SirJamieson's DIY 59G Reef Build
 

I've been planning for sometime to put together this tank. This is pretty much my first saltwater tank. I had one before that only lasted about 6 months, but had to be taken down when I moved back out of Toronto due to a job change.
Anyways, with a lot of help from my girlfriends family, I've accomplished quite a bit already, so to start this off I should give a status update on where we are right now. I have some pics which I will post later, and some good lessons on how NOT to solder Cree LEDs :redface:


Tank:
A LFS was moving so they were selling drilled tanks for pretty cheap, so I picked one up.

• I was told it was 65g, but it measures lxwxh - 36x18x20, which I think is a little smaller
• Drilled 3 return holes in back
• 29g 3 chamber Sump/Fuge
• We built a very sturdy stand & hood out of 2x4s and some Oak siding

Lights:
Ordered 48 Cree XR-E LEDs from www.reefledlights.com

• 24 Cool White (bin WCQ5)
• 24 Royal Blue (bin D316)
• 2 ELN 60-48 Mean-Well Drivers
• 24" heat sink
• Soldering in 2 parallel series in Progress... :fencing:

Protein Skimmer

• SWC Xtreme 150 BMK Protein Skimmer

Planned Stocking List
The initial plan was to do a Caribbean themed tank but after doing some searching I decided it was going to be pretty tough to acquire the livestock I was looking for. So a change in plans:

• 2 True Percula Clowns
• 2 Bengai Kardinals
• BT Anemone
• 2 Diamond Gobies
• 1 Green Chromis
• 1 Flame Angel
• A few corals
• Fuge:
  • Peppermint Shrimp
  • Chaeto

I'm waiting for my Apex AquaController and base rock to come in and hopefully in the next 2 weeks we'll be starting it up.