Lemonjelleaux's Waterbox Marine X 110.4

[lemonjelleaux]

Hello!

After being away from the hobby for years, I have finally begun a new reef. I'm starting this thread to document progress and get feedback from anyone and everyone who's interested.

Equipment:

Tank: Waterbox Marine X 110.4 (including sump and stand)
Lights: Maxspect Razor X 300w
Return Pump: Vectra S2
Powerheads: 2x VorTech MP40
Skimmer: Red Sea RSK 300
Heater: 2x BRS 300w Titanium Heaters with Inkbird Controller
Controller: A3 Apex Pro
Lid: ClearView Lid

I cycled the tank with MicroBacter Start XLM bacteria and bottled ammonia, which took just under 2 weeks. After that was finished I added a pair of clowns, and finally a yellow watchman goby and pistol shrimp 2 weeks later. I've added a small zoa frag as well, which introduced what looks like diatoms and some algae. Currently waiting on delivery of some pods and a few snails/hermits. That takes us to today.

Pics:

Delivery

After setup

The shrimp and goby made friends immediately

Thanks for looking! Excited to watch everything come together.

 

[blaxsun]

Pan to the right a bit... I want to see the car!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Hello!

After being away from the hobby for years, I have finally begun a new reef. I'm starting this thread to document progress and get feedback from anyone and everyone who's interested.

Equipment:

Tank: Waterbox Marine X 110.4 (including sump and stand)
Lights: Maxspect Razor X 300w
Return Pump: Vectra S2
Powerheads: 2x VorTech MP40
Skimmer: Red Sea RSK 300
Heater: 2x BRS 300w Titanium Heaters with Inkbird Controller
Controller: A3 Apex Pro
Lid: ClearView Lid

I cycled the tank with MicroBacter Start XLM bacteria and bottled ammonia, which took just under 2 weeks. After that was finished I added a pair of clowns, and finally a yellow watchman goby and pistol shrimp 2 weeks later. I've added a small zoa frag as well, which introduced what looks like diatoms and some algae. Currently waiting on delivery of some pods and a few snails/hermits. That takes us to today.

Pics:

Delivery
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After setup
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The shrimp and goby made friends immediately
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Thanks for looking! Excited to watch everything come together.

Love the stand for your tank!

 

[lemonjelleaux]

Pan to the right a bit... I want to see the car!

Ha, I've spent enough money on the car, now I'm moving on to the tank.

Love the stand for your tank!

Thanks! A lot of the reason I chose the Marine X over the Reef from Waterbox was the wood-look stand.


But in the last month the tank has been moving along. I've had some diatoms, which I think the copepods and snails have been helping to keep under control. And the water clouded up for a few days, which looked to be a bacteria bloom that's now mostly settled down. I've slowly kept stocking, and the fish now include a purple firefish, banggai cardinal, and tomini tang. I think I may add another one or two fish at some point, but I'm happy for now.

Besides fish, though, I've added a first few coral frags. I've got a couple zoa plugs, a small hammer, micro lord, blue stylo, and monti digi. The only two that seem to be having any issue are the lord, which may be getting too much light where it is, and the monti, which came with a dead spot that seems to be slowly spreading.