75 gallon build

First off i do not have pics yet. But i will soon enough. I just wanted to start with the hardware and I am working on getting the tank wet this weekend. I picked up a drilled 75 with a cherry stand and canopy. After a good scrubing the tank and stand look pretty good. I have about 125 lbs of rock for it. It is dead now because it has been stored in trash bags in 5 gallon buckets. I have also picked up two 250w metal halide fixtures(14k blue bulbs). I have a 20 gallon long that i sectioned off today for my fuge/ sump. I picked up a Reef octopus cone skimmer rated for 150 gallons last night( that way i can stock it heavy). I have various pumps, all the live rock from my current tank along with sand and two clowns and a yellow tang. I am going to try to get the tank running in the next day or two that way it can start its thing. I will be getting rid of my clowns in exchange for a pair of Picasso clowns once i start transfering everything over. I am tanking my time getting things and trying to get everything i need. Pics will come after its wet and the rock is in place.

That sounds great, good luck with your project.

cant waitto see the progress

cant waitto see the progress

Any updates Barry?

You could hold us off with pics of the bare tank & stand and stuff!

Sorry no pics yet. The tank has been cycling for about two weeks now. Have some ntrates and nitrites showing up on tests. I have half the rock stacked how i want it the other side of the tank is empty waiting for the rock in my current tank to move over. One of my clowns jumped ship so im down to my yellow tang and misbar clown. I will wait a week or so and test again. Just letting it do its thing right now. I am making a contraption to mount the lights to tomorrow so they are off the water a little bit. Sorry for no pics yet just got back from the bahamas last week.

Alright just a update. No pics yet because i am lazy. The tank has been running fine ea couple weeks now. I got rid of my misbar clown(gave to a friend) and i picked up a chocolate tang, a sail fin tang, and a pair of Grade A picasso clowns(I love them). So im good on fish for a while. Now im just adding different corals here and there. I got three decent sized rocks yesterday that one had about 12 mushrooms on it, the other is covered in zoas, and the other had two really nice watermelon shrooms. I got a smal frag of blue slimer, and some other frag the guy gave me. I think its like a digi. ANd i got a rbta. Also i picked up a colony of candy canes. One piece has about 25 heads the other about 40-50 id say. All in all the little tank is doing good. My skimmer is finally starting to pull some stanky stuff. One day ill post pics.