Trav's JBJ 45 RL

tsav87 · Apr 28, 2016

I've been reefing since 04. Should I say, nano reefing since 04 lol. This is my first tank to be sps only. The tank has been running since this past November.

I work with metal for a living, mostly modeling/designing but I also program CNC machines. So naturally I built my own stand.

1/4" foam on top.

I wanted a place to keep all the cords at bay and have easy access to all the goodies.

I chose the matrix ii 4 bulb fixture for this tank.

Current, zoomed in fts.

And a few pics of my frags.

Thanks for looking.

ScottMyers123 · Apr 29, 2016

Great looking tank. Will be nice when you fill it up with SPS.

Fin · Apr 29, 2016

Hi Travis, Good to see you sharing your handiwork over here on R2R!

mOnsterzOas26 · Apr 29, 2016

Nice tank! What's the first frag ? looks awesome.

tsav87 · Apr 29, 2016

ScottMyers123 said:
Great looking tank. Will be nice when you fill it up with SPS.

Thank!

Fin said:
Hi Travis, Good to see you sharing your handiwork over here on R2R!

Thanks Gary!

mOnsterzOas26 said:
Nice tank! What's the first frag ? looks awesome.

Thank you. It's a rainbow encrusting montipora.

Lowell Lemon · Apr 30, 2016

Love your stand building skills. Great job...and the tank is okay too! Ready to mass produce those stands?

tsav87 · Apr 30, 2016

Lowell Lemon said:
Love your stand building skills. Great job...and the tank is okay too! Ready to mass produce those stands?

Not a problem.

www.savantmfg.com

tsav87 · May 6, 2016

Setosa 2 months ago

Today

tsav87 · May 6, 2016

Video update. The tank is 7 months old now.

tsav87 · May 28, 2016

UPGRADES!!

So I sold my tunze skimmer, it was just too tight fitting in the rear chamber, basically preventing proper water flow. I replaced it with a CadLights Pls 50 elite. Love this thing!! After some adjustment and break in, this skimmer is doing great.

Also, I replaced my IM ATO with some float switches from autotopoff.com and I picked up a breakout box for my Apex. I've got the lower switch turning the ATO pump off and on while the upper will shut the ATO pump off if the lower happens to ever get stuck on. Now my favorite part, I set up a virtual outlet as a timer for the ATO outlet. Essentially, if the reservoir runs out of water, the virtual outlet timer will run out of time, turning the pump off and it will send me a text message letting me know the reservoir is empty!

I also had ordered a pair of media baskets from InTank. Really can't beat these, sooooo much easier to replace the filter floss now.

Here's a quick pick of the rear chamber as it is now.