Big Tex
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So guys I decided to take the plunge and get me a nice reef tank going for the wife and I in our bedroom, its on a desser by the footboard in our master bedroom (don't worry this dresser is solid oak its a monster) so we can fall asleep gazing into a our little piece o' the ocean. She wants it simple, zoas, mushrooms, hammers, "pretty neon stuff" as she says and she also wants a pair of real nemos aka occ clownfish, an orchid dottyback, and a canary blenny. I think she's on the right track.
I picked up this tank about a 2 months ago and its been cycling about a month I was waiting to start this thread so it wont be so boring for you all to sub lol anyways, the hardware is, my tried and true topfin 75 dual valley high output filter (300gph) picked it up for around $45 on sale also packed with 5 micron polyfil for water polishing, as for powerheads I have 2 aquatec 250s off ebay picked em up for around $45 for the pair (since its ebay i say its maybe 175gph true output) they've been good to me before so I thought why not, and finally for a skimmer I picked up an aquaticlife 115 in tank for $45 (i know its rated for 30g i know, but ive heard nothing but good about it) all that being said im looking at around 26x water turn so im off to a good start, so that's it for the boring stuff lets get to the pics!
I picked up this tank about a 2 months ago and its been cycling about a month I was waiting to start this thread so it wont be so boring for you all to sub lol anyways, the hardware is, my tried and true topfin 75 dual valley high output filter (300gph) picked it up for around $45 on sale also packed with 5 micron polyfil for water polishing, as for powerheads I have 2 aquatec 250s off ebay picked em up for around $45 for the pair (since its ebay i say its maybe 175gph true output) they've been good to me before so I thought why not, and finally for a skimmer I picked up an aquaticlife 115 in tank for $45 (i know its rated for 30g i know, but ive heard nothing but good about it) all that being said im looking at around 26x water turn so im off to a good start, so that's it for the boring stuff lets get to the pics!
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