New 90 gallon reef

[Cardinal3420]

So here it is finally!! I have been waiting months for a good deal to come along and finally found one worth jumping on. First off I was able to get the drilled 90 gallon tank, stand, sump, deltec skimmer AP600 and various pumps all for $200.00. As if that was not enough I came across someone tearing down there setup and was able to pick up a 4x54 t5 HO fixture with ATI bulbs and extra bulbs, 100 of live rock, 80 lbs of sand, and all of the corals + 2 fish. Also came with a Large 3 year old green carpet anemone which I'm most likely going to sell or trade to the LFS. All of this for just $300.00 more dollars. So I have put a total of $500 into this system and it's up and running. Now there are some changes and some fine tuning I'm going to do to meet all my specs, but all and all I feel I have gotten a great deal. Now I'm going to turn my nano reef into mainly an SPS frag tank. Down the road I plan on going with LEDs for the 90 to be able to add these frags of SPS. But seeing how the lights I want are 1600.00 bucks this may be awhile lol. Long enough for this tank to stabilize and prepare. Hope you all enjoy!

 

[HairlessPotter]

Sounds like you got a pretty good deal! Good luck with everything. Post some pictures when you can, I'd love to see it.

 

[Cardinal3420]

Some pictures. Anyone know what the last coral is?

 

[hackteck]

looks good, on the last picture no idea sorry lol

 

[Cardinal3420]

I think it's a green encrusting star coral, just trying to get conformation lol. It's doing great as I have 5 pieces of live rock with growth on them. This being the largest piece. This one is in the nano under halides, the others are under t5 HO.

 

[Smitty]

For a 90g tank you could get 2 AI SOL LED lights and that should be around 1100-1200... that should be cheaper than the 1600 you were looking at.

 

[carey]

Tank looks great and what a super deal you got!! Congrats!

 

[Cardinal3420]

Thanks Carey! With the LEDs I had been looking at the panoramas. Very nice light as well. I just want to make sure I can do clams and any SPS.

 

[GoldieLocks1]

Really nice tank! It looks spotless. Lol

 

[scubasteve03]

Nice tank. Good job on the deal.

 

[Cardinal3420]

Thank you! I am very thankful that there are people out there willing to help another hobbyist out by giving good deals like these. I'm very lucky and thankful.

 

[Cardinal3420]

Added The rest of my corals from the nano today.

 

[Reef-master003]

Nice carpet anemone

 

[redsea]

Cool tank! Do you have any plans of fish you want to add in the future?