72 Gallon Bowfront

• Mar 25, 2012

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Nateman3025

Reefing newb

Hey everyone I just wanted to say thanks for all the info and help I received from the forum. Here is a pic of the finished product so far! ENJOY:)

 

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• Mar 25, 2012

• #2

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Nateman3025

Reefing newb

73 LBS of rock i think I will add dead rock later and make it higher

 

• Mar 25, 2012

• #3

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Nateman3025

Reefing newb

Some more pics:)

 

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• Mar 25, 2012

• #4

lilmatty5dimes

Reef enthusiast

Looking good.

 

• Mar 25, 2012

• #5

little_fish

Reef pro

Looks good! love the 'scape

 

• Mar 25, 2012

• #6

ErinCahir

Sausage Wrangler

Looking awesome, Nate!

 

• Mar 26, 2012

• #7

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Nateman3025

Reefing newb

Thanks:)

 

• Mar 26, 2012

• #8

Kully3xf

Reefer Madness

Looks like a great start!
is this going to be a FOWLR or you gunna do some coral!

Also do you have a sump or anything running?

 

• Mar 26, 2012

• #9

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Nateman3025

Reefing newb

I'm gonna do corals for sure just researching what kind of light to get its very confusing! I have no sump or skimmer any ideas on lights?

 

• Mar 26, 2012

• #10

Kelz88

Got Reef?

Very Nice!

 

• Mar 26, 2012

• #11

little_fish

Reef pro

For lighting you can go with LED, metal halide or t5

 

• Mar 26, 2012

• #12

kevdogg

Reefing newb

IMO the LED's are the better way to go. There are a lot of DIY setups that are not very expensive that would work and you will never have to worry about bulb changes or ballasts going bad. However I do believe that the T5 systems are still cheeper to begin with but they will be needing new bulbs, I think the average is 6-9 months of usable lighting spectrum. My time frame might be a little off but the life is not as long as I would expect.