Hey guys I’m just getting back into the hobby and out of my past tanks only one was a saltwater tank and I was using a big HOB filter lol so please don’t mind any stupid thoughts you see my type here
Id appreciate any advice especially if you guys see something I’m doing that is a disaster waiting to happen lol
So since I was giving some thought to setting a tank up I was stopping by LFSs when I saw an old steel stand leaning on the back wall with some bubbling paint and surface rust…. Walked out with it for $10
i brushed it all down and sprayed a few layers on it… I have an anode I can put on as well to fight future rust
I splurged a bit and bought a tank brand new it’s an aqueon 125 gallon with the bottom pre-drilled and the black plastic …. Towers? Lol on the back for the sump also just put on some black vinyl for the background
For the sump it’s a 60 gallon breeder the first section is about 20” long there’s 2 clip on filter sock holders and I can also put a protein skimmer in here and maybe the extra tick I didn’t use in the aqua scape the first baffle is afew inches off the bottom then there’s 11” for the refugium followed by a 7” tall baffle that’s on the bottom with another baffle that’s off the ground right behind it …. I glued some pieces of tubing in between those 2 so I can place some egg crate right there to hold a sponge or like carbon bag …. Past there i
The Aquascape is really just a long PVC Y shape covered in rock lol I smashed up most of the rock and super glued/epoxied in around the pvc but I didn’t want to pack it in too tightly there’s still spots for smaller fish to swim through the rock and it shouldnt block flow to badly
it’s not the prettiest thing out there but I’m happy with it…. It’s a habit first and I really wanted to leave a lot of the water collum open for swimming especially since I’m not sure exactly how I’m guna stock it
for critters I’d definitely like to get one of the smaller morays like a yellow head, jeweled, golden tail ECT. I want some fast growing soft corrals on this rock and maybe even on the back wall
as far as other fish I’ll play it by ear (any experience anyone has with an eel and tank mates would be awesomethere’s a pretty convict tang at my LFS I’d like to have if it’s still around and I really like groupers but pretty sure there aren’t really any that won’t out grow this tank … any good alternatives?
Thanks for taking a look
Id appreciate any advice especially if you guys see something I’m doing that is a disaster waiting to happen lol
So since I was giving some thought to setting a tank up I was stopping by LFSs when I saw an old steel stand leaning on the back wall with some bubbling paint and surface rust…. Walked out with it for $10
i brushed it all down and sprayed a few layers on it… I have an anode I can put on as well to fight future rust
I splurged a bit and bought a tank brand new it’s an aqueon 125 gallon with the bottom pre-drilled and the black plastic …. Towers? Lol on the back for the sump also just put on some black vinyl for the background
For the sump it’s a 60 gallon breeder the first section is about 20” long there’s 2 clip on filter sock holders and I can also put a protein skimmer in here and maybe the extra tick I didn’t use in the aqua scape the first baffle is afew inches off the bottom then there’s 11” for the refugium followed by a 7” tall baffle that’s on the bottom with another baffle that’s off the ground right behind it …. I glued some pieces of tubing in between those 2 so I can place some egg crate right there to hold a sponge or like carbon bag …. Past there i
The Aquascape is really just a long PVC Y shape covered in rock lol I smashed up most of the rock and super glued/epoxied in around the pvc but I didn’t want to pack it in too tightly there’s still spots for smaller fish to swim through the rock and it shouldnt block flow to badly
it’s not the prettiest thing out there but I’m happy with it…. It’s a habit first and I really wanted to leave a lot of the water collum open for swimming especially since I’m not sure exactly how I’m guna stock it
for critters I’d definitely like to get one of the smaller morays like a yellow head, jeweled, golden tail ECT. I want some fast growing soft corrals on this rock and maybe even on the back wall
as far as other fish I’ll play it by ear (any experience anyone has with an eel and tank mates would be awesomethere’s a pretty convict tang at my LFS I’d like to have if it’s still around and I really like groupers but pretty sure there aren’t really any that won’t out grow this tank … any good alternatives?
Thanks for taking a look