a picture of my 72 gallon bowfront

cowabonga

cowabonga

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I know my tank isnt spectactular or anything but I just want to you guys my work in progress. I put a lot of time and money into this tank(which is my first fish tank ever). Jan 17,2003 wil be the 5 months aniversary of it.
Due to battle with ich..3 of my fishes (flame angel, percula, and blue tang is in a qt) As you can see i still have a firefish to catch.
Its a 72 g AGA. No sump nor refugium. Will add later on.
Remora pro skimmer
4x65 watt and 2x96 watt pc
110 lb live rocks and about 150 ls
2 cleaner shrimp 1 fire shrimp 1 peppermint
2 emerald
and a variety of corals...too lazy to type
:cool:
any input is welcome
 
beth

beth

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Looks almost exactly like my tank! I have a 72gal bowfront too!
Hey, what kind of canopy do you have?
 
cowabonga

cowabonga

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Thanks everybody! I didnt know my tank looked nice...i thought it looked real dirty...but beth: i had it custom made through my LFS. It costed me around 200 bucks.. It looks real clean and cut. Can i see some pix of your tank? BTW thanks for all you help in the disease forum.
the only filteration i have are the lr,5inch dsb, and teh remora pro skimmer. i also change about 7 gallon every 2 weeks.
 
beth

beth

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Staff member
My goodness, not only does your tank look like mine, but you are running the same setup.
I run a dsb, too, along with the Remorapro. I had my canopy made too. I'm running 440watts VHO lighting.
I wish I had a digital camera, but I don't.
 
travis truman

travis truman

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I love how you have a bridge loking thing in the middle of your tank.........its like LR LR LR BRIDGE!!!! LR LR LR LR
looks cool
 
barracuda

barracuda

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I'm with travis truman. The LR bridge is very nice. You can put piece of Dendronephthya (Tree coral) upside down and it will look great!!! Nice looking tank.
 
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hurley

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COWabonga I am sure you are very happy with your 72 bow, as most are. I am in the works of trying to decide if I want a 72 or a bigger bow. ( nothing over 120 though ) With that said here is the hang up. With the oppotunity I am sure most of us here would say the bigger the better. I am just curious on why you chose the 72. Being that it is a 72 I am sure, $$$$$ really wasnt a deciding factor, due to our hobbie requires alot, and when your at this stage well , there is just no turning back . From the looks of it, It seems that you have plenty of space. In any case I am sure that I would be happy with either, I just wanted to hear an opionion from someone who has a 72. :rolleyes:
 
cowabonga

cowabonga

Member
thanks everybody again..........
Hurley: At first i started with a 46 bowfront because it fitted perfectly in a niche in my family room..but my did wasnt too happy with the size of the tank because he said it looked to small. The bad thing was i wasted a couple bags of instant salt and had it filled for a couple of days. Also used up 3 bags of live sand. So i had to tear it down and shop for a bigger tank.
I then decided for a 55 gallons because it's longer.. but was disappointed to find only 50 gallons tank. To make a long story short. I spot a 72 and fell in love with it. I thought it was the perfect size.
But even now i get alittle greedy and wished i gotten a bigger tank. But i know $$$ wouldnt allow it. In general i love my 72 and i do have alot of space to work with. I believe its the perfect size tank for a beginner, like myself. The things i would have done different is to make the tank reef ready and also paint the back black.
Thanks for the compliment on the LR Bridge. I initially had the tank set up with just a pile of rocks. But i wasnt happy with it so one day I decided to tear up the tank and redo the structure.Heres a pix
 
cowabonga

cowabonga

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RIP to my cow fish and the female clown fish in the picture btw. I really loved the cow fish.. It was a gift from my gf. The female perc was my oldest. RIP to her too.:(
 
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