Equipment suggestions for setting up 125 Gallon

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Hi guys,

I need some input please. I have a 125 gallon tank that I am about to set up, and need some advise and suggestions on what kind of filters to use with this? Any experience or advice good or bad would be great.
Thanks :happy:

 

[jjlittle]

There are many options . If it were mine I would run it like I run my 150 gal reef.I would get the largest protien skimmer you can afford . I would get 4 maxijet 1200's power heads. Get a nice size sump and run a mag 24 pump return. Lighting is up to you I run VHO's it depends on what you like vho or MH I keep all types of coral with no problem with vho's some people here really like MH lighting and there great I just dont like the heat that they produce and electric they use.I do however like the shimmer in the water MH lighting does.I also run a refrugium next to my sump that is just an extra you my want later.Here is pic of my tank.

 

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Thanks for the input. Beautiful tank. I hope mine looks that nice one day. What is the pink stuff on the glass? Is that algae?

 

[jjlittle]

coraline algea

 

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I assume that its a good algae?

 

[jjlittle]

some people even buy scrapping of it to help get it going it will get on everything once it starts gives the tank good color. :yes: :yes: :yes:

 

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I have alot of green algae growing with my pink/red. There are alot of bubbles that are stuck in it. Would that be bubble algae? What will get rid of it, its also very hairy??

 

[jjlittle]

A cleaner crew would help .What type of water are you using hair algea generally come from not so good water.Bubble algea looks llike little balls they are hard about 1/4 in or so you need to pick them out with out busting them.They can spread very fast action is not taken.

 

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Ok - I am very releaved to hear that about the bubble algae. My bubbles are more like air bubbles that are filtering out of the sand bed.
I have ordered more cleaners are mine are diminished.
I put in tap the last few times that I topped up. I normally use filtered though.

 

[jjlittle]

You never what to use use tap water you need distilled or ro/di water.Your cleaners deminished that is sign of low salinity make sure it is above .021 or they will keep dieing.Did you treat the tap water in any way?