My 125 gallon Reef tank pics and setup (update)

[zxanth]

Hello all just wanted to post some pics and information of my tank. I has been running for almost 2 years. Upgraded from a 55 gallon to 125. Majority of the tank inhabitants was lost during last ice storm. This was my FOWLR but slowly changed it to a reef tank.

tank equipment:
3 #4 kolarias
3 retrofit kits 250watt MH 20k XM bulbs
28 gallon rubbermain sump...slowly changing to 20 gallon aquarium sump that i made with help from forum
1 heater...need to buy another one
2 sump pumps (quiteone and mag something)
turboflotor skimmer.
over 175 lbs of lr and base rock
125 RR tank
open tank canopy with 1 fan to regulate temp.

Fish:
1 blue tang
1 lionfish
1 purple tang
1 maroon clown
1 tomato clown
1 yellow goby
1 bluethroat trigger
1 small eel (can't remember name)
1 engineer goby
1 coral beauty
1 spotted hawkfish
1 urchin
cleaner crew (snails, hermit crabs)

Corals:
Different varieties of polyups, lps, softies, sps and several types of anemones.

Here are some pictures of my tank.

Whole tank:


Right side of tank:


Center of tank:


Left side of tank:



some pictures of corals and inhabitants:











Thank you for looking. I will try to take more pictures of the fish when they decide to stand still...

[mskohl]

very nice. Those frags will be large in no time.

you ought to try out the mag float attachment that you just glue on. It holds a thin razor blade and makes cleaning the glass super easy.

[Lytehouse]

Hey,

Thanks for the update and for adding pics....

That's what keeps the forum going....

By the way, let us know the trick to getting the fish to stay still for pics........

[magellan007]

awesome!!! (You should've submitted that lionfish for POTM!) *hinthint*

[Reef Happy]

I have seen this tank up close and personal and it is coming along nicely. Joel lost a lot during the power outage in the last ice storm. Good going and keep the pics coming.

[BigScott]

awsum lookin tank..

[zxanth]

thanks eveyone for your comments. mskohl do you know if i can find that magnet attachment locally. I called Wet Pets today but they didnt have it. I will contact Aquariums tomorrow and see if they have it. Can i only get that online?

As you may have noticed...i have not posted any new fish pictures...still havent figured out how to keep them still...

I can't wait to get more corals....actually i cant wait till my most of my corals get bigger than the plug that they come on....

Just curious, i forgot some list some other equipment...is it better to edit the first post or just continue posting?

[Reef Happy]

Joel, It is too late to edit your 1st post. You only have 1 hour to edit a post.
How is the the new stat working?

[zxanth]

Doug, i didnt know that...oh well i guess i will just add to my posts than. The stat is working good...only used it once so far. I thought i was going to use it tonight but not that cold at my house yet. Thanks for doing that for me.

[zxanth]

Doug do you have an extra scraper attachment....really dont want to buy it online since i dont need anything yet besides that. I am tired of my coraline algea in the front of my tank. Does that work on the green algae dots that happens with MH.

[Reef Happy]

It works on everything. But when you buy them they only come with one. If you want a clean glass all around you will like that scrapper. If I buy something I can get you one and I will let you know.

[zxanth]

thank you...yeah just let me know...its hard work scraping that stuff. Its kinda ironic though...in the begining we want coraline algae to grow not we curse it everytime we scape the glass.

[magellan007]

i don't think you CAN buy the scrapers locally. I'd just buy it online, because honestly, you'll use more gas driving around trying to find one and it's only like $7 after s/h to get it online. I have one and it's totally worth it!!