my 37g and soon pics of my 125 build up

durag14

Member
ok i now have a 37g tank up and a 125 on the way should be here tomarow or in 1 week depending if i sent the order in time i have a 40g breader down and a 55g tank also down i will be adding pic's of my 37 as soon as i find the usb cable (
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i put up the 37g up b/c the 55g leaked so every thing in my 55 went in to my 37
i have a 260w and a 80w power compact ppl say it may be to much light but it works well i have corals and they are all doing fine... i have live sand and live rock .. i use a tom rapids pro filter with protien skimer and a hang over filter ..
list of fish and inverst
1 yellow tang
2 perc clowns
1 scoter bleny
1 orange serpent star
5 red foot snails
1 scarlet hermit crab
1 plain hemit crab
1 coral banded shrimp
NEW*A PAIR OF PEPERMINT SHRIMP 10/3/07
NEW* 1 SERPENT STAR 10/3/07
coral list
1 elagence coral
1 xena
1 leather
1 hammer
yellow poylops
clove poylops
1 foxtail
mushrooms
2 krupuk 1 is a frag off my original
soon i will post pics of all of them on here and then i will post the build of my 125g reef
ty for your intrest in my tanks feel free to leav coments i love doing this and wish to learn more ......
 

durag14

Member
im uploding now i got some new things to day i got a pair of pepermint shrimp and a serpint star
 

grubsnaek

Active Member
somebody will say something about the color of the tang, so watch out. but keep posting i have a 125DT and would like to see how yours comes out.
 

durag14

Member
THE PICS WERE TAKEN IN LIKE EARLY 2006 AT THAT TIME IT WAS FISH ONLY AND I JUST STARTED MY LIGHTING HERE ARE 2 PIC 1 WITH ORIGINAL LIGHTING ON AND 1 WITH UPGRADED LIGHTS ON TELL ME WHAT U THINK OF THE DIF IN THE LIGHTING ..... THIS LIGHT IS NOT MY PC ITS UPGRADED FLORESENTS (10000K)

 

durag14

Member
I Have No Clue Y He Looks So Light Yellow In That Pic He Is A Lot Brighter I Will Try And Get A Better Pic Of Him But He Hides The Min I Get The Camera
and the spots are alge on the glass
 

durag14

Member
dose any 1 know how much it will make my electric bill go up ????
i have wanted to go mh but it depends on the bill after the light gose in
 

wangotango

Active Member
Depends on how much electricity costs for you, and what wattage bulbs you'll be running, but personally I don't think it will be too much of an increase. There is a "tank power consumption" calculator on -- which is pretty helpful.
-Justin
 

durag14

Member
umm i wonder i realy wana but i live at home with my parents and they will kill me if it go's up to much ....... do u think it will go up over 50$ for 1 or 2 mh
 

durag14

Member
im not sure if the floor will hold the tank (125g) when its full how can i find out..... the floor is hard wood it will be on the first floor of the house.
will the floor need braces
 

daayda3

Member
nice tank, but, what are the mushrooms in pic # 5?
Looks just like mine... and I cant seem to ID it
 

grubsnaek

Active Member
hope i didnt mean to offend you, doesnt sound like it. but in person if hes yellow as hell then hes fine. pic does look off then.
daayda i dig the avatar
 

durag14

Member
is this the pic your talking about well if it is its a krupuk
its like a cabage coral at least thats what the lfs told me
 

durag14

Member
it will be here 10/10/07 so right now im looking for a stand im kind of thinking meatal not wood but im worried about it rusting
 

durag14

Member
how many times an hour are u suposted to turn over your tank
i turn over 1000gph on my 37gallon that is 27 times an hour
im just woundering to find out how much filltration i need for the 125
 

daayda3

Member
Originally Posted by durag14
is this the pic your talking about well if it is its a krupuk
its like a cabage coral at least thats what the lfs told me
yup, thats what i have... no wonder it didnt spread out
 
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