Ok. I’ve been lurking around and kind of chit chatting and spending way too much time looking through the Buy/sell/trade section. t’s been a minute since My last aquarium. I had a 120 Gal FOWLR back in the day, got divorced, got rid of it and downgraded to a 55 Gal. Got remarried, moved and had no room in the new place for a setup and it got ignored in the garage. Fish eventually all died. Now the 55 Gal houses a 10 yo red eared slider.
I had bought a 3 gal beta tank to house some feeders for Ms Turtle. She ate them all and the tank remained empty for a while. I decided to get some fresh water fish for the kids just for some giggles. Over stocked the heck out of the 3 gal. 2 x red tailed sharks, 2 x convicts and a black ghost knifefish.
Told the wife we needed a way bigger tank because the 3 gal is way to small and down the rabbit hole I went.
Got permission to get a 150 Gal + display tank and started researching Red Sea, Waterbox, Cade, Innovative Marine, etc. Almost pulled the trigger on a Waterbox Reef Pro 180.5 at 3am in the morning couple of weeks ago but decided to sleep on it. Found this awesome Innovative Marine Encore Pro 20 from a fellow R2Rer. Left side is the Freshwater side and the right is a cycling Saltwater that will eventually be used as my QT.
Parts List
- Leemar 75 Gal Starphire tank 36 x 24 x 20
- Advanced Acrylic Sump 47 x 24 x 16
- MTC MVX Skimmer 31" tall
- Deep Water DC5 BLDC Pump
- Iwaki MD-70RLT Pump
- Sicce SDC 9.0 Wifi
- Reef Octopus Dual Chamber Calcium Reactor
- 2 x Maxspec Gyre Xf-130’s
- Neptune Classic Controller
- 2 x Avast Marine Media Reactors (1 Medium, 1 Large)
- CarbonDoser CO2 Regulator with digital bubble count
- Fiji Cube Low Profile External Overflow box 800GPH
- 2 x Eheim 125w Jager heaters
- Inkbird temperature Controller
Tank has been cleaned and leak testing for the last couple of days. Need to get a stand big enough for the sump and for the future 150 Gal + tank.
Not sure how long it will take to get this up and running, but I kept seeing all these Build Threads so I decided to start one too.
I love how everyone is so positive and helpful here. Thank you everyone one for all the information and knowledge sharing. I spend way too much time lurking around here now.
congrats wet;Woot;Woot;Woot
