hana checkers today to get me by.

 

[SpSDrew]

Little update. Algae bloom is about over and ready to start stocking up. Couple natural light photos.

 

[SpSDrew]

Small update:

 

[SpSDrew]

Small update and some new fish into quarantine

 

[SpSDrew]

Haven’t had an updated picture in awhile. Plenty of new frags.

 

[508_lagoonreef]

Great job looks awesome. I have a custom sc aquariums tank..Cant beat them great tanks.