125 gallon build

[Tobykourtney]

I hung the doors very carefully with two people and shims.
Here's the sump inside the stand.


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[Tobykourtney]

Finished putting water and sand in. Next I have to do the plumbing. I have about 30 more pounds of live rock that will go on the right side of the tank. That will make a total of 75 lbs of live rock. I think I'm going to go with a 4x80 ati t5ho on this tank instead of the leds I originally intended to use. Anyone with experience with these fixtures feel free to give your opinion. Here's the tank as of now.


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[Tobykourtney]

Just bought the plumbing. It came to 130 bucks and I still don't have the pump :-(

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[alyxandria]

Originally Posted by Tobykourtney

Just bought the plumbing. It came to 130 bucks and I still don't have the pump :-(

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Gotta love the price tags on saltwater aquaria!!

[Tobykourtney]

The worst thing is every time I buy something for the fish tank I buy my wife something of equal price. So when it was all said and done I was out 300 bucks.

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[alyxandria]

Originally Posted by Tobykourtney

The worst thing is every time I buy something for the fish tank I buy my wife something of equal price. So when it was all said and done I was out 300 bucks.

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Lol! Is that a compromise?

[Tobykourtney]

Originally Posted by alyxandria

Lol! Is that a compromise?

I guess. She's gonna flip once I buy the lights.

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[markodeniro]

How's the build going? Did you get the lights?


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[Tobykourtney]

No lights are last on my list. I still don't have a return pump.

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[Tobykourtney]

Herbie plumbing complied with


Now I just need the pump. It's either going to be a magdrive 9.5 or quiet one 4000. I'm open to suggestions.

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[Tobykourtney]

Finally put the pump in and it was a nightmare. Never again will I use threaded bulkheads for anything. I worked 2 hours trying to get the return not leaking and finally gave up. It's leaking a drop every 20-30 seconds into a bucket. On the upside the herbie setup is crazy quiet.

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[nelix10]

A little silicone would fix that bulkhead easy


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[Tobykourtney]

It's outta the threads of the barb fitting. The only reason I got threaded was to make it easy to take apart and it is such a pain to take a part.

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[Tobykourtney]

It stopped leaking on its own. I'm really glad because I was tired of messing with it and I'm pretty sure my wife was too.

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[Tobykourtney]

This is the stocking list I've decided on. Critique please.
2x true percula clownfish
1 x snowflake blenny
4x blue green chromis
2 x dispar anthias
1 x sixline wrasse

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[markodeniro]

Is it going to be FOWLR or reef? Are you getting any inverts?


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[Tobykourtney]

Just a reef. And for inverts I'll keep some dwarf blue hermit crabs probably around 20-30 turbo snails and I already have around 50-100 brittle starfish that will go in when I transfer everything.

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[Tobykourtney]

I've decided I'm going skimmerless with a light bioload. I'm going to utilize the first section of my sump for live rock and the second 24x24x12 section as a fuge with 2x21 watt par 38 leds at 6500K. I've decided i will go with mostly lps with a few sps since sps corals are so hard to find in North dakota.

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[Tobykourtney]

Anyone have any suggestions for powerheads? I was thinking 2 rw-8's. I was thinking 2x rw-15's originally but then saw 1 in person and even at the lowest setting 2 were kicking up sand on a 150.

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[mr_X]

I think it's a mistake to keep a reef with sps, without a quality skimmer.

You can buy a dimmer switch and put it inline and turn the pump down even more if need be. I am doing this now with a wp-40 on my 105. It's a simple LED dimmer-
12V 5A Switch Dimmer Adjustable Control Single Color LED Strip Light Black White | eBay

Otherwise I doubt two rw-8 will be enough.