Starting a build thread, finally!! The team at RedSea was great to me, I put a hold on shipping the tank until I moved. No I am in the house and just received this last week. I will do my best to update this thread as I would like to have a place to come back and see the progression. I have an ATI dimmable 6 bulb that will be lighting this guy and it will be SPS dominant. Going to take a little while, but here it goes!
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Congrats! I’ll follow along as well 
I warned you all it was going to be slow. I am not wet yet, but I am all set up. The stand went together nicely as did the plumbing and sump setup. I hope to have water in this bad boy in a few weeks.
Flameback Pair
started reefing 1999
@drcole Updates !!!!
Updates are coming soon. I knew this was going to be a slow build as we transitioned to a new home and welcomed our 4th child. I have all the equipment to get it started, going to go crushed coral for substrate. I hope to be wet and cycling at least within the next couple of weeks.
Yeah, not too far, little more than an hour. Long time ago I was a delivery driver on that area including Englewood, Venice, Nokomis.
No. I got my corals from Creative Aquarium close to my house or online like WWC but I didnt heard about any frag swaps in Tampa. The only I went last year was in Lakeland, I think was the Florida Frag Swaps.
Flameback Pair
started reefing 1999
@drcole can we have an equipment list?
I’m running crushed coral for substrate. My return pump is a quiet one lifeguard aquatics 758 got. Have a reef octopus 110-INT skimmer. Not sure what I’m running for lights yet, trying to sell/trade my ATI dimmable sunpower for some leds so we will see
Flameback Pair
started reefing 1999
@drcole How many bulb is your ATI? Does it have more than one ballast?
