Reefaholiks Reef Aquarium Journey (Build Thread)

Big Larr · Apr 10, 2015

Nice man wish mine would fill in like that

Lilmatty5dimes · May 10, 2015

Great looking tank man. Any updates? I love those salted agaves.

revhtree · May 11, 2015

Reef_a_holiks said:
Update: Crazy growth since the last time I posted. Might start fragging up and selling to make more room and save towards new skimmer or lighting. What you guys think?

Beautiful!

Reef_a_holiks · May 18, 2015

Nothing new in the tank for a while, as you can see tank is pretty filled to the max. lol just been maintaining it. Fragged and sold/traded some coral and looking for one last fish to add to really finish this tank till we get a bigger one

Well here is a quick video we created for a oceanography professor at our college who wanted to see our reef, thought ide share it with you guys as well.
Enjoy!

Big Larr · Jun 10, 2015

Nice bud Like that video of the tank I will do something like that for mine if it ever gets filled in like yours

Reef_a_holiks · Jul 5, 2015

Thought ide share these shots today along with my newest addition.

Diesel · Jul 5, 2015

Nice, Super Nice!

Reef_a_holiks · Jul 5, 2015

Diesel said:
Nice, Super Nice!

Thank you!

JcStark87 · Jul 5, 2015

Reef_a_holiks said:
Hey everyone, so been back in the hobby for some time now and been spending sometime on Reef2Reef. I thought ide make a thread and show my past and current builds. So here it goes! :bounce:

First off started with a 20 gallon that was running for about a year and a half maybe a little more. Started with odyssea quad T5s , then upgraded to Reef radiance Dm-155e leds. Running two koralia 425s and a cpr bakpak with a modded refugium with cheato. This where it stood on its last days.

Next i moved on to my 40gallon breeder, which i handmade the stand for, and was able to reuse the Dm-155e .Added a aquaclear 70 with the cpr bakpak, and filtration was good for the 40 gallon. This lasted about 7 months, before an unexpected upgrade come along. Some shots of the 40.

Finally, to our newest and current build the 57 gallon rimless. So this is a neighbors tank, that recently hes been going through hardship at home and had let this beautiful tank crash. As he knew i was into the hobby he offered me to go pick it up at an awsome deal. It was a deal i just couldnt pass. It was so good i felt bad to take it off his hands for his price. I offered to help him bring it back to life , but he kept insisting for me to take it and that he just did not want it anymore. So the deal was made and welcome to our new build. So far its been an amazing experience, as ive never had an aquarium with an in stand sump/ refugium, never owned a tank drilled or with a overflow . We got it all cleaned up, we were able to make the stand from the 40 gallon work, and with the purchase of a couple bulk heads, tubing , new sand , etc we got this baby up and running. Its been running now for about a month, and just recently transferred over all the live stock from the 40. So here it goes:

Clean up, and cut the stand to make it work for the 57.

Finally got it inside, and tested everything out.

We finally got water in, and wow im loving this thing more and more. :bigsmile:

Next, little by little we are transferring more things over.

Full transfer is done! and where it currently stands.

The tank came with Orphek Pr156 Leds, 30gallon sump, some koralia pumps that havent installed yet, coral life UV sterilizer, Eshopps psk100 protein skimmer, media reactor, a few really stressed corals, and the list goes on lol, so far loving it ! Never ran or seen some Orphek lighting , but wow! love them, buying orpheks from now on for future tanks.

Stay posted for new updates, as its time to fill it up with corals!

Pictures arent the best they are done with my phone, but hope you guys enjoyed them.

I love watching tank builds. This one looks great! Great job!

NoStRaThOmAs · Jul 6, 2015

How do you like your lighting? I have been looking at this fixture and wondered if you were happy with it?

JcStark87 · Jul 6, 2015

I love it! I've messed around with it for a couple hours. I like that you're able to control the lighting from your phone. That and the price was great. Got both lights for $480

NoStRaThOmAs · Jul 6, 2015

Nice what are you using to control it?

JcStark87 · Jul 6, 2015

NoStRaThOmAs said:
Nice what are you using to control it?

I'm using my iPhone 6

JcStark87 · Jul 6, 2015

If I'm not mistaken I think you can only use droid and iPhone for this light. I may be wrong. You download the app and sync it to your phone.

Reef_a_holiks · Jul 6, 2015

NoStRaThOmAs said:
How do you like your lighting? I have been looking at this fixture and wondered if you were happy with it?

Which light the Dm-155e or the Orphek? Both lights are great, they both got the job done as far as coral health and growth.

JcStark87 · Jul 6, 2015

Reef_a_holiks said:
Which light the Dm-155e or the Orphek? Both lights are great, they both got the job done as far as coral health and growth.

Oh I have the DM-165p+

JcStark87 · Jul 6, 2015

JcStark87 said:
Oh I have the DM-165p+

I've heard good things about them though. Great lights for your $$

NoStRaThOmAs · Jul 6, 2015

I was talking about the Orphek lighting. Do you still have it lighting your tank? Which of the 2 do you see more color and growth with the Orphek or the Dm 165p?