Shred5 125 gallon build

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Basically this was a switch over from my 90 gallon.

Picture above was taken right after the switch, the tank is allot farther along now.

Some of the equipment stayed and some has changed.
I will be going over it all..

I have also added some pretty cool fish like a blue throat trigger and a watanabei angelfish.

Plus i still have allot to do.

 

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First off the Aquarium is a AGA/Aqueon all glass aquarium and I added a Synergy reef overflow.

This is one of the best overflows I have ever used. I love the weir comes off for cleaning.

 

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The stand I built my self. It was designed to hold most aquariums from 75 gallon to 180 gallon.
It was designed also around the room it was going in which has a nautical theme.

 

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I also am going with a Elite Aquatics RS33 Reef Sump.

 

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Dosing containers from Elite Aqautics too.

 

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Controlled by Apex for now:

 

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I am using a ATB 840 v2.0 Protein Skimmer for Now.

 

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Lighting is Kessil right now is Three Kessil A360we controlled by Apex. Eventually I am going to add some A160WE for fill in to help with self shading. So far the lights have been working real well and I love them. The clusters are really tight and they have only on compared to most other fixtures which means you need a few more fixtures. The spread on them is really good and the glitter lines are great. The Kessils are making me change my mind on LED fixtures. I think they are getting closer to other type of lighting.

I am thinking of eventually switching out the Kessils when the Giesemann Genesis. This is a hybrid fixture with led and t-5 which I really like plus I really like Gieseamnn fixtures. I think Hybrid is the best way to go still, best of both worlds.

 

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I am using the light mounts from http://www.6061.com/Kessila360.htm Reef light mounts.
These look real sweet and mount to the stand. The nice thing is if the tank is full is they actually can be mounted form the inside of the stand, this way you do not have to frain the tank and move away from the stand if you are adding to a existing tank.. I will get a picture of them on my reef to get a better picture of what they look like. I highly recommend them.

 

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I am going with GHL ProfiLux Doser 2 stand alone.

 

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I built a bracket for my dosing pump:
Ruff at this point.
Once I polish the edges it should be pretty much invisible:

Also can see in the picture I added a Avast Marine Swabbie..
These are so great..

 

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I guess picture number 3 answered my question. Will Synergy fit when the tank has a plastic rim? Looks good.