So I deserve everyone a huge update post on the progress of the tank, so here it goes! Also, so that
@bayarea_reef can stop nudging about making an update LOL.
So evidently after the loss, let me rephrase, total loss of all my coral and fish that was sitting in my holding tank while I set up the 200g, I took some time to decompress and think about the build again.
We finished the plumbing and cord management underneath the stand, inspiration from my friend
@bayarea_reef:
Worked on the lighting bracket... was going to use the Ecotech RMS arms, but at 72" long it had too much sag:
Ended up scraping the entire Ecotech arm and with inspiration and guidance from
@bayarea_reef and Deven from Reefdudes, I build an entire contract from extruded aluminum and attached it to the stand. It looks so much cleaner and honestly, more stable.
Finished look:
Now that we had all that figured out, it was time to add sand, rock, and fill this MFer.
As of today, 10/9/27, the tank is entering it 3rd week.. no coral, but we've added 2 clowns a few days ago!
