Just got a 75gal tank

[john.m.cole3]

youtube will help you with that

 

[Chaos1783]

First coat of black paint for the back glass.

 

[john.m.cole3]

progress!

 

[Chaos1783]

Lol yea. I am stressing bad. Cuz I have a 30gal reef and a 55gal African tank I need to move to my new house I got along with building this one and actually moving everything from the old house to the new house. What's the best way to move my 2 established tanks to the new house. I need some info.

 

[john.m.cole3]

First remove rocks and detritus from them and cover w/ water from tank (5 gallon buckets work well), then remove fish and put in a bucket w/ a heater and air stone. Empty remainder of water into buckets. Take a bath towel and soak in tank water to cover the bottom and sides of tank. Throw away old sand/substrate and start over. Put some prime in the tank when setting it back up. Should be good to go for an in town move.

 

[drstratton]

I also had a heater & power head in with the rocks! When I moved my tank.

 

[Chaos1783]

Sump and refug are also getting a paint job and also just picked up 2 55gal plastic water drums for my ro/di and saltwater mix. Got both of them for 50 dollars

 

[Chaos1783]

Can't wait till everything is at the new house and all setup

 

[Chaos1783]

80 pounds of reef saver rock just came in from Bulk Reef Supply!!!! Tomorrow the bucket of salt and stand should be here. Things are coming along pretty good.

 

[Chaos1783]

Stand is all put together and tank is on it. Tomorrow hopefully I can mix 75gal of salt water and 60gal of fresh water for my African cichlid tank.

 

[drstratton]

Wow, that looks great!

 

[Chaos1783]

Thank you. It's all coming along slowly

 

[Chaos1783]

Well today I added the dry rock and sand. I have started my cycle. Time to sit back and research what kind of tank it's going to be. Everything has been coming around really slow with me moving to my new house. Finally it has started.

 

[Chaos1783]

 

[john.m.cole3]

What kind of lighting are you going with?

 

[Chaos1783]

I am not sure yet. Any suggestions?

 

[jsker]

Hydra 26 HD's awsome lights. I just put them on my 72gal this week. they are like the metal halide of the LED's

 

[Chaos1783]

Do you have any pics of them on and a close up of the light fixture

 

[jsker]

Do you have any pics of them on and a close up of the light fixture

go to my tank build, go down the the last post. If you need closer pictures I will take them https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-72-bowfront-build-revised-thread.216842/

oh you can also look at the difference in lighting from the old to new.

 

[Chaos1783]

Dang they do look good. I can tell the difference from your old lights