Seafansar's 150 gallon reef

seafansar · 07-22-2009, 10:58 PM

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
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!

seafansar · 07-22-2009, 11:00 PM

We're using a MP40W on the left side. There isn't enough flow on the right, so we're getting another MP for that side. I made mesh tops for the tank also.

Clownfish518 · 07-22-2009, 11:11 PM

Very nice

astiesi · 07-22-2009, 11:17 PM

Looks great, I like the mesh tops!

BigAl07 · 07-23-2009, 09:54 AM

Saraaaaa you new tank and stand look AMAZING! Job well done to you all!

I love the new rock work! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

And those "Mesh Tops" are sweet! Did you use something like this
New to Nano

I'm anxious to see how they perform over time and I may incorporate that design into my existing and any future tanks.

Phreek · 07-23-2009, 12:27 PM

Looks good sara, nice work!

seafansar · 07-23-2009, 12:46 PM

Thanks everyone!

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigAl07

Saraaaaa you new tank and stand look AMAZING! Job well done to you all!

I love the new rock work! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

And those "Mesh Tops" are sweet! Did you use something like this
New to Nano

I'm anxious to see how they perform over time and I may incorporate that design into my existing and any future tanks.

Yep, that's pretty much exactly what I did. I just used 1/4" mesh instead of using 2 sheets of mesh overlapping each other. I got the idea from R2R. The guy who started the thread made tops for his tank in '07 and so far hasn't posted any complaints about them.

BigAl07 · 07-23-2009, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seafansar

Yep, that's pretty much exactly what I did. I just used 1/4" mesh instead of using 2 sheets of mesh overlapping each other. I got the idea from R2R. The guy who started the thread made tops for his tank in '07 and so far hasn't posted any complaints about them.

That's what I thought! It looks GREAT!

My only concern would be any potential "crust" from salt spray. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna do this on my 90g pretty soon and my 10g VERY soon.

Keep the updates coming

I'm subscribed babyyyyyy!! LOL

seafansar · 07-23-2009, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigAl07

That's what I thought! It looks GREAT!

My only concern would be any potential "crust" from salt spray. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna do this on my 90g pretty soon and my 10g VERY soon.

Keep the updates coming

I'm subscribed babyyyyyy!! LOL

LOL. Ok will do. I still have some corals from the 90 that need to go into it. I crammed all my other corals into the 90 and now there's no open space on the sand. And it doesn't help that my tenneti tang thinks he's a sandsifter and keeps bumping sand on all the poor corals.

To prevent any salt creep from messing up the tops, I'm going to rinse them every two weeks or so. So far the only salt creep that gets on them is from me sticking my arm in the tank and not drying off the edges of the tank good enough.

redsea reefer · 07-23-2009, 03:52 PM

Did you just stack your rocks like that or did you epoxy or drill w/rod.
That is a very nice scape job, well done...

seafansar · 07-23-2009, 04:04 PM

Thanks! We drilled the rock and used fiberglass rods (found the rods near where they sell mailboxes at the hardware store).

BigAl07 · 07-23-2009, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seafansar

Thanks! We drilled the rock and used fiberglass rods (found the rods near where they sell mailboxes at the hardware store).

Those work out good. They sell them with "Driveway Markers" locally here.

redsea reefer · 07-23-2009, 04:23 PM

A trick I do is, I saw off a tiny bit off the bottom of the rock so its completely flat when I place them on the sand. I do that to all the rock that sits on the sand so its more stable and doesnt dig into the sand...

BigAl07 · 07-23-2009, 04:28 PM

I made a "Base Plate" from a flat "Table Rock" and this was the base for my columns. Also I place all rock on the bottom of the tank before sand so there's no shifting afterwards.

seafansar · 07-31-2009, 06:56 PM

Added a second MP40w, put them on the back, and now the flow is great! The 10K bulb on the right blew, so there's an old 14K in there now.

07-22-2009, 10:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
seafansar Elegance coral Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Deltona, FL Posts: 1,184 View Gallery Karma Komment	Seafansar's 150 gallon reef 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 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! __________________ -Sara SW since Jan. '08 150 gallon SPS reef 20 gallon BTA/clown tank 90 gallon bowfront mixed reef 45 gallon cube 150 tank thread 45 cube thread My Reefnook

07-22-2009, 11:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
seafansar Elegance coral Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Deltona, FL Posts: 1,184 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Seafansar's 125 gallon reef We're using a MP40W on the left side. There isn't enough flow on the right, so we're getting another MP for that side. I made mesh tops for the tank also. __________________ -Sara SW since Jan. '08 150 gallon SPS reef 20 gallon BTA/clown tank 90 gallon bowfront mixed reef 45 gallon cube 150 tank thread 45 cube thread My Reefnook

07-22-2009, 11:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
Clownfish518 Razorback Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bentonville, Arkansas Posts: 1,542 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Seafansar's 125 gallon reef Very nice __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem - William of Ockham

07-22-2009, 11:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
astiesi Sea Pen Join Date: May 2008 Location: Margate, FL Posts: 342 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Seafansar's 125 gallon reef Looks great, I like the mesh tops! __________________ Anthony 65G Mixed Reef: -Glass-holes.com 1500 Overflow Kit -Octopus NW-150 Protein Skimmer -Current Nova Extreme Pro 6x39W T5 -200W Hydor Theo Heater -20L Sump (Skimmer/Return/Refugium) -Mag 9.5 Return Pump BioCube 14g: -48W PC Lighting - 24 10000K, 24 Actinic -Oceanic BioCube Skimmer -50W Hydor Theo Heater -Maxi-Jet 600 (160 gph) -Koralia Nano (240 gph) 1st Reef Tank - 14g BioCube 65g Father's Day Gift

07-23-2009, 09:54 AM	#5 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,547 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Seafansar's 125 gallon reef Saraaaaa you new tank and stand look AMAZING! Job well done to you all! I love the new rock work! LOVE LOVE LOVE!! And those "Mesh Tops" are sweet! Did you use something like this New to Nano I'm anxious to see how they perform over time and I may incorporate that design into my existing and any future tanks. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

07-23-2009, 12:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
Phreek Neon dottyback Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 664 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Seafansar's 125 gallon reef Looks good sara, nice work!

07-23-2009, 03:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
redsea reefer Golden Moray Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: L.A, California Posts: 2,124 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Seafansar's 125 gallon reef Did you just stack your rocks like that or did you epoxy or drill w/rod. That is a very nice scape job, well done... __________________ Eddie 34g RSM 130 with 45#'s live rock and 30#'s aragonite reef sand. Tunze 9002 skimmer with inTank media rack - Koralia 2 My Tank

07-23-2009, 04:04 PM	#11 (permalink)
seafansar Elegance coral Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Deltona, FL Posts: 1,184 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Seafansar's 125 gallon reef Thanks! We drilled the rock and used fiberglass rods (found the rods near where they sell mailboxes at the hardware store). __________________ -Sara SW since Jan. '08 150 gallon SPS reef 20 gallon BTA/clown tank 90 gallon bowfront mixed reef 45 gallon cube 150 tank thread 45 cube thread My Reefnook

07-23-2009, 04:23 PM	#13 (permalink)
redsea reefer Golden Moray Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: L.A, California Posts: 2,124 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Seafansar's 125 gallon reef A trick I do is, I saw off a tiny bit off the bottom of the rock so its completely flat when I place them on the sand. I do that to all the rock that sits on the sand so its more stable and doesnt dig into the sand... __________________ Eddie 34g RSM 130 with 45#'s live rock and 30#'s aragonite reef sand. Tunze 9002 skimmer with inTank media rack - Koralia 2 My Tank

07-23-2009, 04:28 PM	#14 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,547 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Seafansar's 125 gallon reef I made a "Base Plate" from a flat "Table Rock" and this was the base for my columns. Also I place all rock on the bottom of the tank before sand so there's no shifting afterwards. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

07-31-2009, 06:56 PM	#15 (permalink)
seafansar Elegance coral Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Deltona, FL Posts: 1,184 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Seafansar's 125 gallon reef Added a second MP40w, put them on the back, and now the flow is great! The 10K bulb on the right blew, so there's an old 14K in there now. __________________ -Sara SW since Jan. '08 150 gallon SPS reef 20 gallon BTA/clown tank 90 gallon bowfront mixed reef 45 gallon cube 150 tank thread 45 cube thread My Reefnook

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