130 UP AND RUNNING FINNALY

I BOUGHT A 130 GALLON TANK FROM EASTTEX I THINK BUT DUE TO TIGHT BUDGET I HAVE IT UP AND GOING AND FINALLY CYCLED. I AM STILL WORKING ON THE LIGHTS BUT NOT SURE YET I HAVE GOT A FEW OPINIONS BUT AM LOOKING INTO LEDS SO ANYONE THAT HAS SOME KNOWLEGE ABOUT THEM PLEASE GET WITH ME ON HOW MANY I NEED TO USE FOR THE 48X25X25 TANK AND MABEY A WEBSITE THAT CAN SHOW ME HOW TO MAKE MY OWN SET-UP OR SOMETHING BUT THIS TANK IS GOING TO HAVE A CANAPY THAT I WILL BUILD HERE PRETTY SOON BUT YALL LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK AND ANY POINTERS WOULD BE GREATFULLY ACCEPTED. THIS IS MY FIRST SUMP/ REFUGIUM SO I HAVE A 6" LIVE SAND BED W/ LIVE ROCK AND SOME MACRO BUT I AM GETTING MORE FROM YETI TODAY THANKS TO JASON BUT SOME OF MY LIVE ROCK CAME FROM MY 75GALLON AND HAD SOME HAIR ALGAE AND RED LOOKING ALGAE ON IT IS THAT OK IN THE REFUG OR NOT? PUT A SEACLONE POS PROTEIN SKIMMER THAT I HAD LAYING AROUND IN THE FIRST SECTION OF THE SUMP BUT IT WILL HAVE TO WORK TILL I GET SOME MONEY FOR A BETTER ONE, SHOULD I GET A UV STERILIZER OR NOT? I KNOW THIS IS A LOT BUT THANKS EVERYONE







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SORRY IF I DID THIS WRONG POSTING THE PICS ONLY WAY I COULD GET THE LINK ON HERE WAS TO COPY PAST PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I DID IT RIGHT OR HOW TO POST THE PICS USING THE SERVIMG.COM THINK ON THE POST

THIS IS MY 75 GALLON REEF WITH BLUE HIPPO AND CLOWN FISH AND ASSORTMENT OF CORALS THAT I AM GOING TRANSFER TO THE 130 GALLON IN A WEEK OR TWO WHEN MY SAILFIN AND NASO TANGS COME IN






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You did the pics right. Great looking system. I'll be doing a DIY LED build in the next couple of months. I'll post plenty of pics of the project. :-)

Your off to a great start! Sump came out good. As for the HA (Hair Algae) & the Red Slime (Cyano) I would leave your tank COMPLETELY DARK for 4-5 days. It won't bother anything. Go ahead and put your Macro in the sump and turn it's light on to keep it growing/ alive. As for a UV sterilizer, I would spend the money elsewhere. If I owned one, I would try it... but not going to buy one. Keep in mind, Phosphates are what fuels Algae growth... keeping them in check will be key to eliminating HA & cyano. There are several sets of "Used" lighting here... used will usually save $$ and be just as dependable. For a tank your size, I'd recomend 2 pendants... MH or LEDs. Good to see it up and running & looking forward to seeing the progress!

HIS IS MY PREDITOR TANK BUT ALL IT HAS RIGHT KNOW IS A MOREY EEL AND ONCE I TRANSFER ALL THE STUFF INTO THE 130 THEN THE EEL IS GOING TO THE 75G AND WILL ADD A LION FISH AND THAT WILL BE IT MY 6 YEAR OLD CLAMES THIS AS HIS EEL SO AND HE BOUGHT IT WITH HIS MONEY HE EARNS FROM CHORES SO I LET HIM FEED HIM AND AMAZINGLY HE REMEBERS EVERY 2 DAY, HE LOVES THE HOBBY AND WATCHING THE EEL HUNT BUT THIS TANK WILL SOON GO TO MY MOMS AFTER ALL THE TRANSFERS AND WILL BE TO 2 SYSTEMS YEA





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THE MAIN ONE THAT HAD (HA) AND SLIME ARE IN THE SUMP IS THAT OK

I would get rid of the deep sand bed right off the bat, it will only cause you big trouble in a few months. Deep sand beds are a crash waiting to happen. I would reduce it to about 3/4" or less just for looks. The liverock will do the filtering for you. Not sure but I think most folks on here will agree.

+1 on the sand bed. I have tried then but have never had success with them. Looking good so far. If u decide on MH lighting I have a pair of Icecap 250s I would be willing to sell.

that is a lot of sand for sure and start dosing with purple up

SHHHH guys, now I know who to hit up for sand for my sump when he decides that Sulphur Dioxide isn't a reef supplement....

I'm actually blending Reef Crushed Coral, with a rather special supply of "Original" Florida Gulf Sand" in my tank, which I will then split, and put half in my sump.
I'm going for the "sand with some crushed coral effect" in my bed, may work, may not.

So pull some sand in main tank or dump

SO DOES THE SAND IN THE MAIN TANK LOOK BETTER AND THIS IS AN UPDATE ON MY ROCK STRUCTURE AND MOVED ALL OF MY SHROOMS AND MY 2 CLOWNS, BLUE HIPPO TANG, YELLOW SPOTTED GOBY, AND SCOOTER BLENNIE TO THE BIG TANK. OH I FILLED UP THE SUMP WITH LIVE ROCK IN THE SUMP WHERE THE WATER COMES IN FROM THE TANK AND FILLED 3/4 OF THE REFUG. IS THAT WHERE IT GOES OR IN THE RETURN SIDE TO??





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You did good on the sump, liverock in the section where water enters and some in the fuge if you want. You have plenty of liverock in the display tank BUT You still have too much sand in there, thats still a deep sand bed, no more than 3/4" is all you need anything deeper is a bomb waiting to go off, sulfur dioxide is not good for the fish or corals.

That rock work looks good, how long did it take you, or is it resting on the back of the tank?

From what I've read about sand it seems that if the sand is level with the black base surround of the tank then its about 1/2 to 3/4". It covers my egg crate but isn't much deeper than that I guess.
Donnie is it OK to go deeper in the sump, or do the same rules apply there too?

Donnie is it OK to go deeper in the sump, or do the same rules apply there too?

Yeti, if I were doing it, I would not go more than 3/4" in the sump either. If a deep bed will fail in the tank, it will fail in the sump. Only differece is in the sump there is usually a lot more flow across the bed than in the tank but I wouldn't do a deep bed in the sump either. You gotta ask yourself, what is the bed for? The liverock does the filtration along with a skimmer if you use one. The sand is just a collection point for ditritus, if its a thin bed and you stir it occasionally when you change water it stays pretty clean, a deep bed on the other hand just sits and collects ditritus and fecal matter and all kinds of crap and eventually goes toxic. If you ever stick your hand into a muddy lake bottom and smell the mud you pull out, thats what you get in a deep sand bed.

well i put most of the rocks on the base and second layer but i have to give my wife the credit for the rest she spend probaly 2 hours trying to make it stable and locking the rock together but i only move a few peices to help stableize when i got home thanks !!

only 2 peices touch the back glass but i put some putty between rock and glass to seperate