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Jay’s Reef 100.3 BB Zeo Build

Happy new year all!

I purchased a waterbox 100.3 with hopes to make this a SPS dominate zeo tank. I wanted to go bigger however once I received the tank I’m glad I didn’t as the 100.3 seems to fit perfectly in my apartment. I’ve had the tank for about 2 weeks now so I’ll stop all the chit chat and get every one caught up with the progress. Feel free to ask questions and all feedback is appreciated

Tank built and put on the stand, had to have my buddy come by, this thing was heavy!!
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Sump put in and checking out where I’m gonna install some of the gear.
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Ordered some led lights off Amazon and mounted the apex
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Swapped out the 6 outlet surge protector, for a 13 outlet protector and mounted the mp40’s. Nyos skimmer creeping in the background =)
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6 fan propeller breeze installed at the top of the stand, hoping this will help bring the temp downs in the summer as I won’t be running a chiller.
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Decided to not go with the stock sump and got a trigger 29 platinum and 5 gallon ATO. FYI the sump and skimmer were really easy to assemble. I’m going with the zeovit system so although the sump and ato fit perfectly in the stand i need to find room behind the sump for my avast vibe which should be coming in soon. I also learned that the plumbing is all metric so I have to convert all the plumbing from metric to us =\
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overall shot of the tank with the dual XR15 gen 5’s and quad mp40’s, decided with only putting the power heads against the back wall this time as I’m chasing that “Minimalistic look”. The mp40’s have the wide flow cages on them from neat aquatics. They fit perfectly on the wet side, thumbs up to an awesome 3D printed product! Did I mention this will be a bare bottom tank!?

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Removed the old pvc coupler from the metric bulk head to covert the plumbing to standard however I don’t like the way they look after applying the heat gun to the fitting. At this point I’ll be surprised if they don’t leak. I need to find a alternative just in case
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Today I installed black vinyl on the back side of the sump and ATO reservoir to hide the wires aswell as neoprene under the sump/ato. Just waiting on the metric/standard transition unions so I can finish the plumbing and get it wet!
 

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found these sound dampening pads on Amazon for the avast vibe to sit on..
 

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