My new 210 gallon reef tank

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The following is a bunch of pictures that I took over the past week while putting the tank together.



Plumbing for the Refugium and Chiller

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Plumbing for the refugium return and fluidized bed filter

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When I Painted the back of the tank black I didn't paint over the overflow sections so I could look inside them from top to bottom. You never know what might end up in there. I test ran the tank with fresh water while it was pulled away from the wall to check for leaks. Drained it and moved it into place. I had to replace a leaking Sequence reeflo dart pump but other than that there really wasn't any leaks.


Pump and plumbing left side of the tank

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Left side of 75 gallon sump, ATI Bubblemaster and Phosphate react and carbon reactor.

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Right side of Sump with dual sock filters, 50 microns and 100 microns

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Top of adjacent stand that houses the electrical on top to avoid water contact, 14 gallon refugium in the middle and chiller on the bottom.

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The tank is very cloudy in this picture because I added a bag of Carib Sea arag alive aragonite to the tank. I changed out the stock 10 k coralife bulb in the middle of the 3x250 watt hqi aqualight pro to a Giesman Megachrome 13 k bulb. I heard the coralife bulbs are not very good. There is definetly a differance in the color and intensity. Plan on changing the side bulbs later to aqua connect.


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