So after doing quite a bit of research I decided on an Aquareef 195 tank with all its trimmings. It comes with a ready made base and sump, the tank is predrilled with all the pipe work in the box. It also comes with a protein skimmer and return pump for the sump. My LFS was very generous and allowed me to upgrade the skimmer and return pump whilst taking the originals back at retail price!
The Aquareef 195 seems to be a solidly built tank. After humping it up 2 flights of stairs I can also confirm it is heavy!
Every thing comes in the box and is easy to initially set up.
This is the tank before fitting anything in the sump, or filling the tank!
Here I have fitted the down pipe from the tank to the sump and installed the skimmer. The black balls in the middle section will soon vanish!
In this picture I have fitted the sump return pipe and pump, and removed the BioBalls from the middle section of the sump. I will replace these with some small pieces of live rock to help with filtration.
I use RO water from my LFS (I have now got my own RO unit, more on that later!) I have installed a sand bed to help with water stabilisation.
In my next post I will have a few more pictures of the tank setup and also my RO unit.
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