ifarmer's 45g reef tank

[ifarmer]

Hello All.
I was out of the hobby the last few years and just recently got back into the hobby.

I am going to document all the steps of this setup so that I can look back and see the progress.

thank you all.



Let it begin.....

 

[ifarmer]

the tank is in the house (or garage)

 

[ifarmer]

it's time to build the stand

 

[ifarmer]

 

[vlangel]

Very nice job on the stand! Do you have a vision of what type of reef you will do; softie, LPS, SPS, mixed or some other?

 

[ifarmer]

probably will try some nice sps acro, and some fish

 

[ifarmer]

 

[blaxsun]

Very clean setup so far!

 

[907_Reefer]

Looking good!

 

[ifarmer]

6 weeks later after the cycle started........

 

[Koh23]

Drawer in stand is briliant idea.....

 

[X-37B]

What light is that?

 

[ifarmer]

What light is that?

Using cheap refugium light for now. I need to upgrade to a better light once the wallet is getting full again

 

[FMF0331]

 

[X-37B]

My light is a cheap Nicrew classic for $40. It grows macro algae and
coralline well.
In my 45g sump I put dead live rock in and the light works well at coloring it up.

 

[ifarmer]

some updates since a few weeks ago.

1. Removed sand
2. swapped out the sump and skimmer
3. added some chRomis

this is a few weeks ago.

Bought this from someone on craigslist on a great deal.

 

[X-37B]

Nice! Very clean looking.