120g Craigslist tank restoration

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Finally, I found a 120g for a used price $200.
She’s the ugliest most beautiful thing I have ever laid eyes on. I’m going to strip the two overflows, add a ghost overflow and oh so much more to get this one wet again. I decided to put my money towards reputable equipment, instead of the glass box. (Good timing considering frameless tanks are losing fashion, dang you Red Sea.)
My previous tank was a cadlight 60g and just a frameless beauty. That tank grew coral but limped by with basic equipment. (Lighting,Powerheads, manually dosing) Time to flourish and establish a low maintenance 120g for this reefer.


Today’s 120g specs!

Filtration

-6 stage RODI by Brs
-Skimmer Q3 DC by aquamaxx
-Avast marine spyglass reactor
-2 gallons of marine pure bio spheres
-bio pellets by ecobak
-Distilled Vinegar 30ml/day
-2 marine pure plates
-1 marine pure block
-1 xport Brick seeded with mb7 by brightwell
-1 liter of matrix by seachem
-aquascape made of pukani,staxx,fiji,caribsea
-Brs black media reactor
-Rox.8 Carbon daily
-Gfo by kolar labs

Supplements
- Alk,Ca,mag by ESV dosed hourly by KamoerRemote F4pro
-Fuel by seachem 20ml/daily

Equipment
-2 Hydra 32s by AI
-2 XF 350s by maxpect
-1 Return pump DCP15000 by Jebao

Plumbing
-1 modular marine overflow Bean animal with 1 1/4” drains
-2 returns 1 1/2 inches
-1 manifold powering 3 reactors and main return

Fish food
- Nori, LRS herbivoreLRS fish frenzy,krill,mysis,squid,brine shrimp,golden pearls,cyclops,calanus

Previous filtration methods no longer in use
-diy algae scrubber
-Gfo by rowaphos when needed
-co2 scrubber
-filter floss
-skimmer sn-143qp by skimZ
-High capacity GFO by BRS
-AF1 by aquamaxx
-nopox by Red Sea

Stocking list
-Hippo Tang
-Yellow Tang
-Tomini Tang
-Blunthead Wrasse
-Puddingwife Wrasse
-Canary Blenny
-Twinspot blenny
-Royal Gramma
-Mono
-Lyretail Anthias
-Blue Chromis
-Pair of Ocellaris Clowns
-Lamarck Angel
-Melanurus wrasse
margarita,trochus,Nass,Cerith
-Pencil & Pincushion Urchin

Here is how it looks now! 8/2022
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Dual LowBoy Frag Build starts here pg. 34-

DIY stand- https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/tank-stand-first-timer.681397/

Previous build thread https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/setting-up-new-60g-cube.335836/
 
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Not too shabby. I see my po4 went up a bit, probably on its way down. Nitrate went down a bit, I’m guessing the elevated po4 had something to do with that. alk is slightly higher than normal, in hindsight I should have stopped dosing cal/alk for a few days when my coral were recovering.
That isnt bad. Coral looks better in that pic.
 

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The head that was splitting lost both mouths. I’m surprised it hasn’t melted off by now. Keeping my fingers crossed here because I waited 2 years to see this guy split and we were so close.
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Wanna bet the hammer ate some floaters?
 
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Wanna bet the hammer ate some floaters?
I never thought of that! My theory is all the vermitid snails that went full Spider-Man. I have a crap ton of them around the rim. My wrasse pics them off the stocks, so these were really close to the head.
 

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I never thought of that! My theory is all the vermitid snails that went full Spider-Man. I have a crap ton of them around the rim. My wrasse pics them off the stocks, so these were really close to the head.
V snails don't let out anything Dangerous.

The webbing is a tacky inert fiber. just a nuisance to things it hung on.
 
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Wow I need to spend more time on R2R, sad that I just found this thread..... I live at the top of the LQ cove. Been reefing for over a decade. I had a 75g but then upgraded to a 180g about a year ago. Here's a FTS from about 2 weeks ago.

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Beautiful, I just moved from the top of the cove 3 years ago! Small world…tiny desert hah.
 
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Do you still live in the valley? I've met a few good people here willing to meet up and trade corals
I sure do! We should fire up a frag swap with the locals here. I got plans to meet up and BBQ with @Lost in the Sauce and a couple others in semi valley next month. He’s got some wicked pieces.
 
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Holy cow that is next month!
We goin all American BBQ or south of the border? Need to know so I bring the right sides to eat. I Don’t want to be that guy who brings mashed potatoes, when everyone is looking at me for chips to go with their salsa.
 

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We goin all American BBQ or south of the border? Need to know so I bring the right sides to eat. I Don’t want to be that guy who brings mashed potatoes, when everyone is looking at me for chips to go with their salsa.
Rule 1: there are no rules.
 

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We goin all American BBQ or south of the border? Need to know so I bring the right sides to eat. I Don’t want to be that guy who brings mashed potatoes, when everyone is looking at me for chips to go with their salsa.
Even on a bad day... you guys crack me up. :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing: :face-with-tears-of-joy:
 

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