Pics of my new tank, finally
I finally got this thing up and running. I bought the tank almost a year ago and have been buying equipment little by little ever since. It's a 130g acrylic tank with and external overflow that's made into the back. It's 50"x25"x24" and made from 1/2" acrylic. I went with a faux sand bed for asthetics, but it will function as a barebottom. Almost all of my rack has been cooking for 2+ months and is very clean. Equipment wise, I have Sequence 5800SEQ23 on 2 eductors for a closed loop. My return pump is a Sequence Barracuda, it's split between the return, skimmer and UV sterilzer. The skimmer is an ETSS 750 dual downdraft that I snagged from Joshua, I plan on modding it into a becket skimmer soon but I want to see how well it performs first. The UV is a Emperor Aquatics 25W that will run 24/7. Lights are all Coralvue. I'm using coralvue ballast, DE fixtures and 14K bulbs. They look good so far. I also ordered an Aquacontroller today so that will run everything. I've also got a dual chamber calcium reactor that you don't see in any of the pics.
Here's where I'm working on the electrical, but now it will all change since I ordered the Aquacontroller. :blink
and here's some from today. I just put the rocks in yesterday, but I don't think there will be a cycle since everything came from and established system. I checked all the levels earlier and it had 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrate, 0 Nitrite, 0 Phosphate, Ca was only300, and Alk was 10.2. The tank is full of microbubbles right now. Once the skimmer breaks in and starts skimming they should go away. When that happens, I'll transfer over all my livestock if the levels are still in check.
Give me your honest opinion on the rockwork or anything else you see.
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Originally Posted by gjuarez
