After 2 years running my 75 gallon mixed reef I've upgraded.
I got this beautiful tank with the stand and canopy from a LFS
I painted the back with black enamel paint, I didn't paint the over flows just for ease of maintenance down the road and if I ever have to fish anyone out of the back
I decided on the Tigger System CR-44 sump for my build. Im very happy with the build quality and sump layout. Tigger packaging was also some of the best I've seen.
Plumbing was next. There was a couple things I learned plumbing my 75 that I wanted to change on the new tank. I had a 3 port manifold on my return on the 75 gallon that I never used. On the 125, even though I'm gonna eventually run a calcium reactor im not taking up space adding a manifold to this build. The biggest thing I wanted to do was add soft plumbing between my bulkheads and the hard plumbing. If I bump the plumbing in my 75 it causes the bulk heads to drip occasionally, on the new tank with the soft plumbing I can put alot of force on the plumbing without it causing stress to the bulkheads. I also added soft plumbing between the pumps and hard plumbing to reduce vibration.
Useing kits from Home Depot i put together screen tops
All pushed into position and ready for water
Im hoping to have the tank ready to start moving everything over in the next 2 to 3 weeks. Im not in a huge hurry and I dont want to risk anything in the move. I'll be updating again after I have some more progress.
I got this beautiful tank with the stand and canopy from a LFS
I painted the back with black enamel paint, I didn't paint the over flows just for ease of maintenance down the road and if I ever have to fish anyone out of the back
I decided on the Tigger System CR-44 sump for my build. Im very happy with the build quality and sump layout. Tigger packaging was also some of the best I've seen.
Plumbing was next. There was a couple things I learned plumbing my 75 that I wanted to change on the new tank. I had a 3 port manifold on my return on the 75 gallon that I never used. On the 125, even though I'm gonna eventually run a calcium reactor im not taking up space adding a manifold to this build. The biggest thing I wanted to do was add soft plumbing between my bulkheads and the hard plumbing. If I bump the plumbing in my 75 it causes the bulk heads to drip occasionally, on the new tank with the soft plumbing I can put alot of force on the plumbing without it causing stress to the bulkheads. I also added soft plumbing between the pumps and hard plumbing to reduce vibration.
Useing kits from Home Depot i put together screen tops
All pushed into position and ready for water
Im hoping to have the tank ready to start moving everything over in the next 2 to 3 weeks. Im not in a huge hurry and I dont want to risk anything in the move. I'll be updating again after I have some more progress.