The rebirth of a 75 :) I'm loving it!!!!

[Fracture]

So my aunt gave us her old 75 fw set up and we drilled it to be reef ready. She neglected her tank for a few years. Take my word for it it was bad. We have been begging her for the tank for forever it seems. Well she decided to brake it down eventually and still wouldn't give it to us lol. eventually after it sitting outside for a few months she called us and said come get it. I am posting pics from the time we got it to present.
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Day one pic up...

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Let me just say man it was hard to clean lol. We let it soak in vinegar water with a powerhead for a few days then I scrapped it clean and scrubbed lots.

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Then we drilled it for overflows and drain.

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We decided to try adding the foam under the tank this time to see if it has any benefits.

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Bulk heads and false wall put in.

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First water test since we drilled. We where crossing our fingers. Yay it worked!
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Now today adding sand. I wanted black sand but I decided not to spend more money than needed cause I had several pounds of white sand. Ill save the black sand for my 125 :)

[Scutterborn]

Looks great. I'm disappointed I won't be able to "coralsit" your purple nem though... :)


-Ben-

[Mr Cob]

gettin serious now! Huge improvement.

[Fracture]

Looks great. I'm disappointed I won't be able to "coralsit" your purple nem though... :)


-Ben-

Yeah I was worried at first but she's doing ok and i didn't think it would be good to move him several times :( but I have a found a few purple ones that I can send you the info on if you would like. :)

[Fracture]

gettin serious now! Huge improvement.

Thanks so much I will be looking to buy more beauties for it soon hehe I get a job and Justin said I can use all the money I make for my tank ;)

[MadReefer]

Tbh the 75 has always been my favorite tank. Looks good so far man


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[Fracture]

Thanks now I am workin on trying to figure out the rock scape without having my hubby have to help lol

[Southern Flame]

Thanks now I am workin on trying to figure out the rock scape without having my hubby have to help lol
Don't do it like mine lol I feel like mine is a mess

[Fracture]

Ok so I got excited and put the water in before I took the pic of the rock scape lol. But here's a pic of the water being added. I hope it looked good when its all filled or I will be changing stuff up a bit.



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[Fracture]

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What does this look like ?

[MadReefer]

nice DBS. prolly need a little more rock. looks great so far =)

[Fracture]

Thanks the two corners are for my tube nems ad as for more rock I have live rock in my mixed reef with corals on it that will be put in after the 75 has cycled

[Fracture]

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Almost through puttin the sw in yay

[Fracture]

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Full of water and flowing :)

[Fracture]

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Yay tanks all clear now I gotta get some dr. Tim's

[Mr Cob]

Nice job, I like that little center area, looks natural.

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[Fracture]

Thanks just trying to decide if I want to put a tube nem in each corner or both in one corner

[hobogato]

nicely done!

[Fracture]

Thanks I'm proud of it

[Paul28]

Nice i like the middle area drop offs