Starting with small drop off

[BackToTheReef]

Welcome!

 

[ScubaFish802]

Thank you for your compliments and words of encouragement. I was prepared to sell it but my wife said we should go with it. We have it for 5 years already.

Tank changed position to other side of the room.

We bought some equipment for start; RO, heater, flow pump, thermometer, salt, salinty tester and sand with bacteria.

Aquascaping ended badly, that's was the idea (see picture) but when I took it out and went downstairs to glue them together I tripped and dropped the rocks which broke into much smaller unusable pieces.

Hopefully today will be the day when we will fill it with water and I will start build thread and post link to it here.

Thank you again for nice words.

Love the step design. Should be an interesting build!

 

[Shanel]

Welcome!

 

[Sebastiancrab]

Welcome from Nashville!

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Welcome to R2R, cool tank

 

[Funston07]

Welcome to R2R!!! Like the look of the drop off style tank.

 

[Conchman]

Welcome, I like balance, I would have put a tank on each side, again, welcome...

 

[PTXReef]

Nemos sound good! And definitely euphyllia ;Joyful .

When I started and wanted to choose coral for my tank I looked on a couple of vendor sites (LiveAquaria, AquaSD, Tidal gardens,etc) to see all of the available types, did research on them, and became obsessed with euphyllia! The informational videos from Tidal gardens were also very helpful in the learning process! Good luck with your tank!

Welcome to the R2R community and happy reefing!

 

[Rubymoon286]

Welcome! I'm currently cycling a small drop off too! Can't wait to see what you do for your scape!

 

[BaysEndReef]

Welcome to R2R!! Always here to help!!

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Hi everyone,
I'm from a small EU country Slovenia. I work in waste business and my passion is waste water reuse. When I started my first fresh water tank many years ago it was also a learning project and testing ground for different filters, filter media, hydraulics, alternative cleaning methods and more. When my work took me all over EU and later overseas I gave my tanks away for free to new enthusiasts.

In 2015 my wife purchased used 500 liter tank for which I thought is way to big for our then work in progress home so I took it to a specialist to make it smaller.
In late 2019 I ordered a stand for our tank which was sitting in our empty room for years now and yesterday I picked it up Due to more time on my hands at the moment.

I have some dry live rock which I received as a gift from my friend few years back and it was treated in acid and thoroughly cleaned afterwards. In the next few days we will begin aquascaping and choosing the right location for our reef. Tank was cut to fit on the shelf as can be seen in the picture and stand was also made to fit there. Not sure about it now...

There will be no sump, just frequent water changes. I think (forgot exact dimension) tank volume is little less than 120l. I will start with glass top just because we completely renovated the whole floor due to extensive water and moisture damage and I don't want to go through that again. At least not in next 10 years. I have read this and other forums front to back and I'm aware of 'consequences' of my decisions. I will see how everything will take off and go from there. And I still have to decide which light to choose.

Plan is to have some Nemos (wife's choice) nad few easy corals. Any suggestions on livestock and corals?

I need some ideas for powerhead placement and filtration.

Hello and welcome