A.J.'s 125 gallon rebuild

[Anthony.Luciano710]

ok so ive been checking my parameters every day and its all good. 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate ph is 8.35 and temp is still 75 i know its not the greatest but its ok. so i decided to go ahead and get some stuff. i bought 4 hermit crabs 1 emerald crab, and a baby yellow watchman goby which will barley put an impact on the bioload the thing is so small he's hard to find but i like raising my fish from babies thats why i got him so small.

 

[Anthony.Luciano710]

leds should be done by the end of the week! i finished soldering everything and putting the heatsinks on and setting all the drivers. now im building an open top canopy to put it in and then i just have to run the wires all the way down to the drivers and solder them together.

 

[Anthony.Luciano710]

change of plans. i hung it from the ceiling instead, it looks amazing. ill post pics later on.

 

[TimberTDI]

Just a heads up for future tank plumbing:

There is a clear PVC primer. The only reason for a purple one is so that a building inspector can see that the plumbers used primer on the fitting.

Everything else is looking nice.

Steven

 

[fishman1069]

Man I didnt know there was a clear primer!!! A.J the tanks look good dude. Cant wait to see your led light blazin!!

 

[Anthony.Luciano710]

yea i didnt know they made clear primer either and yes i cant wait to turn on the leds either lol i had it hanging from the ceiling so maybe tonight ill connect like 2 drivers to see how a white row and a blue row look inside the tank.

 

[Anthony.Luciano710]

the lights are truly amazing. they are indescribable by words i will make a whole video. i only have 2 of the 12 rows running and it lights up the whole tank.

 

[Anthony.Luciano710]

the pictures look nothing compared to in real person i was very disappointed with the pics but you get the idea. the small pic is actually a video if you click it.

 

[fishman1069]

Damn dude. That thing is gonna light up the whole house with all them strips runnin!!!!

 

[InfernoST]

I hope you're putting dimmer controls on it.

 

[Imbarrie]

That light could probably be used for your next tank. A 180 or a 220.

 

[Anthony.Luciano710]

Yep that's why I built it so big because my parents are talking about moving in a couple of years so that's when I would upgrade. This light is 432 watts so I'm going to need to keep it dimmed so it doesnt bleach the coral lol

That light could probably be used for your next tank. A 180 or a 220.

 

[Anthony.Luciano710]

ok click the pic to open i vid. you dont have to because its nt like a dedicated video i was just makin a vid with my cousins and it had the tank in it showing alot of stuff like the sump and the vortech and the leds so i posted it. oh and when the water is low at first it is because i had the return pump off to show the maximum wave the vortech can make but i turned it on in the middle of the vid as you can see.

 

[Anthony.Luciano710]

i think it might even work on 240 96x24x25 because the light is able to hit the end of the tank and only the front half of the middle section is on so if i ever upgrade i can just put lower light corals on the end.

That light could probably be used for your next tank. A 180 or a 220.

 

[Anthony.Luciano710]

ok so heres an update. i got the fish back from Fortunato they are very healthy and then i got some armor of God zoas from Ray, Triple R.

my orp is the most steady of the parameters. its high and my ozone machine isn't even connected yet. my temp is always up and down because i keep the heat in the house at 55 then when i go there i raise it to 70 so thats why theres such a big swing but the fish it usually goes from 70 the lowest to 77 the highest i know its bad but ill be moving in there soon so that will stop. my ph just completely dropped when i took out the skimmer but ill be getting the new pump for it tomorrow hopefully so it will be back to normal.

heres some more pics. enjoy!

the blue damsel is in my refugium until he is picked up by the person taking him for me.

 

[dotc0m]

Nice man. I shook my head at the kid on top of that ladder...

 

[Anthony.Luciano710]

lol yea he wanted to touch the ceiling

Nice man. I shook my head at the kid on top of that ladder...

 

[NYreefNoob]

nice so far, but few question's, when are you gonna get all the wire's up so you dont have to worry about getting electrocuted, and when you putting a splash shield on the led fixture so that a splash doesnt short out and ruin the light ? and whats holding the rocks up in the middle, and fyi mangroves leaves arent suppose to be submerged

 

[Anthony.Luciano710]

my dad got me a multi cable from work so im going to be wiring it up permanently probably tomorrow, for the splash sheild i was kind of hoping to do it open top because i put all the pipes so it cant splash like it used to before it was drilled and its raised 8 inches above the edge of the tank but if i have to ill get a glass canopy. as for the rocks in the middle i stacked up the rocks on the side and then i leaned to big rocks on both sides an locked them into place and then i put the nice looking rocks on top of it. dont worry its very stable, im good at making arches. and thanks for the mangrove tip. i dont really have any other place to put them except my overflow box directly under the leds. i read up on it and it said that many people were successful with keeping them completely under the water so i was hoping for them to just grow out of the water but ill see what i can do.

nice so far, but few question's, when are you gonna get all the wire's up so you dont have to worry about getting electrocuted, and when you putting a splash shield on the led fixture so that a splash doesnt short out and ruin the light ? and whats holding the rocks up in the middle, and fyi mangroves leaves arent suppose to be submerged

 

[NYreefNoob]

get a p[iece of styro and cut hole and leave the roots submersed till they grow large enough,
for the light get a large piece of lexi and add a space between it and the heat shield and the will help protect from splash's, fish will and can make a splash and 1 drop of water is enough to shorten light fixture out