BEEN A WHILE

[ccajigas07]

Hi all its been a while since my last tank (since 2017). I made the decision to get back into the hobby but not as extreme as before, its going to be a simple 40g low reef mangrove tank with 2 mocha storm clowns a sexy shrimp a nem a goby and maybe a few other inverts. The coral will more than likely be hardy soft corals as i want it to be as low maintenance as possible because of my busy schedule between work and running my own business and life in general. Seeing as my business consist if manufacturing wood and acrylic products i have the means of basically building my own stuff, so below is what i have got built so far i will be making the top of my sump and my ATO res, the stand this weekend and will be posting things as i the build continues.

Equipment i will be running trying to find the stuff i want used so its taking a while
ecotech radion xr15 - purchased
ecotech vectra s2 - purchased
Redsea ATO + - purchased
ecotech mp40 - pending
reef octopus S-130

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Following along!

 

[ccajigas07]

Was limited on time today but almost got the sump finished

 

[ccajigas07]

had my sons bday this weekend but i managed to get the base part of the stand complete i still have a lot to do on it

 

[Gumbies R Us]

had my sons bday this weekend but i managed to get the base part of the stand complete i still have a lot to do on it

Stand is looking great!

 

[Nano_Man]

Going to be very nice looks great

 

[ccajigas07]

Got the sump flood gate made and installed, yes the screws are green for now until my black 3d printer filament comes,
Sanded and painted the stand
Made the doors

 

[ccajigas07]

95 percent done with the stand

 

[ccajigas07]

ATO res done

 

[ccajigas07]

Got my slide out panel done and installed, my plumbing comes in today

 

[ccajigas07]

got my plumbing setup and tested everything over the weekend i should be putting sand rock and water this week

started making a frag rack and i 3d printed a nem cage for my mp40

 

[Gumbies R Us]

95 percent done with the stand

That stand is looking great!

 

[AlyciaMarie]

Looking great! What kind of sand/rock are you going to use?

 

[ccajigas07]

Looking great! What kind of sand/rock are you going to use?

crushed coral for the sand and a mix of Haitian and regular rock

 

[ccajigas07]

well between orders i was designing my lid yesterday i still have some other things to add such as a opening for my over flow and a opening for my mangrove plant, i plan on cutting it out of 1/8 clear acrylic and will keep you guys updated as to when i cut it out

 

[Wick]

what tank is that? looks pretty ! low iron glass?

 

[revhtree]

Very nice!

 

[ccajigas07]

what tank is that? looks pretty ! low iron glass?

thats 1/2" acrylic i made it

 

[ccajigas07]

well shes up and running and i got the lid cut out, it took a little longer than expected to cut the lid so i will be finishing it up today, i will also be installing my mp40 and making a light bracket to mount it on the wall about 6 inches higher

 

[ccajigas07]

Got the lid done, i made a wall mount bracket to lift my light also 3d printed a mount for my mp40 remote