Changing To A Rio 240!

[N1z]

Well it finally came, i got to upgrade my tank from 125 to a 240 .
I had to move my whole room around so it would be over a supporting wall and 3/4 joists so it wldnt fall through the floor .

Heres me putting old water into buckets.

then this is my room stripped down and moved to where u now see, the tank is the the place where my wardrobe use to be.

I filled it up with roughly say 40-45lbs of caribsea aragonite sand. i love it looks soo nice.

Then placed in rock work and all my gear, the skimmer was a nightmare to get in as it takes up so much space ohwell works now.

Ok here is the water being put in, i used a pond pump and just pumped it onto the rocks to to make the sand kick up and it worked a treat!

Im using my old t-8 bar till i get my 42" t5s(this wednesday hoping) so i have a bright part of tank and dark part. My fish dont really go over other side makes me laugh.
Here is the corals under the light and a few fish, excuse the crap cam pics
Hope u like!

I will be getting more LR, then once i think ive got enough ill start stocking again

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

Sounds good

Post a FTS when it's cleared 8)

 

[N1z]

FTS.....?
Well heres some pics of it running a day later. i fed the fish today and left a cockle on the bed only to find later the bristles eating it . Also im chuffed as my wall is painted blue so no need to background cos most wires u cant see anyways!
Here are some pics of it today,

Only problem is my "NEW V2 BUBBLE STOP" is basically a flop! it still lets loads of bubbles out, wot cld i do? cld i just block the hose with polywool? so water can pass easy but stop the bubbles?
Anyways heres the set up, after a nightmare of getting it to fit.

How much more LR will i need? i mean i wanna get more to aquascape well but dunno how much roughly?

 

[jen20147]

To run without a filter you need at least 1 pound of live rock for every gallon. We have about 200 pounds in our 150 gallon. Basically you are going to need ALOT more live rock!