Chris' 90 Gallon Build & New to Reefing

chrfrancis · May 6, 2016

Hello everyone, I am just starting this hobby and have purchased a lot of items over the past week and a half. This will be the beginning of my build journal, and I would appreciate any help and constructive criticism! Below is what I have purchased so far!

-90 Gallon Marineland Tank (1 year old)
-Custom Stand
-Curve 7 Skimmer
-Eshopps R200 Sump
-Mag 9.5 Pump
-RW-15
-Photon 32 w/ 4' Setup (120 Optics outside and 90 inner)
-75lbs Live Rock
-Couple bags of Naturs Ocean sand
-Eheim 200w Heater
-Aquarium Thermometer
-Refractometer
-Tub of Tropic Marin Pro Reef Salt
-CaribSea Purple Up
-Dr. Tim's One & Only for Reef Aquariums
-Red Sea Reef Foundation Pro Multi Test Kit, Algae Multi Test Kit, and PH Test Kit
-American DJ Power Rack
-Plumbing
-4 Stage RO/DI System w/ 2x 50 Gallon Barrels

Can anyone think of anything else I need? I am picking up the tank and some equipment tonight and will begin the setup in my house. Pics to come as soon as I begin to piece things together.

Salty1962 · May 6, 2016

Welcome to R2R! Looks like a good list to me. You may want to go with a dc pump for your return. Mags give off a bit of heat and with a dc pump you get better efficiency and can control your turnover better. Keep us posted!

sNaFu · May 6, 2016

Welcome to R2R, that is pretty good list for just a couple weeks

chrfrancis · May 9, 2016

Well, I picked up my tank Friday evening and brought it home. Unfortunately after I filled it 1/4th of the way with tap water I noticed a small leak in the front right seam

. I took it in Saturday and decided to have it completely broken down and resealed from the ground up, one benefit of this is that the center bracing will be replaced with clear acrylic instead of the opaque black in order to let more light through as well as coat the back pane black!

I had nothing else to do this weekend except move the tank stand to it's final resting place, setup the lighting mounts, and hand the Photon 32!