New Basement Build

[slyfox29]

Hi All!

It’s been a few years since my last tank as my job transferred me around the country. I moved back home to Wisconsin in May and took out the old equipment and started a new basement build. Tank and frag tank have fully cycled and I’m fine tuning everything in now.

My plan is to have a display with a few fish and add soft corals. My frag tank will be manly an SPS grow out tank.

Here are a few pics of what I have been working on and spending a lot of time in the basement.

 

[Peace River]

Wow! There is a lot to really like there - in addition to the DT, the sump and frag tanks are awesome! I look forward to hearing more about this system! What were your lessons learned as you put this together? What were you really happy with? What would you do differently?

 

[slyfox29]

I’ll post a list of equipment in the future as it’s a mix of old and new.

What’s different this time versus in the past is the patience and learning from past mistakes.

One of my changes this time was building a mixing station. Much easier and faster than the buckets previously used. Although, I will be adding the Neptune DOS for auto water changes. I’m anxious to see how a water change over a set period of time works compared to doing is all at once.

 

[slyfox29]

Here are some updates!

 

[slyfox29]

Full tank shot.

I’ll post a list of equipment in the future as it’s a mix of old and new.

What’s different this time versus in the past is the patience and learning from past mistakes.

One of my changes this time was building a mixing station. Much easier and faster than the buckets previously used. Although, I will be adding the Neptune DOS for auto water changes. I’m anxious to see how a water change over a set period of time works compared to doing is all at once.

I did add a couple of Neptune DOS and use 1 for water change. Gotta say that I really like the automated water change over a 24hr period.

I also picked up the Trident and after almost a year of use, I will say this has been a great purchase and allows me to keep my Alk and Ca levels so much more steady than ever before. I'll be honest and say in past years it's been a learning experience with various hard and soft corals, but I attribute having the Trident, in my case, to experiencing successful growth of all my corals.