My 55 to 125 Gallon Upgrade Experience (PICS)

[sminker]

Well after finding a great deal on craigslist, i decided to upgrade. I posted some pics to see size difference for some of you that want to upgrade but know how it will look.

It took about 4 hours from start to finish to move all the decorations, substrate, fish, filtration, etc....

I was orginally gonna just use more pebbles but im glad i decided to go with sand. I bought (3) 50 pound bags of play sand from home depot for $4.50/bag. Took about 2 hours to clean it all with the 5 gallon bucket method.

Currently have 23 fish
9 Rummy Nose
3 Assorted Cories
4 Harlequin Rasbora
3 Angels
2 Blue Rams
2 Black Mollies

Plan on adding
6 more Rummy
11 more Harlequin
7 more cories
and 2-4 more centerpiece fish depending on size

those white bags with rocks you will be seeing are filled with my old substrate to help out the bacteria build-up in new tank. for the last week all readings of ammonia, nitrates and nitrites are zero.

i plan on putting plants on the outsides to look like a horseshoe around the outside edges of the rock formation with some airstones behind the plants.

old tank
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2005/2149404749_3c27f87f0e_o.jpg

Fillin' er up
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2032/2150194892_3eb9656486_o.jpg

Homemade python, all the sand, dont mind the messy kitchen
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2011/2150195036_64239ba214_o.jpg

Size diff
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2057/2150195156_82a7392246_o.jpg

more size diff
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/2150195288_ec5cef44c4_o.jpg

front view (dang patio door and its glare)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2076/2149403775_6dc56f7771_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2201/2150195512_615d6f83c6_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2023/2150195620_b665abaf13_o.jpg

Can see a few rummy, angel and a GBR
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2065/2150195764_57857be3c3_o.jpg

My rummy school
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2139/2149404363_d98fedb38a_o.jpg

love the angel's, very friendly
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2415/2150196036_c17bfee021_o.jpg

my myterious lepard/peppered cory, always eating around the rocks kinda hard to find sometimes
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2374/2150196142_d169d422af_o.jpg

[vtx-coley]

Looks good.

[djdlemma]

Looks really good. Was considering a 100 gallon, but the 125 in comparison to the 55 is huge! Might just have to get the 125! What is the footprint of the 125?

[sminker]

pretty sure it was 72x18x22

[djdlemma]

Thanks. Very nice tank. Im going to measure the space where I want to put it. I think it will fit!

[Coral Keeper]

Everything looks very nice!! How many watts are those lights you got there? Are you going to add some live plants?

[Lupin]

Nice pics.:)

[miramaeve]

Looks great! Really cool rockwork!

[rich311k]

Very nice setup!

[the fox]

awe

[jpappy789]

nice setup...some live plants would make it even better;)

[irishspy]

I like the extra depth front-to-back the new tank gives you. More room for cretive aquascaping.

[OrandaRookie]

Wow that's one huge tank! Very nice!

[sminker]

nice setup...some live plants would make it even better;)

in the works, they will horseshoe around each end of the rock setup, with airstones in the back of each side

[jm1212]

you could really make that rummy school spectacular in this tank.

dont hesitate to get more than 6 (get like 11 :D)!

[BigC]

Good looking tank!!!

[FeatherDuster]

That rummy school does look amazing. If I still had my freshwater tank that would have tempted me to start my own school.

[sminker]

you could really make that rummy school spectacular in this tank.

dont hesitate to get more than 6 (get like 11 :D)!

ive considered getting both the rummys and rasboras to about 20 each.

[Aaron89]

wish i had space for a tank that size or bigger.

the rock formation is awsome!!

keep it up and keep us updated

[rogers138]

Very nice! Love the rock work!

[dvd_wightman]

Very nice tank. I love the rockwork. The angels would make a great centerpiece.

[Mgamer20o0]

thats some great looking rock work.

[bethkira2000]

Love the stone work, and the tank is huge, now I need one. Love the pics very nice job.