Vermon's reef
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I set up my first aquarium in 80's. It was a 29 gal saltwater reef tank, that was the beginning of a long love for reef aquariums. In 1999 I had a 180 gal saltwater reef tank in my bedroom. A few years later, I downsized the 180 gal to a 120 gal due to the center brace falling out the 180 gal. Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005 and the tank was lost. I been pondering on doing it again, well here it is I bought a 125 gallon reef tank used from another reefer. A couple months later I found a 220 gallon from another reefer. So I'm taking down the 125 gal and starting the 220 gal reef tank.
A friend of mine built the custom stand with facade
302 Aquatics Custom 60" sump with algae scrubber and a Custom ATO box
Jebao DC return pump
It's 7'x2'x2' 220 gallon Oceanic tank with a center brace. This upgrade reminding me how old I'm getting. ;Facepalmlol
Aquascaping test
The 3 Chinese led boxes are from the 125 setup. I'm still doing research on lighting and will be upgrading the lights soon. When I stepped out the hobby 12 years ago I had metal halide and VHO for lighting. I asked a friend of mine to put a temporary canopy together to cut the eye sore of the pipes.
This algae scrubber is a workhorse, It's cleaned once a month.
The calcium reactor is a Aquamaxx Star S-3 Calcium Reactor. It will be replaced with a doser soon.
Skimmer is a Super reef octopus space saver 5000 sss
A friend of mine built the custom stand with facade
302 Aquatics Custom 60" sump with algae scrubber and a Custom ATO box
Jebao DC return pump
It's 7'x2'x2' 220 gallon Oceanic tank with a center brace. This upgrade reminding me how old I'm getting. ;Facepalmlol
Aquascaping test
The 3 Chinese led boxes are from the 125 setup. I'm still doing research on lighting and will be upgrading the lights soon. When I stepped out the hobby 12 years ago I had metal halide and VHO for lighting. I asked a friend of mine to put a temporary canopy together to cut the eye sore of the pipes.
This algae scrubber is a workhorse, It's cleaned once a month.
The calcium reactor is a Aquamaxx Star S-3 Calcium Reactor. It will be replaced with a doser soon.
Skimmer is a Super reef octopus space saver 5000 sss
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The calcium reactor in the pic came is used from another reefer. After I bought ARM media for it a friend told me since you getting a Apex controller go with Neptune dosers. 
