Hi everyone, I have been roaming this forum for a good while now but haven't posted much. So now that I am upgrading from my old scratched up 55gallon tank I figure I would post some pictures of my 125gallon tank build. I got this tank from a close friend who purchased it and the stand new years ago and life never worked out for him to set it up. So he decided to sell it to me dirt cheap instead of it sitting in storage and now I am in the process of this slow build.
Here is the tank after we moved it into the house from my buddies garage. It is a standard 6ft long 125 gallon all glass tank with corner overflows.
For lighting I am using this Current Nova Extreme T-5 fixture. I will eventually be building a canopy for this thing to go into since it devastates my wife and I when a fish goes carpet surfing.
This is the sump I purchased used from a local reefer who practically gave it to me it was so cheap. We had to cut it down a couple inches to make sure I could get the skimmer out of it if something were to ever go wrong. I cut the skimmer section baffle down already and will silicone on a couple braces to make me feel better about long term use. It will hold about 25gallons of water at the level I will be keeping it at.
Here is the skimmer I decided to go with and should really rock on this system. It is a SWC Xtreme-Mini S.
Here is the tank after we moved it into the house from my buddies garage. It is a standard 6ft long 125 gallon all glass tank with corner overflows.
For lighting I am using this Current Nova Extreme T-5 fixture. I will eventually be building a canopy for this thing to go into since it devastates my wife and I when a fish goes carpet surfing.
This is the sump I purchased used from a local reefer who practically gave it to me it was so cheap. We had to cut it down a couple inches to make sure I could get the skimmer out of it if something were to ever go wrong. I cut the skimmer section baffle down already and will silicone on a couple braces to make me feel better about long term use. It will hold about 25gallons of water at the level I will be keeping it at.
Here is the skimmer I decided to go with and should really rock on this system. It is a SWC Xtreme-Mini S.