Teddy's 75G Tank Thread

[Teddy]

Hi Everyone!!!

This is long overdue..lol..

Started this hobby about 7 month ago with a 20L tank, before switching to 75g a month ago

The tank is a 75 gallon AGA, drilled. I though about drilling the tank myself after seeing video of people doing it, but when it was time to do it, got scared..lol :theyareon So I took the tank to the nearest store to drill.

The sump is my 45L tank that was used for freshwater. For some odd reason, freshwater fishes were dropping like flies one by one ever since i was thinking about upgrading the tank from 20 to 75, wonder why...o well..lol...Since the sump is only about 50 percent full, I would say that the total volume water of the sump and tank would be around 100

I am using 2 150W Metal Halide with Double Ended 14000K bulbs. Also 2 54W T-5 bulbs, actinics only. Computer Fan are use to control heating issue if any.

eh, enough of my blabbering, here are some pics, enjoy
Sorry in advance for some bad quality photo..lol

Here are some pics of the 20L before everything was moved



pic of the sump

 

[Teddy]

Stand

75g Canopy pics

 

[Teddy]

75 Stand and Canopy done

Went to the Hardware store and bought some Krylon Fusion Paint
I decided it was best to paint the background then putting a sheet of paper

Picture of the finish canopy and stand, and in place :splitspin:tongueani

door had to be deign in a way that can open even with the couch there..

 

[aaron23]

wow looks like a great setup welldone

 

[Teddy]

Time to fill up the Tank with some RO/DI Water :beer:

here is one last picture of the 20L before moving livestock over

 

[Teddy]

here are some pic of the tank before the Spring Swap..lol..looks kinda empty..hehe :lol:

semi-full tank shot

here are the photos after the Swap :splitspin:tongue1:..eh..still look kinda empty :shhh: but give it time..it should grow in no time..haha

Actinic only

MH only

If anyone notice, the sump design is different from the original design. Two days after putting in the original sump, I decided to put a piece of carpet underneath the tank so that it could help stop some vibration sound, well the next day the carpet was wet because the sump had a leak somewhere.. What a pain it was to remove the sump..:irked:...had to remove all the baffles and silicone. But after putting it together the next day, it has been leak free since, and lets keep it that way..:lol:

any comments are welcome.. I'll try to do some close up of later tonight..

 

[Davidl919]

Very Nice. I like the way the stand was built and the upgrade is better. Good Luck!

 

[ZZROCOOL]

you don't have nearly enough live rock and it looks like book shelves for coral

get some REAL rock before you buy more live stock

BIG ROCK SMALL FISH

 

[NYreefNoob]

zz whats it suppose to look like ? if thats what he likes it doesnt matter what it looks like, i have alot of shelf rock myself, guess you could say it's coral holders for me , nice job btw teddy, you dont need a ton of rock. it leave more open room for the fish to swim

 

[Lenny718]

Very nice Teddy, best of luck with the new set up

 

[Teddy]

Davidl919: Yea upgrade is definitely better

ZZROCOOL: I have about 60lbs of live rocks and 25 lbs of macro shelves rock. I might add one or two big fully cured pieces of rocks in the future

NYreefNoob: Yea there is more room for the fishes to swim around in..

Lenny718: Thanks

 

[ZZROCOOL]

zz whats it suppose to look like ? if thats what he likes it doesnt matter what it looks like, i have alot of shelf rock myself, guess you could say it's coral holders for me , nice job btw teddy, you dont need a ton of rock. it leave more open room for the fish to swim

its supposed to look like a reef
not a fruit stand

however Teddy has more to come and I am looking forward to seeing it good luck with the new tank
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[ZZROCOOL]

zz whats it suppose to look like ? if thats what he likes it doesnt matter what it looks like, i have alot of shelf rock myself, guess you could say it's coral holders for me , nice job btw teddy, you dont need a ton of rock. it leave more open room for the fish to swim

its supposed to look like a reef
not a fruit stand

however Teddy has more to come and I am looking forward to seeing it good luck with the new tank
'

 

[sporty]

very nice job