Ok..you thought you had MTS?! Come see my new 125g

**cabrego** · 03-07-2008, 01:23 AM

Ok, I have been in the hobby now for about 5 weeks and this is my 3rd aquarium. It also happens to be my largest, what can I say I am a sucker for a good deal, I paid 350 for everything you see, and some other stuff you can not see. List includes:

125 gallon with lights/hood
Overflow
Heater 300w
2 rio water pumps
DIY 30 gallon wet dry not the best but it works.
Stand
HOB Emperor 280, I THINK
Lots of bio balls
Tons of rocks as you can see!

HEre are aa couple of pictures...

I set it up in one night, and began cycling today. Let me know what you thinki...

**Dsoto87** · 03-07-2008, 01:30 AM

Very nice man. That was a killer deal

**sailor** · 03-07-2008, 01:34 AM

Awsome deal

**cabrego** · 03-07-2008, 01:40 AM

Thanks for the comments, I am pretty happy with the deal, the sump probably could have used some reworking but of course I was to excited about getting it going. The major downfall with this is that the sump can not be removed unless the tank is off the stand

But I think it will be fine for a while.

Major motivation for this is the fact that my 2 oscars are getting picked on my the Texan in the tank, so I am sure they will love their new home.

**Dsoto87** · 03-07-2008, 01:41 AM

Why didnt you take off the sump before you filled it?

**cabrego** · 03-07-2008, 01:48 AM

Originally Posted by Dsoto87

Why didnt you take off the sump before you filled it?

I am using the sump for it's wet/dry filter capability. So if I removed it I would have had to buy an expensive canister or something.

The rigorous thing to do would have been to rework the sump and make it exactly how I want it. The major problem the partition is a bit loose so it is not water tight. I can show you a diagram of how its set up if your interested, I can draw one up quick like...

**Ellen4God** · 03-07-2008, 01:49 AM

Wow! Nice deal. Congrats on your catch. :)

Good luck with your MTS. .....Maybe we should start a support group..

**jbeining75** · 03-07-2008, 01:51 AM

Nice setup... (this makes me cry inside lol....)

**cabrego** · 03-07-2008, 02:14 AM

Thanks all for the comments, I think this will be our last tank for a long while! XcrossesfingersX. Anyhow, for anyone who is interested I sketched up a drawing of what my sump should look like, in theory.

This is a 30 gallon tank.

**Ellen4God** · 03-07-2008, 02:16 AM

I don't mean to take over the thread, but what is a sump? I've seen it mentioned more and more. I thought at first that it was only for SW tanks. Is it for larger tanks? Like a filtering system or something?