My 75 gal build

Jake1 · Apr 24, 2012

I have been into reef tanks for 2 years now. Started with a 20h with no sump. The only thing awesome on that tank now is my DIY led light witch is 2 months old. I got a 75 off a friend of my from are local aquarium club. It has 120 pounds of sand and is drilled 3 times for over flow one is a back up. I made my order today with brs and picked up most of the stuff I need for this tank. Got 2 koralia 1050, new filter kit for my ro/di, loc Lin for a DIY return, and 30 pounds of reef saver rock. I also picked up a 1300 gph return pump from another site. The tank right now is setting with 20 gal of water a heater and power head awaiting all my new toys. I planned on upgrading my 20 to a 55 so when I made my light I put more leds on it. But since I went with a bigger tank I might have to add a few more. And for now I will be using my old lights on one side. Hope to get pics of the progress as it happens. Man I feel like a kid in a candy store thinking about all the fun I am going to have with this tank.

Saltgator · Apr 25, 2012

Sounds good. Will be watching for pics.

REEFKEEPER10 · Apr 25, 2012

Waiting on some pics too. Sound like a great build.

revsgirl · Apr 25, 2012

Congrats! Can't wait to see pics so we can share in your fun!:becky:

Jake1 · Apr 25, 2012

Thanks everyone. Pics coming soon

BarbH · Apr 25, 2012

Congrats on the new tank, every time a package would arrive I felt like it was Christmas :bounce: Look forward to seeing pictures

Jake1 · Apr 25, 2012

Ok thinking about my ato system. Going to use a 5 gal bucket and going to put kalk in it. Do I need to put a small power head in it to keep it mixed well?

REEFKEEPER10 · Apr 26, 2012

With kalk you want the clear part so putting a power head in to stir isn't a good idea unless you get all the kalk dissolved which can be tricky. Your best bet would be a kalk reactor connected to your ATO. IMO

Jake1 · Apr 26, 2012

Thanks. I'll looking into one.

Jake1 · Apr 27, 2012

Pic time. Been playing around with ideas for the return. The pump is a 1 inch line so I got 1 inch PVC a lot of 90s and ball values. Here is what I came up with.

Then some of the rock in the tank.

Still going to grab some more rock from in town. Pet world has some nice round rock and old town has some shelf rock I am going to get. O ya sorry about my puppy in the pics she thinks everything is a toy she is chewing on my foot right now.

BarbH · Apr 27, 2012

Looks like things are coming along. Love the puppy in the pictures, I have several of my younger cat investigating what I am doing and at times thinks he is a dog wanting to play fetch with whatever he can find, toy or not.

Jake1 · Apr 28, 2012

Ya my puppy was playing with some PVC while I was cutting it. Still thinking about the return have not glued it yet. I like to have one return pointing at the front.