72 Gallon Bowfront

[Nateman3025]

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:)

 

[Nateman3025]

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

 

[Nateman3025]

Some more pics:)

 

[lilmatty5dimes]

Looking good.

 

[little_fish]

Looks good! love the 'scape

 

[ErinCahir]

Looking awesome, Nate!

 

[Nateman3025]

Thanks:)

 

[Kully3xf]

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?

 

[Nateman3025]

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?

 

[Kelz88]

Very Nice!

 

[little_fish]

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

 

[kevdogg]

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.