First Time Salt Water Tank.....

Xathron · Oct 24, 2016

OK, Update.... Got in some more goodies today.
Got the Nuvo 20 for the QT
New Apex
Maxspect XF-280

Cory · Oct 24, 2016

Xathron said:
OK as I was reading what I had posted, it seems I have not ordered any salt mix. I am looking at the Aquaforest Reef Salt. Anyone have thoughts on this brand ??

That may be fine but id order tropic marine pro because triton results from various aquariums show it not to be elevated in various metals like some other salts are. So that would be my choice. Nice start!

Psymon · Oct 25, 2016

I rate go with tropic marine, some other salts seem to have elevated metals in them. I got my first triton results back recently and I was surprised. Next time I would just go straight with tropic marine instead of the other vendors.

Xathron · Oct 25, 2016

Cory said:
That may be fine but id order tropic marine pro because triton results from various aquariums show it not to be elevated in various metals like some other salts are. So that would be my choice. Nice start!

Cory thanks for the information. Good to know

Xathron · Oct 25, 2016

Well I got the sump in today from Jeff at Lifereef and it came out great. Just another piece of the puzzle to make the great picture complete.

Cory · Oct 25, 2016

What a crazy sump! Cabt wait to see the skimmer in action.

michaust · Oct 25, 2016

I wish my life reef sump looked that good

Xathron · Oct 25, 2016

Cory said:
What a crazy sump! Cabt wait to see the skimmer in action.

Cory I also can't wait to see it in action.

Xathron · Oct 25, 2016

michaust said:
I wish my life reef sump looked that good

Thanks Michaust,

brotherd · Oct 29, 2016

Can we see more of the inside and back of the sump please?

Xathron · Oct 29, 2016

NEW FLASH …..

Got the tank in last night.

Now the fun part comes of getting it all the pieces together.

Xathron · Oct 29, 2016

brotherd said:
Can we see more of the inside and back of the sump please?

Here you go let me know if you need a different angle or view close up of an area

brotherd · Oct 29, 2016

Wow! Can't wait to see it all connected and running! Jeff definitely upped his game on that sump!

Xathron · Oct 29, 2016

brotherd said:
Wow! Can't wait to see it all connected and running! Jeff definitely upped his game on that sump!

Well I can say he did a great job. I really like the way it came out with the colors and all as well. Yeah I am hopping I made my last run to Home Depot (likely not)

Xathron · Oct 29, 2016

Well guess it is time to clean up the mess. Need to take the wife out to dinner tonight..

Krawl · Oct 29, 2016

Really liking that sump. Very nice!

Snook65 · Oct 30, 2016

Xathron, I saw your sump mentioned over a Jeff's site and read your thread. It's going to be a beautiful tank and your sump if so much nicer than the one I purchased from Jeff around 15 years ago.

Smartest thing I ever did was buy the the best product the first time around.

Xathron · Oct 30, 2016

Snook65 said:
Xathron, I saw your sump mentioned over a Jeff's site and read your thread. It's going to be a beautiful tank and your sump if so much nicer than the one I purchased from Jeff around 15 years ago. Smartest thing I ever did was buy the the best product the first time around.

Snook, Thanks I am glad to hear you feel that Jeff's sumps are good. I am happy with the out come of his build. His customer service is outstanding as well. As I was doing the plumbing to the calcium reactor I broke a part ( all my fault ) sent him an email asking how much to replace the part. He was like NP its in the mail.

Xathron · Oct 31, 2016

OK got all the plumbing done, except the calcium reactor that I am holding on the part I broke. Look and let me know if it looks like I did something wrong. Since this is the first time I gave it my best guess. ( little help form the internet) ok lot of help