125g Build Thread

[AC2020x]

Well, Good news and bad news- Bad being that one of them died last night. I think it was because there was too much flow in the tank and he was too small and must have made for too stressful of a night. The good news- The rest are great. I turned off two powerheads now as opposed last night I still had 2 on so I only have 1 on now. They seem very happy and seem to stick together well. I fed them a bit and they ate so they seem good. Here are some pics.

Hopefully after another month or so my tank will be fully cycled and good to get a less hardy fish.

In the mean time I will be setting up my sump system and ATO.

I've got alot of work to do!

PS the powerhead they are next to is off otherwise they would be swept away!

 

[ram303]

Very cool AC2020x

 

[AC2020x]

So, my first sump tank as I said earlier cracked as I tried to get it in the bottom on my tank. So I had to make another and this time me and my dad removed what was blocking it, and just put it back on after we put it in!
This is me testing the tank for holding water - and then this is what happened to the tank.

 

[AC2020x]

This time once I reconstructed my sump I removed the panel in my stand and put it in there- that was a few days ago- and now I fully have my sump up and running. I put my heathers- thermometer, filter and protein skimmer in it. I have an eshopps-1000 and a mag-7 pump. The whole set-up is a bit noisy but not bad.

At first I thought it was much much louder
There are two small PVC pipes that the eshopps comes with and the water flows down though them while still in the overflow box I forgot to put the sponge padding in the pvc so when it flowed down it made a huge gugling sound and when the water came out of the PVC there were so many air bubbles it was like a rapid of spashing water in there. Once I put in the sponges though it calmed down alot and a vast majority of the noise is gone!!!

Here are some pics of my set-up. If there is anything you guys see that I should watch out for or change- let me know.

Thanks alot

 

[Muske]

Have you checked the capasity of the 29 if and when the power goes out?

As the pre-filter collect a little detrius, there will be even less noise.

 

[AC2020x]

yeah, I've tested it and we've already had a power-outage so it's a good thing that I did. Thats a good idea for the pre-filter I will def look into that .

Well, New/ big update- I've got a huma huma trigger and Snowflake eel- They both seem to be doing great and eating very well. The huma has an awesome personality, and he is a pig!- he is about 2-3" and everytime I put my hand or soemthing into the tank he will rush right over to it. He also lets me hand feed him which is alot of fun and he has also nipped at my hand a couple times before realizing it wasn't food.

The snowflake has been in the tank about 3 days and has spend most of his time in the rocks hidden. He's starting to come out more and more though and during feeding he comes out most of the way. He's about 7-8" and very small in circumference- he seems to be doing great though and is a ton of fun to watch eat!!

They are some really awesome fish!

 

[AC2020x]

Small update i'm remaking my 29g since it has some serious issues and I moved my clowns and firefish into this tank and they seem to be doing fine along with everyone in the tank. Everyone is eating and very happy/ healthy! W00t!