My Big Tank

jkapit · Mar 10, 2018

Very nice setup, good luck with your build,

Mrx7899x · Mar 17, 2018

jkapit said:
Very nice setup, good luck with your build,

Thanks

Mrx7899x · Mar 17, 2018

Almost full another couple days and it should be full

iTzJu · Mar 17, 2018

decided on which lights you'll be going with?

Mrx7899x · Mar 17, 2018

Not sure yet but I'm thinking about getting 2 rapid led Corona lights. They are a little more then what I want to spend but I have one over my 50 gallon Cube, and the coral are growing very well. Once the tank is cycled I'm taking the cube down so I'll have one already. They ramp up and down, wifi controlled all the bells and whistles. Since I have one already I'll get 2 more 3 should over the tank nicely.

Mrx7899x · Mar 23, 2018

Finish filling the tank today and had it running everything was good. But one of my return lines bulkhead would not stop leaking no matter what I did. So going to try to find one locally and redo that section hopefully it doesn't leak.

diana a · Mar 23, 2018

Good luck!

Mrx7899x · Mar 23, 2018

Heading over to Hidden Reef now they have some in stock I think I just got a bad bulkhead

njtiger24 aquariums · Mar 23, 2018

Mrx7899x said:
Finish filling the tank today and had it running everything was good. But one of my return lines bulkhead would not stop leaking no matter what I did. So going to try to find one locally and redo that section hopefully it doesn't leak.

Where did you get the bulk head. I order some from Amazon and had the same issue. I think the seal was dry rotted. Went to my LFS and got a new one and it stopped leaking.

Mrx7899x · Mar 24, 2018

njtiger24 aquariums said:
Where did you get the bulk head. I order some from Amazon and had the same issue. I think the seal was dry rotted. Went to my LFS and got a new one and it stopped leaking.

I got it from brs

Mrx7899x · Mar 24, 2018

2 stores and hours later no leaks everything is looking good. Let the cycle begin.

njtiger24 aquariums · Mar 24, 2018

Mrx7899x said:
2 stores and hours later no leaks everything is looking good. Let the cycle begin.

good luck man

iTzJu · Mar 24, 2018

awesome! looking forward to when this tank is filled with corals and fish!

Mrx7899x · Mar 24, 2018

iTzJu said:
awesome! looking forward to when this tank is filled with corals and fish!

Me too

Mrx7899x · Mar 27, 2018

Since my budget is pretty much shot I picked up some black box lights off eBay for my tank. They are viparspectra timer 165w with a digital timer only one plug and a remote controlled. Got 3 of them for $350. I had some black boxes in the past but the quality of these newer ones are actually pretty decent for how much they cost it's a nice light. The spread and color reminds me of my t5s not much of a disco ball effect. One thing that's nice about them is that I can upgrade them to SB Reefs led board down the road which has a better spectrum. We'll see how they do when I start adding Coral to tank.

diana a · Mar 27, 2018

I like the new lights. The tank is looking great

iTzJu · Mar 27, 2018

If you're good with rewiring and stuff, you can connect this to a bluefish controller or to one of those single controllers so you can control them all together.

Mrx7899x · Mar 27, 2018

iTzJu said:
If you're good with rewiring and stuff, you can connect this to a bluefish controller or to one of those single controllers so you can control them all together.

yeah I'm good with that kind of stuff I'll have to look into it.

perrybardouille · Mar 28, 2018

iTzJu · Mar 28, 2018

Mrx7899x said:
yeah I'm good with that kind of stuff I'll have to look into it.

This is an ocean revive fixture but should work the same, I believe they all use the same built in controllers or a version of it. give you an idea of how to approach it though!