Ron's 46 gal Bowfront

[rthompson14]

Ok, so I was asked by a few people to start a new tank thread so here it goes. This is my first saltwater tank, I have a 46 gal bowfront with a 20 gallon sump below. 2 power heads to move water. LED reef light. My tank was customized by the guy I got it front, in it he put a (drain resivoir), and 2 pvc drains in the rear, 1 primary and 1 backup incase the primary gets clogged. The back of my tank is painted black.

I have 40lbs of live sand in the bottom, and adding live rock as I can afford it.

Here go the pictures and updates.

 

[rthompson14]

Day 1 - Aug 27, 2013

Just moved furniture around to make room for the tank. Just got it set up. Adding water tomarrow.

 

[rthompson14]

Day 2 - Aug 28, 2013

Picked up RO/DI water at my LFS, he mixed it in a 55 gallon drum in the back of my truck, filled the tank bucket by bucket. So far this is proving to be alot more work than my FW tank. Just after I filled it. Water cloudy. Cleared up by morning.

 

[rthompson14]

Day 5 - Aug 31, 2013

Have 2 pieces of live rock with Halimeda growing on it, and 1 base rock. I also have an Azure Damsel in there to help cycle the tank

 

[anthony27]

aaaaaaaaaa the glow of a new tank


good luck with the new tank we are all here if you need advice

 

[DianaKay]

Cheers for starting your tank thread Ron!!
BEAUTIFUL TANK & I LVE the location.
Best advice I can give you is GO SLOW (have major patience!) and ASK HERE FIRST.
This place (RS Forum) will help you every step of the way to be successful
I'm along for your journey with BEST WISHES

 

[rthompson14]

Here is a picture of my sump

Here is a close up of my protein skimmer

 

[rthompson14]

Day 13 - Sept 8, 2103

Ok, so hit a different LFS today, nice to see all different stuff. Picked up 10lbs of live rock from them, to add some different color to my tank. I positioned this rock to the far left as you can see in the photo here.

I absolutley love the purple on this rock, gonna get all my rock from this store from now on.

 

[nivek]

Great start. You will definitely want to add more liverocks to boost the filtration load.

 

[Bearjohnson]

You can also just add dry rock to save some money. I know by me, the LFS sells LR for $10.99lb when you can buy dry rock from places like Bulk Reef Supply for considerably less.

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/bulk-dry-live-rock-live-sand/bulk-dry-live-rock.html

 

[Mjcj34g]

I really like these bow front tanks. Looks really good!

 

[kyle4201]

I definitely love your location. You can sit for hours and watch your tank from the comfort of your couch.

 

[rthompson14]

So looks like I lost some post the last couple weeks when the site went down, so here are some pictures from a couple weeks ago Picked up alot of additional live rock

A bonded pair of Picasso Clowns so adorableeeeeee they follow each other everywhere!!

 

[DianaKay]

Awesome addition of your pair of clowns! Just remember to take it very slow with adding fish. Your tank needs 3 or (better) 4 weeks maturing time before taking on more bio-load after each fish added.
Congrats on the clowns...let us know how they are doing, great updates!!

 

[rthompson14]

My Green Tip Frogspawn

Some Frags I glued to the rock - Was my first time gluing to rock

My tank