my 125g semi-diary

katz

katz

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You got the forest part down to a tee. When I do the switch almost all of the Xenia is going to the LFS for credit. The clowns do love it, but I hate it so they will just have to deal with most of it being gotten rid of.
Thanx for the compliment.
Katz
 
gman08016

gman08016

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Did you build your sump or is it a pre made one.I like to get one like that for my 150.I have the same skimmer as you and it is a little tight under the stand.Any info on it thanks
 
katz

katz

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I had my sump/fuge made by a guy in Portland Oregon. I drew up a plan and he built it for me. He also built my skimmer.
Katz
 
katz

katz

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Well I finally got everything transferred over from my 54g into my 125g. Boy am I glad that is over. Everything is doing great and I even added a new coral. Here is a pic with everything in the tank.

And one of my new coral next to the brain.
 
azfishgal

azfishgal

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Hi
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I don't know how I missed this thread, thanks for giving me a heads up. Your lights look great! Makes me more confident in what I'm getting.
Of course I'm going to have to slowly acclimate everyone to the new MHs, as they will be blinded if I don't.
 
ghettotang

ghettotang

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Hey Katz nice tank you have there. I also bought a 125 gallon tank and I'm in a process of build a mix coral reef, but the problem is I'm learning how to care take of them. I have a few question for you. How many pound of live sand did you add to your tank thats seem to me that is a deep sand bed. Also how many pound of live rock, what kinds and how much did it coast you. Sorry for asking so many question I just want to make sure that when I build mine I know how much Live sand and live rock to get. So how hard is it to maintance the cal. level. Thats seems to be my problem I cannot keep up with it. It goes up and down and cannot keep it stable any suggestion are welcome. Also what kind of additives and brand so you use to add your tank when you need to raise or keep the level of that cal. I see that you have almost the same kind of protien skimmer. I was wondering what kind of pump are you using for you skimmer. What kind of pump are your using for your return because I'm still searching for which type of pump that I use for my two return pump.
Thanx for you help and nice tank. I can't wait until I get my tank up and running.
Jay
 
katz

katz

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Thank You GhettoTang,
I have a four inches sand base. I have 150# of Agramax sand that I purchased on the DRs site.
I purchase the honeycomb base rock that the sell here, 80# total.
I have 110# of live rock that I purchased though my LFS for 2.90 a pound.
He gave me the rock for his cost because I go to his store alot.
My skimmer is a Pacific Coast skimmer and I have no idea what brand of pump.
I have an external pump running my system. I have a Sequence Snapper.
I add no additives to my tank. I just do 12g water changes every other week.
I use Oceanic Salt.
Feel free to ask any more questions. I love to help people out if I can.

Katz
 
katz

katz

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Hi everyone it has been awhile since I posted. So here is some new pics.







Can somebody tell me what type of coral this is? Part of it turns bright purple.
 
katz

katz

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I have two female Lyetail but only one would let me take a pic.
Next will be 1 hippo tang. Followed by a Kole tang. Then a salfin tang. And the last fish will be a wrasse but still don't know what kind. Maybe a radient.
 
azfishgal

azfishgal

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Your tank has really come a long ways. Nice looking shrooms and monti. It's fun to see both our tanks growing at about the same pace. We just need your full tank shot to be larger so we can see it better.
 
maxalmon

maxalmon

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Your tank is looking great....Sidenote, you ever get the corner tank scraped.....I just about fell over, never seen that much coraline algae in a tank before, great job....
 
katz

katz

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Thanks Azfishgal and maxalmon. I tore down the 54g and am in the process of selling it.
Here is a larger shot of the tank.

 
katz

katz

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Hey thanks. I just add my Lyetails to the main tank. Boy were they happy to get out of QT.

Have a Kole tang on order so it will be the next fish to be added to the tank after QT.
Katz
 
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