125 gallon upgrade

[Heera]

Simply you have 2 drains and one return.
1 drain about closed enough to create a syphon and second pipe is about 2-3" higher getting little water through.

 

[Hondachico]

nope, 100% safe. just make sure you really wash it before you put it in the tank.

Thanks man

 

[Tomchong22]

Ok not much to update, I finished putting in more supports on the stand. Today I filled it half way to check for leaks, so far so good. 4 days till the big move!! I will keep everybody up to date on the move. Will be posting pics soon

 

[Bschowa]

looks great so far, ill be following along

 

[Tomchong22]

Ok so today its the big day.I have to move the tank from outside in the garage to the basement.. this is not going to be easy, here is my plan.I cut a sheet of plywood a little bigger then the tank and placed a sheet of carpet for the tank to rest on.I plan on screwing 2x4s to the stairs to make a ramp and sliding it down.

 

[Tomchong22]

Alright below are some pics of what I have got done. all the rock and fish are in.I filed it about half way so I can finish plumbing the overflows over the next few days.the water is still cloudy but should clear up with in the next few hours.








I still need to get another LED fixture for the other side

 

[Tomchong22]

So i have some bad news... My yellow tang and powder brown tang died. for the first few hours after the transfer everything was fine. i don't know what happened. all of a sudden they stopped swimming. all my levels are fine. and to add even more bad news i found my lawnmower blenny jumped out of my old tank. i found him during the move. i am not happy right now. thats 3 fish in 24 hours. at this point i am really considering just doing sps corals and very few fish.

 

[Marine4life]

Hi, in your tank on the left hand side looks like you have a slab in there? If so what kind of slab you have cos i can use a peice in my tank too.

 

[Bschowa]

im so sorry to hear about your fish that is never a fun thing to experience. the tank looks great though,

 

[Tomchong22]

Hi, in your tank on the left hand side looks like you have a slab in there? If so what kind of slab you have cos i can use a peice in my tank too.

Its a cement paver, I thought it looked cool in the old tank so I put it in the new one.