125 Gallon Upgrade

Reef Breeders · Feb 25, 2012

Well, after 11 months, my 90 gallon is looking a little small. I made arangments to pick up a 125 gallon tank in great condition with a stand and custom sump for $450. I need to build one more led fixture, and upgrade my mp10's to mp40's in order to get this tank rolling. I will be taking this build slow, but the end result will be worth it. More to come!

revhtree · Feb 25, 2012

Sweet!! We need some pics soon!

skinz78 · Feb 25, 2012

Agreed, pic's please:bigsmile:

Reef Breeders · Feb 25, 2012

I'll post some pics of the 90 for the time being, the 125 will come next week.

Reef Breeders · Feb 25, 2012

As promised:

Phone pics for now, the blue is not that high

Reef Breeders · Feb 27, 2012

Okay, some specs:
Standard drilled 125 gallon w/ diy stand
40 long and external compartment (12x10x16" high) attached by 2 bulkheads
100% led lighting from reefledlights.com
2x mp40wes pumps for flow
Eheim quiet 1 5000 for return (1300 gph)
More soon, tank will be picked up this weekend!

Reef Breeders · Feb 28, 2012

I just ordered a bubble magus NAC 7 skimmer, I got it for $220 shipped, only 3 months new. I also placed an order for another led kit to build a 3 rd led fixture. I don't like to see my paypal account drain, so I held off a brs order until after I get the tank, mostly b/c I plan on ordering dry rock, but the seller has some lr

Reef Breeders · Mar 3, 2012

Picked it up toady, just finished cleaning. Pics to come

Mike&Terry · Mar 3, 2012

Congrat's on the upgrade! Looking forward to seeing pics of the new tank. :bigsmile:

secretreefer · Mar 3, 2012

great build! congrats on the successful upgrade!

Reef Breeders · Mar 3, 2012

Not successful yet, those pics were of my 90 gallon right now. The 125 is in my garage awaiting its new stand, the old one was way to short. I will take pics when the sun come up, my garage is too dark.

Reef Breeders · Mar 4, 2012

Here it is!
Tank:

Sump:

Reef Breeders · Mar 4, 2012

Old stand:

New stand:

The stand will have 2 3 foot doors, is 3 feet tall, and will be painted white.

GR808 · Mar 4, 2012

nice build coming along!!! way to beef up the stand. Can't wait to see the completed pics..

skinz78 · Mar 4, 2012

Looking great!

Reef Breeders · Mar 5, 2012

Plumbing is almost done, all thats left is the locline. I hard plumbed the whole thing, no more messing around with those vinyl tubes!

One drain will be full siphon, the other will be a durso. Its kind of like the bean animal, but without the coast to coast. The pump will be attached by about a foot of vinyl tubing to reduce vibration, and will also sit on a rubber silencing pad.