135g Build

So I started by getting the tank from Mike
Black Stand and canopy

Way to much coarlline algae.

I wanted to build a new stand and canopy but just decided to restore the old. I started by adding three 2by4's to the bottom of the tank to add some height (later on i added some base board to cover it). Also I added some 2by4's to the back because I wanted to create a place to waterproof the inside just in case some water leaks out and as you can see started sanding away.

Started to waterproof it! Well my dad and brother did it.



Got all the coralline algae off, put the hood on and added 2 1/2 inches to the height of the hood. Sanded the hood.

Side Pic! Before

Side pic! After Added the piece of wood so it can sit up against the wall. All the plumbing will be glued and testing before so i will have to problems with leaks. If I had to I can reach down from the top too.

Cut out for fans.

Cut out hole for my LEDs to sit on top.


More to come. paint is next and plumbing

Wow, looks great! The coralline must've been a pain to scrape off!

nikecivic wrote:Wow, looks great! The coralline must've been a pain to scrape off!

Vinegar works great. I did it on a small tank and it took it right off after soaking it a few days. 3 to 1 ratio is what I used. It would be $$ on that big of tank. Maybe a spay bottle at 100% would work if you kept spraying it every few hours.
Costco has big jugs of it

Yeah its getting there. I used vinegar and it came of easier. Going to be painting it tomorrow so Ill post more pic tomorrow after.

What's the new height of the stand? I'm thinking of cutting my stand to 36" because the old stand for the 135g was only 29". Also how tall is your canopy?

The stand is now 33 inches tall and the canopy is 12 inches tall. The lights sit about 10 inches off the water line. I would go to 36 inches for the stand. I got baseboard to match the house and it is only 5 inches so I could only raise the stand to 33 inches.

jeffmw12 wrote:The stand is now 33 inches tall and the canopy is 12 inches tall. The lights sit about 10 inches off the water line. I would go to 36 inches for the stand. I got baseboard to match the house and it is only 5 inches so I could only raise the stand to 33 inches.

Cool, I'm planning to change the height of my stand from 42" to 36".

Sounds like you want me to cut up that beautiful stand I built? Call me later.

Looking good, after looking at the first photo of the tank, i knew right away who's tank that was...

Okay its now been some time and the tank is finished. I let the tank cycle for one month and than added a few fish and cheap frags to see what would happen, they were doing fine. After biting the bullet I bought a new protein skimmer (bubble magus Curve 9). Things a beast and works great. Once I was ready to make the full shift I bought a Naso tang and added all my fish. Than added all of my coral and inverts to the tank. I was nervous because my 75g was bullet proof (I felt) I only added cal and alk, did few water changes only 5g hear and there and cleaned the glass. It took me two day to move everything over and my 75g was now shut down. I dried out my sand and all the rock as I used all new rock for my 135g and new sand. So far I have been doing little maintenance on my 135, I know I should be doing more but I'm a big fan of "if its not broken why fix it" (or however the sang goes... Lol). I was trying to plan on doing water changes for the first couple of months but I have no time... So with my 135 I now add BRS cal, alk and mag. I feed every day or every other day, add nori for my tangs but all my fish eat it. I run gfo and carbon. I have a refugium, a filter sock (pain in the a**) bubble magus curve 9, external return pump than feeds the reactor. I don't know the true amount of water the pump pushes through the tank every hour but if I have to guess it would be about 700-900???? I run four power heads in the tank 2 1600 and 2 1250 made by Aqueon (no problems so far). lighting is 3 120w led Chinese ones. I have great growth and so far so good. I run an JBJ ATO and a reefkeeper lite. There are two fans in the hood and going to get a chiller for it soon... I think that's all....

Cool nem. Nice Florida's.

beautiful tank build me personally couldnt handle that tall of a tank lol because im a short dude i would need a step stool to put things in and cleaning but loving the tank build.