125 Gallon Reef Tank 1 Month Old

[willyboy100]

@dch921 Okay that makes sense. Did you run any media in the tidepool? What was your return pump?

[FPChris]

I am thinking of getting the freshwater version of the Aquatic Life 12x39. Can you use other manufacterers bulbs with it? Thx

[dch921]

@willyboy100 I had the refugium supplied with water from my main return pump I had a tee in the line with a hand valve and had about 200gph of flow to the fuge. I then had it sitting up high enough that the 2 overflows I drilled into the side would overflow back into my sump. This was suppose to be a temporary setup but I ran it like that for over a year

[cchhiillaannggoo]

I love how people knows how to set up rocks in the tank so they can look cool

[dch921]

some of it had lots of color when I bought it but about 60lbs was white. It took around 3 months or so to color up nicely.

[willyboy100]

@dch921 I know that you have taken this tank down, but how did you move water from the tidepool to the 20g fuge, or were they plumbed separately?

[chandlerj333]

did you start off with the live rock as colorful as it is now? because it's been about a month since i set up mine and it's still white.

[dch921]

They got along well. I lost 2 of the black and whites for unknown reasons just disappeared one day about 2 months apart. I just tore down this tank about a month ago when I moved and sold all the live stock and live rock to a single person. Now I am just running a 30 gallon frag tank.

[camaroryder]

Are all those clowns still in there. If so, Are they getting along alright still? Looks good though!

[loliage11]

i agree with scout820

[Springs24]

Nice...

[dch921]

This setup put me back around $2000

[DAZE192]

how much was all of that??

[bernie1b1]

B&G LOVES YOUR STLYE ! KISSIMMEE FLORIDA

[AJY710]

Yes, I agree with you scout820, you should only add one fish every 2 to 3 weeks. And clown tangs are one of the hardest tangs to keep. And your tank isn't big enough for it, they need at least 250 gallons.

[Blunper]

wow, cool, how can you have that many clownfishes? I have two and the are only fighting all the time :( Don't know what to do, don't have any buyer

[dch921]

its a.n AquaticLife. 12x39W T5.

[lukehouse365]

What brand of light do you have on here and how much?

[reefguy710]

how many pounds of live rock do you have?

[dch921]

i have had it right at 10 months now. I have added some new corlas and fish. Working on getting rid of most of the soft corals and going to SPS and LPS corals mainly

[zgreasemonkeyd]

how long have ya had it set up now? hows it doin?

[dch921]

i still try to do 10% water change every week. although with my schedule it just isnt always possible. I really believe that a refugium can benefit your tank but water changes are still veryr important to maintain a lot of the trace elements and remove waste.

[electronkid710]

how often do you do water changes is you have an algae filter

[darkKvN1]

How many fish I can put in a 125 gallon reef .. fish of diferents sizes and invertebrates?

[shmalikify]

what kind of substrate do you have? (brand/name)

[dch921]

I had the 2 orange perculas before I switch to the 125. I added the 4 baby black and white perculas at the same time I moved everything else over. So as the fish were concerned they all got to their new home at the same time.

[BigBlueReef]

Looking Good... Did you add all the clown fish together?

[scout820]

Thats alot of fish for only 1 month

[lmposible]

@scout820 not really.... Its a 125 gallon. in perspective 11 fish in a 125 is like 2 clowns ans a firefish in a 30 gallon after 1 month