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05-13-2008, 12:33 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
Posts: 698
  |  Brimming with excitment! New tank!
OK so long story short I was rear-ended at 30mph a little over a week ago (over a curb, pummeled a street sign, through a fence and onto some lady's lawn - I'm ok though!!). Most of the damage is to the body and the insurance company cut me a decent check but I'm not getting any of it fixed. It's all cosmetic and I don't care. So naturally what do you think this reefer did? Why, began tank shopping, of course!   
I found a 125gal (my dream size, always has been, always will be) with a stand for $300! I'm gonna get some lights, setup an overflow, and toss about 55lbs of LR in there, some sand, and plug'er in! I'm only doing 55lbs because the rest of the rock will come from my 72 that I already have setup.
My gut instinct and experience tell me that the following idea will work:
Cycle the tank with the 55lbs of LR for 6-8 weeks with a minimal photo period then move everything over. Since the LR in my 72 is so old (6 years) there should be no need other than to cycle the new rock, right? The rock in the 72 is already handling all the bio-load that would be in the 125.
Like I said I don't see why not, but maybe I'm missing something?  _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Fuzzy Dwarf Lion, Mandarin Dragonette, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA | 
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05-13-2008, 12:44 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Louisville, KY ( derby town ) Age: 39
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well depending on the LR you aquire will determine the amount of cycling time .
If you have a bit of paitence , you might keep a sharp eye out on already curred, or even some real nice purpled up LR that some one's doing a tare down.
( It's summer time and It always seems that more people end up taring down their tank's ). _________ Wildreefs 220 Tank Journal | 
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05-13-2008, 12:50 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
Posts: 698
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Yea that crossed my mind as well. There is always LR for a good price on sale in my local reef club forums. | |
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05-13-2008, 12:59 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
Posts: 1,125
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Congrats on the new tank...Look forward to seeing pics of it once it is up and running...  _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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05-13-2008, 01:18 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
Posts: 505
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Congrats m8, nice to see you got your priorities right, keep us informed... _________  | |
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05-13-2008, 01:51 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
Posts: 698
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Originally Posted by Stingray  nice to see you got your priorities right | Thanks! 6 years has taught me a lot of patience in this hobby... | |
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05-13-2008, 02:00 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Parma Ohio Age: 27
Posts: 504
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I wish i could get rear ended. Lol | |
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05-13-2008, 06:07 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
Posts: 698
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Originally Posted by luvreefs23 I wish i could get rear ended. Lol | LoL! Well it wasn't all that exciting at the time. But I just got the tank home and in my dining room. WOOT!!! I'm SO STOKED! This has been my dream tank for ever! | |
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05-13-2008, 06:09 PM
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| | Ocellaris Clown
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 34
Posts: 1,450
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Congrats 1023! Alright I'll take your old tank, but, only this time. | |
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05-13-2008, 06:12 PM
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| | Clown Trigger
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
Posts: 2,033
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Maybe you could donate to the " Get a new tank for a 14 year old hopefully want to be LFS worker/Marine Biologist who lives in PA and is a member of 3reef.com" Society? _________  | |
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