120g Craigslist tank restoration

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

Dual LowBoy Frag Build starts here pg. 34-

Build Thread - 120g Craigslist tank restoration

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...

www.reef2reef.com

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/

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Even on a bad day... you guys crack me up.

That’s awesome, R2R for the win

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Okay but when your wife asks why I brought a China box and a live goat. I’m gonna show her what you said here haha

Homie if you bring a live goat, I'll grab the shovels and we can dig a pit in the back, make FIRE and we be eatin Good.

Probably going tri-tip ribs and burgers. Fairly certain everything goes with that.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Homie if you bring a live goat, I'll grab the shovels and we can dig a pit in the back, make FIRE and we be eatin Good.

Probably going tri-tip ribs and burgers. Fairly certain everything goes with that.

Dang in the ground like my grandpappy used to do it, I like your style sir! With a spread like that I’m definitely bringing the taters. I want to bring some shrimp kebabs too but I’ve never made them, do you take the shell off and season before they hit the grill?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Dang in the ground like my grandpappy used to do it, I like your style sir! With a spread like that I’m definitely bringing the taters. I want to bring some shrimp kebabs too but I’ve never made them, do you take the shell off and season before they hit the grill?

Unsure about shell.

I've also got an army of cast iron that I cook on. I normally prefer it over the grill honestly.

All that to say, bring what you want. We can figure it out!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Unsure about shell.

I've also got an army of cast iron that I cook on. I normally prefer it over the grill honestly.

All that to say, bring what you want. We can figure it out!

Sounds like fun to me. I just got the wife to sign off on it today. So I’m cruisen my dude.

 

[fishguy242]

i wanna go now...
do, but cannot fly or drive over the mountain's...
hey... maybe a ruffee...

 

[NowGlazeIT]

hey... maybe a ruffee...

Like a wise man once told me..Gotta do what you gotta do to get it done hah

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I used to enjoy flying…then I tired it with my kids.. wasn’t near as fun

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

i wanna go now...
do, but cannot fly or drive over the mountain's...
hey... maybe a ruffee...

Maybe we can ship you here, or stow away in @F i s h y luggage...

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Maybe we can ship you here, or stow away in @F i s h y luggage...

I see shipping coral is just small potatoes to you now…

 

[fishguy242]

i'd be 3 days late if shipped...

 

[rmorris_14]

I used to enjoy flying…then I tired it with my kids.. wasn’t near as fun

100%

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I see shipping coral is just small potatoes to you now…

It's not hard really. Fish still make me a bit nervous, but with 5 healthy arrivals, it's getting a bit easier.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

It's not hard really. Fish still make me a bit nervous, but with 5 healthy arrivals, it's getting a bit easier.

That’s awesome dude, I’m so nervous I’ve never tried it.

 

[rmorris_14]

That’s awesome dude, I’m so nervous I’ve never tried it.

I'll happily be a recipient guinea pig if you get up the nerve....

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I'll happily be a recipient guinea pig if you get up the nerve....

Sounds good I gotta rip that bandaid sometime

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Hoping this frag tank goes well so I can comb the tank back a little.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

That’s awesome dude, I’m so nervous I’ve never tried it.

If you want to give it a try, let me know. I'll shoot over the resources I've found and use.

 

[Scratch08]

Dang in the ground like my grandpappy used to do it, I like your style sir! With a spread like that I’m definitely bringing the taters. I want to bring some shrimp kebabs too but I’ve never made them, do you take the shell off and season before they hit the grill?

I’ll help you with that…shrimp kabobs…shell off…shrimp boil, shell on

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I’ll help you with that…shrimp kabobs…shell off…shrimp boil, shell on

So I've actually never had shrimp kabobs so I'm kind of shooting from the hip here. But I'm wondering how do you not overcook the shrimp in the time it takes to soften pepper and onion, on a grill?

Or are the pepper and onion really just a heated up additive not really cooked?