75 gallon reef tank

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So since my wife is mad and is "forcing" me to get a bigger tank, my supervisor is offering to give me a 135 gallon shallow tank 60"*30"*18" tall.

Talk about being punished! Someone gets coal for being bad... You get a bigger tank.
Now you gotta figure out what you need to do about lights! Gl with np win.

 

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Talk about being punished! Someone gets coal for being bad... You get a bigger tank.
Now you gotta figure out what you need to do about lights! Gl with np win.

Well, for right now I have an old black box with burned out whites, the 90 watt Pro II, the 75 watt V3, and a Nicrew 50 watt. I also have a 75 watt strip LED over my 10 and 20 that I'll have to tear down to make room for the 135. I have a 250 watt metal halide in the garage as well. Lights are easy enough I guess. I'd love to grab a couple of the 140s though.

 

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135 going to have a sump?

 

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135 going to have a sump?

And comes with a chiller.

 

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That's a nice upgrade!

 

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That's a nice upgrade!

Yep. Tank, stand, chiller, sump. Everything but the lights and skimmer (I have 3 skimmers in the garage).

 

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That is a very merry christmas! We better get some pics of it going up.

 

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Possible new build thread coming soon!

 

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Is that the aquariums current location? Or, did you get to bring it home today?

 

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Is that the aquariums current location? Or, did you get to bring it home today?

That's the current location.

 

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Just logged into Top Shelf to get some pictures of previous orders - trying to document what I got and where it came from - and there were 2 freebies for the taking. We'll see if they let me keep them.

 

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So the planning begins! We're currently trying to figure out where it's going to go, so it's pretty much a for sure thing. Next project after this: cleaning the garage and setting up a farm! Frags, rabbits, and quail.

 

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Oh boy... I just checked and I have 27 frags coming over the next two weeks.

 

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With the 4 frags from Galactic Corals and the 27 coming from Cherry, SBB, and TSA I've purchased 31 corals this month alone. I think prior to that I had 12 corals total in my tank plus 4 in my 5.... I wonder why my wife is upset.

 

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Got some corals from SBB coming tomorrow. I built a couple of frag racks this morning. Also added a firefish today.

 

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Got some cool color change going on in the 5 gallon. Thinking of fragging this little branch but I might just let it grow and see if more branches change as well.b if it goes down into the trunk, that'd be nice!

 

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Looking for a tang today I decided to call Petco. The one I called said they weren't getting any deliveries in until the middle of next month because they're getting ready to remodel. All Aquatic livestock is 50% off right now.

Decided to add a couple of little dudes. Also grabbed some margarita snails, astrea, ceriths, and a couple of hermits. $32 out the door for a decent cuc addition and two bangaiis.

 

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I just realized I didn't post the corals that showed up on Tuesday.

 

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Turbo snail knocked off one of my digi frags, then a hermit crab climbed on top of him and my war paint goby decided to perch on the hermit crab!

 

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Just got an Instagram notification that I won $25 to Southwest Aquaculture.