175 gal Tank build

Ok guys I bought a 175 gal tank so I'm starting my build topic. Here is a pic of the tank.

Very nice hex. What's your plan for the live rock?

Nice tank!! Looks like an excellent start to me.

matt_longview wrote:Very nice hex. What's your plan for the live rock?

I'm still looking around and seeing whats out there I have not made my choice yet.

What are the tank dimensions? I'm interested in that size... I like it! :-)

nice looking tank!!

Like the hex tank. +1

Interested to see how it comes together.

Nice tank i had a 65gal hex front and loved it

I've never been big on hex tanks but that one I like. It will be great to see it all stocked up.

matt_longview wrote:What are the tank dimensions? I'm interested in that size... I like it! :-)

65 INCHES WIDE
25 INCHES DEEP
25 INCHES TOP TO BOTTOM

oh i like that one alot! very cool looking tank

Thanks I'm going to try and do a step by step with pictures build so everyone can see the progress of it.

Very very cool. When I get a big one (notice I didn't say if) I'll be checking into this size! :-)

Cool hex tank, be glad when you get it stocked up, send pics pics pics!

matt_longview wrote:Very very cool. When I get a big one (notice I didn't say if) I'll be checking into this size! :-)

Matt
That sure be cool all lit up with cool leds huh!

Absolutely! I really want to do an LED tour with my light. Just pack it up one day and take it around to everyone's tank. lol. I'd have to be careful though... might end up costing a few people a lot of money!

Yeah, but you know as well as I that in the long run they are cheaper, less electricity cost no bulb replacement cost for theoretically ten years, plus the added beefit of outstanding looks and no uv burn on the corals.

I havent noticed a cheaper elc bill and i use to run 500 w of mh now just 2 evolution leds bill stayed the same.

I got mine on Dec 28th. I think you picked yours up that next week... so hopefully you'll see a savings on the bill coming up.

You guys should to hire a CPA to justify your purchase. Lol

I'm afraid that the high initial purchase price is going to make for a lousy Return On Investment. So lousy,actually, that you will need to replace them by the time you justify the purchase. The real benefits are no heat or UV burn and the looks if that's what you like. It's like anything else, if you have the money then go ahead and buy the BMW. If not, then stick to your Ford.

why do we have to stick with a ford.. why not a chevy...if i dont notice a change i should have stuck with the mh

What's the cheapest MH unit you could get for a 30" tank? I only paid $300 for this LED... that's not too expensive at all. A nano is a perfect application for LEDs though because they would heat up so quickly with MHs. Almost any tank could be lit by 3 of these units. Medium sized tanks (4x2x2) that aren't too long could be lit by 2. I'd rather look around for the BMW at the Ford/Chevy price. ;-) lol

The look is the biggy for me, but I've never had to deal with too much heat or UV burn before. It's about the perfect color for me. Some days I look at it and I wish it were more blue, then others I look at it and wish it were less blue. So I think I'm close!

mh for my 120 cost me 400.00 leds 600 + tax.. not worried about the money issue but alot of ppl researched it on dallas forum and didnt see any change in their elec bill.. so i doubt we will

That's definitely a more expensive start up cost. The MH units were close in price for me and I would have had to get a chiller with it as well... which put even the initial cost for MH way higher. Another draw back to a nano... lol.

Matt, the only thing about those led units you have is that they are 1 watt leds. I don't know much about them but from what I read the 1 watt led units won't work as well on deep tanks. The price for your leds are good but once you start getting up into 2 and 3 watt led units the price gets really high. I think for a 175 gallon tank I would want to bump up the wattage on the leds. Just like you would go higher watts on deeper tanks for metal halides.