Jays 75g Reef Tank (Work In Progress)

JMoniz

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Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum and the hobby. I've had plenty of aquariums in my life, just never a salt water aquarium. I started this build about 2 months ago and it's definitely been a roller coaster ride so far...but the outcome has been pretty good. I'm still learning alot from this adventure and I'm open to advice and ideas as I'm still learning =). I'll post some pictures of the progress so far.
 
This is the current state of the tank, we just finished painting the stand from black to white last weekend

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Let's look back a couple of months from when I first bought the tank and stand

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My son is my number one helper and absolutely loves fish and coral
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Here's some shots of when we first placed our live rock and lives stock in after the tank had cycled of course
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I will post some.more pictures and details as soon as I can
 
Here's the dreaded mess underneath the cabinet, I'm still in the process of adding equipment and organizing everything, just been a little to busy to takle it head on.
BEFORE:
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AFTER:
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I plan on using pvc for all the plumbing, and converting the sump into a refugium. I'm still confused as to how I will go about making this sump into a refugium, it seems a bit small to me although I don't have much room underneath the cabinet because of the chiller.
 
Welcome to R2R and to the salty side. Looks like you're off to a good start.
 
Started to do a little work on the sump, removed the dreaded bio balls and fixed a few issues with the skimmer, no more wet dry trickle system, it's working alot better now
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Started to do a little work on the sump, removed the dreaded bio balls and fixed a few issues with the skimmer, no more wet dry trickle system, it's working alot better now
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