Torn down my 55 and upgraded to a 75. The 55 only had 2 clowns and a engineer goby, which are now being stored in a 10 gal tank. A little bad news the goby decided the grass was greener on the other side and jumped out of the tank to check it out, so this morning when I got home from work I found him dead on the counter (I'm bummed I have had the goby for about 5 years, got him as a baby and he was about 10" long when he died).
Anyway back to the 75 I bought a sump which was to big for the orignal stand that came with the tank so I built the stand out of 2x6's (it is strong). I wasn't sure how to put hinges on and also I didn't want a center brace so the doors just slide in a grove on the top and the bottom slides in. I like it alot better then having hinges, I can move the doors out and they don't get in my way. I put the water in about 5 days ago and have not done any water test yet, will do those tonight. Everything looks good so far the skimmer is pulling out a little bit of junk, I think I will need another power head in the tank.
I used the rocks and about 35 gals from the 55gal tank, the sand is all new (dry when I put it in tank). I didn't get the rocks as clean as I should have (got in a hurry had to go work) but I hope the dirty rocks don't screw me up to bad.
Please add any comments or suggestions.
If water test looks good tonight should I add some clean up crew or cheato or wait for awhile longer.
Anyway back to the 75 I bought a sump which was to big for the orignal stand that came with the tank so I built the stand out of 2x6's (it is strong). I wasn't sure how to put hinges on and also I didn't want a center brace so the doors just slide in a grove on the top and the bottom slides in. I like it alot better then having hinges, I can move the doors out and they don't get in my way. I put the water in about 5 days ago and have not done any water test yet, will do those tonight. Everything looks good so far the skimmer is pulling out a little bit of junk, I think I will need another power head in the tank.
I used the rocks and about 35 gals from the 55gal tank, the sand is all new (dry when I put it in tank). I didn't get the rocks as clean as I should have (got in a hurry had to go work) but I hope the dirty rocks don't screw me up to bad.
Please add any comments or suggestions.
If water test looks good tonight should I add some clean up crew or cheato or wait for awhile longer.
