Trevor W's 100 Gallon Build Thread 48"L x 24"W x 20"H

[The Grizz]

That rock work is very cool & you know that I think the bench is badazz!!

[Trevor W]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

That rock work is very cool & you know that I think the bench is badazz!!

Thanks Grizz! I only wish I had room to put one on the other side of the tank to house ATO, media reactors and future dosing pumps and containers.

[Trevor W]

Originally Posted by baker_jeff

Looks great! That bench is a fantastic idea.

Thank You!

Originally Posted by Dearth

Yup that hiding the electrical under the bench is awesome and love the lighting idea for the sump

Thank You! Both are just cheap purchases from wal-mart

Originally Posted by Hydrologist

Awesome build..Super clean looking.

Great idea on the bench as well. Love you rock work as well.

Thank You! Its still fairly unorganized but I am hoping to really clean it up over the next couple of days.

[Trevor W]

Originally Posted by thmh

I love your dimensions! definitely a well thought out build,i will follow along with your progression!

~Tony

Thank You Tony! Also welcome to Canreef glad to see you are a sponsor here and from what I have seen an active one aswell. I cant wait to place an order with you guys once I can start stocking.

Originally Posted by kien

Looking good man. Great selection of equipment.

Thank You Kien! Although its not the high $$$$ stuff its definatly a great middle ground for me and so far I couldnt be happier. Just hope that someday I can make this thing look half as good as your 150

Originally Posted by Titus99

Like to aqua scape.

Any plans yet as to stocking or pewpewing

Thak You! Well for fish I have only really decided on a couple of things, 5or6 blueégreen chromis, a harem of lyretail anthias, a pair of tomato clowns, some wrasses (undecided) I would love a red stripe or a half black angel but maybe Ill save that fish for a future FOWLR tank. Pretty generic fish list.

For coral Ill be mainly focusing on sps, zoanthids, and a couple focal point LPS. But the main coral population will be sps.

[lockrookie]

Bayside corals

[Trevor W]

Thank you Daplatapus for the generous offer and for posting those pics it is greatly appreciated! I may have sourced some locally. Yet another reason why this forum is such a great resource.

Thank you Lockrookie for the suggestion! My brother is going to bayside tomorrow and he may just be bringing me back a piece.

[Prariecanuck]

For all the prarie people there is a guy in stoon building tanks now.just thought I'd throw it out there

[Trevor W]

I recently purchased my second Vertex Rx-U 1.5 media reactor. I also purchased a bag of Vertex ROX 0.8 activated carbon. Anyone that has used or seen this carbon will know just how small the grains are. I instantly foreseen a problem with the size of the pores of the supplied sponges VS the size of the grains of carbon. Sure enough upon filling the reactor with 100ml of ROX it instantly started working its way into and through the factory sponges. A quick google search turned up nothing. I than remembered that I had a couple small sheets of Poret foam. It is often used in the freshwater side of the hobby and it truly is the best foam to use in any aquarium application. Seemed like a no brainer. Who would of thought that after spending $$$ on media reactors I would be having to DIY it to properly work with the same brand of carbon lol.

Factory Sponge



Poret Sponge

[wreck]

Nicely done bro, I will replace my 2lf sponges with that foam

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Trevor W

Who would of thought that after spending $$$ on media reactors I would be having to DIY it to properly work with the same brand of carbon lol.

Wow, that's ridiculous! I hope you send them an email along with your pics.

On the other hand, great fix with the Poret sponge.