I recently moved and upgraded my 125gal undrilled a 150gal drilled. I wasn't happy with the rock work in the 125. It was pretty much a rock wall with frag racks on the front, so my boyfriend put together the rock for the 150 with rods and epoxy, and frag racks are banned from the tank. It gives the fish a lot more swimming room and looks nice. The new tank is going to be mainly SPS. Right now there's only 4 fish in it that came from the old tank: hippo tang, orange shoulder tang, tailspot blenny, and spotted mandarin. We want to add a school of 5 anthias at some point.
I was a little worried about putting so many corals and fish into a new system (new water, new sand, old rock though) since it never had a chance to "cycle," but there wasn't much I could do. I needed everything out of my old house. So far everything is doing good. Fingers crossed!
We used a 50 gallon as a sump, the skimmer from the old tank (have no clue what brand), sock filters (made cool holders for them with pvc), and a carbon/phosphate remover reactor. My boyfriend and his dad built the stand. With the tank on it, it's as tall as me! and I'm 5'9"!
Old 125 gallon
New 150!
I was a little worried about putting so many corals and fish into a new system (new water, new sand, old rock though) since it never had a chance to "cycle," but there wasn't much I could do. I needed everything out of my old house. So far everything is doing good. Fingers crossed!
We used a 50 gallon as a sump, the skimmer from the old tank (have no clue what brand), sock filters (made cool holders for them with pvc), and a carbon/phosphate remover reactor. My boyfriend and his dad built the stand. With the tank on it, it's as tall as me! and I'm 5'9"!
Old 125 gallon
New 150!
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