125g First Time SW Setup

[djprajex]

So after owning FW fish ever since I was 13, at 25 I decided to start my first saltwater setup. Got the tank on CL for a really good price but it needed a lot of work (checkout some of the before and after pics). Some 6 months later I had re-finished the wood stand and had a plan for the tank.

I decided to run a basement sump due to the upstairs having hardwood floors and I had a "spare" room downstairs that would be perfect (in my mind anyway). It is our "pump room", an old cold room that was sitting empty. After a long weekend I had all my plumbing done and the tank was begining its cycle.

As of today the tank has been up and running for 11 months. Learned a lot in the process from RC just by browsing around so I figured for my first post I would introduce myself and my tank enjoy!



Type: FOWLR, 125g RR tank, 35g basement sump

Equipment: Iwaki MD-40RXT, ATS, CL UV, CL 220 Protein Skimmer (looking to eliminate if ATS works well enough)

Livestock:
1 - Alantic Blue Tang
1 - One Spoted Foxface
1 - Snowflake Eel
1 - Volitan Lionfish
1 - Queen Angel
1 - Black Knox Dwarf Angel
1 - Red Knob Starfish
1 - Chocolate Chip Starfish
2 - Pencil Urchins
4 - Zebra Snails