Holding Water

I was out on staycation last week and finally got the 125 gallon acrylic system setup.  Only had a couple leaks.  One was where I threaded my hose barb into the manifold as a placeholder (teflon tape fixed this).  The other was a missing O-ring on one of the ball valves which was replaced.

I bent some acrylic and used weldon to attach it to the stand to support the manifold and anchor the return lines on the back of the aquarium.

I utilized the Marco Rock I got from a LFS on sale...around 65 lbs of it.  The 2 pieces on the right will be supports for a natural frag rack.  I plan on placing a piece of shelf rock with a grid of holes drilled in it for frags to sit in.  I'm not sure if I'm going to stack it higher than what you see there yet or not.

Eventually I'll end up putting T-5 lights in it.  I'm not convinced with my LEDs abilities to grow well and produce the colors I want.  I've found them to be lackluster.

My existing rock will have all the corals removed from it, and then it'll get sanitized due to the extensive aiptasia infestation I'm battling.  Then that 65 gallon tank/stand/canopy and sump will be sold to buy more equipment for this one.

The Waveline DC 10000ii does not disappoint.  It pumps so hard that I have to keep it around 3-4 (out of 6) to keep water in the chamber for it to pump out.  And wow is it quiet.