Nightster's 125g FOWLR

Picked up my custom 125 yesterday. Black silicone and center overflow, was gonna use it for my tropheus tank but decided on a fowlr. Im gonna try and run a a wet/dry and a sump/fuge. The wet/dry will gravity feed the sump/fuge. Ill be using a mag 9 for a return. A reef octopus NWB 150 needle wheel skimmer will handle the skimming. I havent decided on power heads yet but I think 2 1400 gph koralias on either end of the tank should suffice. Along with the wet/dry im going to add 50-75 pounds of live rock.

 

Cool. Good luck with it!! 8)

 

Let the fun begin!

 

Schweeeeeet, I love the look of that tank, what are the dimensions?? Dang makes me want a bigger tank! I can't imagine how exciting it is looking at that and planning what to do with it.

Keep us posted!

 

Thanks yall, the dimensions are 72"lx20"hx18"w.

 

Sleek looking tank!!!

 

Im not sure which light I'd like to run. While I know for now its only a fowlr, but whats th point in getting awesome looking fish if your gonna put them under weak lighting. I was debating on MH, but unsure bc of the heat. If I do go with MH, I'll more than likely hanging it from the ceiling. Idk if i want to pay the cost of a 72" light either. LEDs would be cool, but the price isn't lol. Im lost...

 

Thinking about getting 2 36"-48" marineland reef led fixtures. Unless I stumble upon something better.

 

Progress, depleted my RO/DI so im done for today. Also picked up about 100lbs of aragonite seafloor special from a buddy for $50. I think I got almost 40g in there, and I put a koralia 750 for a lil movement. Its funny, I dont even have my sump set up or even pipes in my overflow, but im fillin'er up lol.

 

Don't want to be a debby downer...but you might want to make sure you can insert your sump through the doors on the stand before you fill it with water. I know on my stand, and the ones i was looking at for 125 gallons, the pre-made sumps and even a 20g long tank wouldn't even fit through the doors and needed to be dropped in from the top where the tank is.