Gwen's 125g

[gwen_o_lyn]

The stand and canopy were just delivered. The tank will be delivered tomorrow.

[gwen_o_lyn]

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[CarmieJo]

Gwen, I can't wait to see your tank develop.

[sscheitel]

WoW sexy...love the color...

sorry I did not send the pipes yet...I will get them off tomorrow.

[sscheitel]

is the top of that canopy open?

[gwen_o_lyn]

No the top isn't open. The back of the canopy is mostly open.

Thanks for making the standpipes

[JayBeDriften]

I'm so jealous and wish that I still lived in my old apartment. I have no room for a 125 now.

[Danamck]

Awesome stand and canopy! When's the the tank coming? What are the plans? Spill the beans!

[Seahorsedreams]

O.O That is SWEET!!

[CarmieJo]

I noticed that you are using the cat standard measurement too.

[gwen_o_lyn]

Yes the cat measurement- he he!!

The tank is to be delivered tonite- yay!! The LFS owner is coming out again after the store closes. The tank, stand, and canopy came from CapBay, which is the well known pet store "must see" here in Atlanta.


Ok here are the plans so far:

Lights: I'm leaning towards getting 3 of these: 250W HL MH Retrofit Kit (HQI)
No plans for atinics- gonna stick with 14k bulbs. If anyone has used ARO ballasts and has any feedback about them, I would appreciate it. The price seems a little cheap, so I'm kinda wondering about quality, but everything I have read so far seems mostly ok.
For bulbs, I was thinking Hamilton or XM- which is the best? Is there another brand I should consider?

Plumbing: The wall behind the tank is a closet which is under the stairs. Back in the fall, we knocked out the wall straight ahead into the closet and that opened up a lot of space so I could plumb back there. I will get pics of that construction project up soon. It's still a work in progress- I gotta do a little more sheetrock and then paint, and also put the baseboards in before that is finished.

I'm having mom build a short 48x14x5 stand in which a 55g sump (48x13x20) will sit on inside the closet. I do want the sump to also have a section for a fuge. I will need help baffling off sections and figuring that out. Ideas on how to section that out would be much appreciated!!

My BIL is mailing standpipes soon and I will prolly plumb those to 2 mag7s since I have two overflows. I am using Mag7's because I already own a few since I have one on the old tank.

Skimmer: I will use the 2 skimmers I have: Euroreef and an AquaC Remora. The other 2 tanks (72g and nano) will be completely taken down. One tank is all I can handle!!

Flow: 2 Mag7's for the returns and I have 2 Tunze 6100's and the controller, that are currently on the 72g.


My BIL is thinking about coming down here in about a month to help me plumb it all together- I hope they make it- I really need a lot of help!!



Immediate Projects: I need to paint the wall the tank is up against. Finish up the closet- sheetrock, and paint it.

[Danamck]

It all sounds awesome! Setting up a new tank is so much work but so much fun. It's so nice when you have smaller tanks to help jump start the new tank. Thanks for the info!

[gwen_o_lyn]

One pic with the canopy closed and one with the canopy open. How does it look??

The wall behind the tank got a fresh coat of paint tonite. A tank this good lookin deserves a freshly painted wall, right??

When the paint first went on the wall, it didn't look like the right color, even after Matt gave it a good shake up. So I went to HD to make sure it was the right color. The guy at HD put it in their shaker machine and the color came out right. This can of paint was bought a year ago, so it just needed a good mixing. I also picked up a can of black spray paint to paint the back of the tank.

[CarmieJo]

It is going to be beautiful!

[V]

sweet effort Q, your branching out of nano territory, an im branching into it, whats going on there! Congrats, look forward to future developments > cause you've been picking our brains for long enough! hehe

[Danamck]

Very very nice.

[fat walrus]

Gwen, real nice...........but when are you going to do a big tank?

[popeye]

That is going to be one niice tank.. Love the stand an lid..