25 gallon Innovative Marine Lagoon build

[GABulldog]

Putting together an a smaller tank in my home office. Building my basement bar, so going to sell my 120 soon. I want to build the bar first and not have to build around the larger tank. So, I need to have at least one tank around lol.

I was going to build the stand with all the lumber myself, but after pricing the lumber wow! My wife suggested getting a kitchen cabinet and reinforcing it, genius!

So, got the stand and an overhead cabinet. I added some 3x3 oak pillars to hold the canopy. I'm going to put together a controller panel, like on my other tank. I was going to put heavy duty drawer slides to allow the canopy top to slide up and down. But they kept locking up. I returned a pair to Amazon and then they sent me a replacement set and they did it again. So the canopy will be fixed in placed.

I reinforced the tank enough to support the 40 gallon if I choose to upgrade at some point. The canopy will sit 8 inches above the tank.

- lighting will be, 250w halide and two 160we kessils for supplemental lighting.

- innovative marine 9w UV.
- Aqua Maxx 3 Bullet HOB skimmer.
- on order a HOB fuge.

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Interesting light mount friend. I like it.

 

[GABulldog]

Added lights today

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Added lights today

Really nice way to add some storage in a nice looking traditional manner and still accommodate proper lighting. Really cool

 

[GABulldog]

I got the tank in and mixing salt water. Got my controllers in on my hidden panel, that's visible after you remove the drawer face.

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

That makes me wish I hadn't put in a drawer where I put a drawer. I should have his my drawer where my power is. I hide all of my controllers on my back cabinet panel, outside the tank. I like your way better.

 

[GABulldog]

Got a good bit of my 120's corals moved. I may need to sell my cap lol. It takes up half the tank. Everything was still ticked lol. I couldn't catch 2 other fish before the lights went out, something to do tomorrow.

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Where in Georgia are you? I'd love to get a piece of that cap. If you decide to do that of course.

 

[GABulldog]

Where in Georgia are you? I'd love to get a piece of that cap. If you decide to do that of course.

Canton, GA

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Canton, GA

Ha, too far for a monti cap.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Those coral look great in your tank!!

 

[GABulldog]

Ha, too far for a monti cap.

Might have to sell you the whole colony lol. I need to clear up some real estate

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Might have to sell you the whole colony lol. I need to clear up some real estate

I'd have a single species tank. I actually want one. But not for a monti cap. Maybe I should skip the cap all together.

 

[GABulldog]

Ok, a little update. I finally got some time to install the light. I went with the Orphek Icon compact. I also got my dosing setup started and put in place.i used the leftover drawer parts. But I couldn't be normal my wife says. So, I went all Dr Frankenstein. I left the ability to add another reef dose two for a food source, and Nitrate and Phosphate.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Ok, a little update. I finally got some time to install the light. I went with the Orphek Icon compact. I also got my dosing setup started and put in place.i used the leftover drawer parts. But I couldn't be normal my wife says. So, I went all Dr Frankenstein. I left the ability to add another reef dose two for a food source, and Nitrate and Phosphate.

Love the dosing setup you did!

 

[Dine]

greetings from Smyrna! My in laws live in canton though.

Are you happy with the HOB fuge and skimmer? I have the same tank and really considered doing both but ultimately scrapped the fuge idea and went the a smaller internal skimmer.

 

[Lebowski_]

Such a slick build.

 

[GABulldog]

greetings from Smyrna! My in laws live in canton though.

Are you happy with the HOB fuge and skimmer? I have the same tank and really considered doing both but ultimately scrapped the fuge idea and went the a smaller internal skimmer.

Hello fellow GA local! I didn't pull the trigger yet on the fuge. But I love the Aquamaxx skimmer. I've always been a believer to oversize your skimmer. Right now where my Boi lead is, I think adding fuge will pull out all the nutrients.

 

[Dine]

Hello fellow GA local! I didn't pull the trigger yet on the fuge. But I love the Aquamaxx skimmer. I've always been a believer to oversize your skimmer. Right now where my Boi lead is, I think adding fuge will pull out all the nutrients.

I originally kept chaeto in one of the compartments with a light on the back. I ran it as few as 6hours a day without a skimmer and couldn’t keep any nutrients in the tank nor could I get the PH up. So I swapped to the aqua max nano, ran it through a co2 scrubber and got my ph up. Nutrients are still somewhat low and I have terrible micro bubbles issues though. That’s why I asked about the HOB version. For now I just run the skimmer during non viewing hours so the micro bubbles don’t bother me and lets some nutrients exist.

Def following along your journey. Some great ideas in here!

 

[GABulldog]

Bio load

I originally kept chaeto in one of the compartments with a light on the back. I ran it as few as 6hours a day without a skimmer and couldn’t keep any nutrients in the tank nor could I get the PH up. So I swapped to the aqua max nano, ran it through a co2 scrubber and got my ph up. Nutrients are still somewhat low and I have terrible micro bubbles issues though. That’s why I asked about the HOB version. For now I just run the skimmer during non viewing hours so the micro bubbles don’t bother me and lets some nutrients exist.

Def following along your journey. Some great ideas in here!

I just set up my CO2 scrubber, but I retro fitted it to recirculate so the media will last longer. I have not micro bubble issues.