My new 29 gallon reef!

[ReefNoob0424]

FINALLY! I finished all my plumbing! All I have to do is let the PVC cement cure (24 hours) and also the silicon (aquarium safe). 1/2" PVC piping. Everything is DIY.



Without the plumbing



29 gallon Display Tank



Overflow box (DIY)



Top View of the Overflow box



Inside of Overflow box



Bulk heads (1/2")



The back PVC pipe has a quick disconnect PVC union (return to the display tank) so I'm able to disassemble when I'm move the tank. The the PVC closes to you has ball valve to regulate the siphon (return to the sump/refugium).



Return to display tank. Has a ball valve as well to regulate the flow from the pump.



RIO 2100. Also has the quick disconnect union.



3 chamber refugium.



DIY stand. Made it out of my old dresser.



Used the draws as the cover.



When it's put on.

 

[ReefNoob0424]

15 gallon sump. Forgot to put that on.

 

[stingrays4]

Hi looking good,that's been allot of work and effort on your part bet you cannot wait to get it filled up

 

[ReefNoob0424]

Oh you have no idea! Ill have either DI or RO water in the middle of the week so I'm super excited!

 

[stingrays4]

Hi bet you are well excited Just a thought but perhaps do a 'test run' with normal tap water just to make sure there are no leaks or anything else that need sorting out first? Not that there will be any problems

 

[ReefNoob0424]

I'm still going to use the DI or RO to test it. I'm only going to put in like 6" of water, look for any leaks if there's no leaks ill just slowly keep put in water. If there is a leak ill just take the water out and reseal where it was leaking. I'm really trying to avoid tap water completely even if its just testing it.

 

[Convict2161]

Looks good! I'll be following along. Looks like you got it well in hand.

 

[ReefNoob0424]

Thank you!

 

[ReefNoob0424]

Put the water in baby! Still a little cloudy but its settling! Not a lot of rock at all but I'm getting rock tmrw so ill have more with the biological filtration!

 

[Convict2161]

Sounds good, definitely add more live rock.

 

[obscurereef]

Looking good! Cycling is going to be the real test of patience. What are you wanting to stock it with?

 

[ReefNoob0424]

Ill have a good amount tmrw! And I love Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral, torches, frogspawns, bubble coral and also hammer coral! Fish wise I would love to have Pistol Shrimp/Goby pair, pair of clowns and a maxima clam.

 

[Convict2161]

Ill have a good amount tmrw! And I love Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral, torches, frogspawns, bubble coral and also hammer coral! Fish wise I would love to have Pistol Shrimp/Goby pair, pair of clowns and a maxima clam.

IMHO I think that list of live stock is doable, and with the right lights you can have all those corals.

 

[ReefNoob0424]

Timers for the white and blue LEDs



It's only dilated to 50% power. Before I made it for fun we put it to 100% and it was blinding lol. All the materials I bought for it I spent 1/8 of what it cost to buy a LED fixture. I used this light on my old 20g long reef tank and everything thrived and I had Coraline algae and everything.

 

[ReefNoob0424]

(DIY LED light fixture)

 

[obscurereef]

Where did you buy the LEDs and what kind?

 

[ReefNoob0424]

I got them on EBAY not sure what the price was and I'm not sure what they were, something Chinese lol

 

[obscurereef]

Lol well thanks anyway. Might do a LED diy build, but don't know much about it. I'll research more . Nice stock list btw. Acans would be great in there too.

 

[ReefNoob0424]

If you find the right LEDs you'll do fine. All the electric for the LEDs are easy. Putting the timers on was a pain in the butt also finding a small brick to power it.

 

[ReefNoob0424]

And I'll look into that coral! Thank you! Keep following along!