Finally its a 6ft Beast!!!

[D-WALT]

well i have finally got a tank to hold my two ID's and My Clown Knife in. although it will take me a couple weeks to get it setup, but it will be more room until i can get a bigger one or build a bigger tank. but anyways its a 125 Gallon its dimensions are 6'x18"x24"! I've already planned to put some pool filter sand and im still wondering if im going with a sump or a nice canister filter. i'm thinking a sump would probably be best!

I also have a few questions!
-would sump or canister be better?
-how many pounds of sand will i need?
-how many times should the pumps be able to turn the water over per hour since i will have a decent bio-load comin from my 2 Iridescent Sharks?
-Should i brace my stand more cause i dont feel the safiest but the guy i got it from said the tank was up and running with pacu and RTC for 4 years but i still dont feel safe knowing theres that much weight on this stand?

and heres some pics of the tank not cleaned up and with extra goodies he piled into it!

 

[SimonL]

Stand looks far more heavy duty than those flimsy LFS ones, I wouldn't worry. Sump is always better than canisters...but I dunno if it's that much better to justify spending the money. I'd just get an FX5.

 

[RedTailKinG]

looks great congrats

 

[Cakilla]

looks great, I agree with SimonL just buy ya a Fx5

 

[12 Volt Man]

nice tank!

 

[D-WALT]

Stand looks far more heavy duty than those flimsy LFS ones, I wouldn't worry. Sump is always better than canisters...but I dunno if it's that much better to justify spending the money. I'd just get an FX5.

im thinkin of adding a little more vertical support just to be sure! im thinking of going with a sump, but i have been wondering how many gallons should i get for a sump?

looks great congrats

Thanks ive been waiting for a 6ft tank for a while!

looks great, I agree with SimonL just buy ya a Fx5

thanks but i think adding the sump will make things a bit easier for me..

nice tank!

appreciate it!

 

[D-WALT]

just a update ive got the tank in to place did a water holding test(Passed) and started cleaning it a bit but still needs a little elbow grease!!!

 

[remo1997]

you might be better off just gong with a fx5,your tank is not drilled hate to see you crack it drilling it. fx5 does 400 gallon a hour,you should have double the flow, more than enough gph and it,s a real good unit...
its the glass on the bottom of your tank temp glass or just glass....temp your (sol)
your call good luck to you
it will be a nice tank once you get it going
post more pics then

 

[Zander_The_RBP]

@ remo

he dosen't need to drill his tank for a sump he just needs to make a DIY overflow which is easy and WORKS (i should know i have one).


The FX5 is rated for 400 gallons but i seriously doubt it could ever filter one of those, i would never use just a single FX5 on something larger than a 125 (which i think this one is) anyway.

The fx5 flows about 600 GPH after media restiction thats about a 4.5 turnover on this tank which is a little small for me (HOB = 10x turnover, canisters 6-8x turnover, sumps 3-4x turnover)

i built a sump and never looked back it costed a bit less than a FX5 with media (including the media for the sump) and it has much better biological filtration.


IMO get atleast a 30 gallon sump but i wouldn't go smaller than a 40 gallon

 

[flipstylex]

fx5 and a decent power filter. use pool filter sand, 5 bucks per 50 pounds, 50 pounds is enough to cover ur tank, it will be at least an inch of sand which is ideal.