125 reef tank transfer

kratos1028

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I am going to be adding pics here as I progress. None yet but will take them soon. I finally have my 125 within levels for corals. Might do another 30-50 gallon water change this week. The LEDs I had ordered from China finally came in too. I have 2 currently over my 65 and 1 in the middle section of the 125 which will be the place where I will put coral frags to test out.

any suggestions and help as I plan my transfer to minimize any casualties would be great! :)

I made a frag of a bridsnest and put it in the 125 last night to see if it would be make it. This morning I woke up to good PE from it so that's a good sign so far. I am going to leave it in there for a couple more days to see how it goes. After that, I will try out a couple of lps and zoa frags.

I plan on putting everything form my 65 and holding it in a big tub with a powerhead, skimmer, heater and light temporarily. While they are in there, I am going to clean up the 65 and also start to jb water weld some rocks in the 125 to get a good rock scape. I will leave it like that for a day to let the skimmer settle down because I heard jb water weld makes your skimmer go crazy. Once that's done, I plan on adding all the corals in batches over a 2-3 period. I will keep the tub going for a few days after the transfer in case something goes wrong in the 125 so I have a temporary place to hold all the corals. This is all i have planned for now, I will update as this all progresses. this is going to be one hell of a mission.
 
Finally finished the transfer. I will try to get some pics of everything soon. I tried tonight but the colors just came out horrible from what I was seeing in person.
 
Here are a couple of pics. I will have to get some better pics tomorrow. Everything started opening up withing half an hr of transferring. Thank god it went good and nothing died doing all of this. I will have to keep an eye though and make sure all my levels stay in check until it all stabilizes. I had to turn the lights on to take these so everything is closed up.

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My favorite part. Can't wait for this to fill out.
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Thanks guys! Tank is standard 125, 6'.

The sps on center island are blue Milli, red planet, blue turaki, flaming blue efflo, purple bonsai, and a red tabling acro
 
Here are a couple of pics. I will have to get some better pics tomorrow. Everything started opening up withing half an hr of transferring. Thank god it went good and nothing died doing all of this. I will have to keep an eye though and make sure all my levels stay in check until it all stabilizes. I had to turn the lights on to take these so everything is closed up.

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My favorite part. Can't wait for this to fill out.
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What are the two sps behind the island? The neon green/teal acro and oranagish bird nest looking one? Would love a frag of those if your interested for cash or trade? i have a large derasa and I work in elgin and live in streamwood
 
Looks like I still need to do a few more water changes, UGH!

My parameters are:
Alk - 10.9 (salifert)
Cal - 450 (Salifert
Mag - 1425 (salifert)
Nitrates - 5-10 (Salifert)
Phosphates - ~.25 (Salifert)
Salinity - 1.029 (Refractomete) I like to keep my Salinity around 1.026-1.029
 
Update - showing new led fixtures under canopy. Been a little lazy to swap out the background for a black one but I will get to it soon lol
 
redid aquascape on the left side of the tank. I got rid of the middle island piece and moved it to the left side with the new aquascape to help support some rocks. Made the middle section of the tank a zoa island since some zoas don't like being placed high, I thought that would be a great place to put them. Yes, LEDs make it impossible to take pictures with proper colors.

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After
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