Sump Setup

🐠🪸 My First Marine Aquarium – DIY Reef Project

My first marine aquarium, now running for 6 months! I’m learning everything on my own and personally designed and built the sump, modified the cabinet, and installed the entire electrical system myself, including internal lighting, three protected power outlets, circuit breakers and an electricity consumption monitor.

Equipment includes two AI Hydra 32 HD lights, a Bubble Magus skimmer, Jebao pumps, a 100 W heater, refugium, bubble trap, DIY automatic top-off and sensors, plus 35–40 kg of live rock.

Currently home to 16–17 fish, crabs, a shrimp, a sea urchin and snails.

🌊 My dream is to create a beautiful reef full of colorful corals. I’m still learning, so any advice is welcome! 🙏🪸

Three tanks one system

Is this a Good sump idea?

Custom control box is officially online.

Custom tank setup.

Before and after some cable management. Long and tedious but worth it.

My first custom 3d print.

Doser and ATO for my 20 gallon long sump.

A few items showed up for the new build… Reef Savvy 600g display. Geo’s Reef CaRx, KalkRx, and Ozone Rx. Dual Abyzz A200 pumps. Royal Exclusive Bubble king DeLuxe 300 skimmer and fleece roller. Advance Acrylics custom occ sump.

Finally got water in and cycling !!!

Still have a task to do for hiding water level, but I got an idea be sweet 😀

Having trouble figuring out where to mount / install the uv sterilizer

It’s metal around. Thought about maybe screwing into the metal somehow.

Or mount to the wall behind? Scares me a little having that water run out of the tank but idk where else to put it

Perfect filter? 🤔

Hi guys. Im new in the hobby. I need some guidance. I have a 70 gallons acuarium with skimmer, sump system, plenty of media in the sump, overflow system, CO2 reactor and a whisper hang on back filter. All parameters are good except for nitrates which has been a battle since I started the tank almost a year ago. I did a 35% water change about a week ago, but a week later nitrates when up to 80. Any guidance?