Vic's 125 gallon FOWLR Diary

[jktenpro]

I would suggest using 2 pieces of filter floss, not one, and putting them under the drip plate instead of on top for your Pro Clear.
With a 2nd piece of floss the bio balls stay cleaner and with the floss underneath the plate water drains more evenly.
I have had that wet/dry for 2 1/2 years and found this works better. Nitrates 0-2 always, bioballs clean(never had to rinse yet) and this is with a heavy bioload. I do rinse out the floss good with tap water from faucet 1 time a week and replace the top piece of floss(add new piece underneath the older piece) every 2 to 3 months.
Just thought this might help, and I would just add a 20lb bag of live sand from this site to the aragonite dry sand and you'll be good.

 

[rcdude1990]

well today i made the big purchase!
i bought 100 lbs of LR from my LFS
wow it filled up the whole tank, and its lookin great
the only thing that stinks is that i dont got a camera to take a pic!!!!!!!!!!!
tomrro ill take a pic
so now in the tank is 100 lbs of LS, and 130 lbs of LR.
i jus threw in a pinch of pellets to ghost feed, the cycle should start now right?

 

[rcdude1990]

WOW ITS BEEN 2 YEARS SINCE MY LAST POST! TIME FOR A UPDATE!!
2 year running, 125 gallon, 120 lbs of live sand, 130 lbs of LR, wet/dry filter,
T5-Nova Extremes
2 YEARS AGO 8/31/07

8/31/09

 

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[noah's nemo]

Good pics,I love how the clown hosts.So, what are the dims of your 125?

 

[meowzer]

After 2 years you don;t seem to have any coraline or anything else for that matter...how do you do that?

 

[rcdude1990]

lmao i didnt really run my lights as long as i do now due to the anenome, i usually ran them for about 3 hours a day, but now there on 6 hours a day, but there is some coraline i noticed grow, but nothin major