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]

Bro everybody stop.....

100!

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

I’ve had these since my last display, they grow through the pain. I asked R2R what they look like and most said frammer time https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/is-this-a-frammer.683216/

Bro those look awesome love the colors

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Euphyllia splam incoming!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

They’ll take the sand bed they don’t give 2 squirts

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Those things are awesome. So what you need to start sending some love this way....

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Nice you’ve mastered the styrofoam trick, okay yes. I want to experiment with that I’ve seen from the receiving end it works great.

POTO does it right. I pretty much stole mine from from.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

POTO does it right. I pretty much stole mine from from.

Dope your gonna help me spread the love! I’m nervous I don’t want to kill anything but they gotta go somewhere hah

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I’ve had these since my last display, they grow through the pain. I asked R2R what they look like and most said frammer time https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/is-this-a-frammer.683216/

Agreed. Frammer. The dots going up the tents kick it off.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

You've got Mad heads of that.

First step, stop using bone cutters. Dremel with a metal cutoff wheel for the win. Just pulled 3 dead heads from a hammer that got torched. I didn't even take it out of the water. Precision is unmatched and will never crush the skeleton.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Agreed. Frammer. The dots going up the tents kick it off.

But I think that’s nutrient dependent. I ran higher phos in that tank. Almost every tip had a shape but now they’re more round. I think they’ll change a bit in your guys tanks too. I’m really interested in that part, seeing how my old coral react to different environments

 

[NowGlazeIT]

You've got Mad heads of that.

First step, stop using bone cutters. Dremel with a metal cutoff wheel for the win. Just pulled 3 dead heads from a hammer that got torched. I didn't even take it out of the water. Precision is unmatched and will never crush the skeleton.

I’m not laughing at the advice but the second line got my ribs hurting. I’m buying a dremel promise my dude.

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

I ended up buying a pencil grinder you can buy cutting wheels for it too...
1/8" Pneumatic Micro Air Pencil Die Grinder Polishing Engraver Tool Kit

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

I use it like everyday with different diy things as well.....oh and just wanting to mention i work at a tempering glass facility here in colorado guys trying to have them get in some 10 mil glass for me we have all the way up to 8 mil now. I can get annealed glass or tempered in all sizes and shapes

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Agreed. Frammer. The dots going up the tents kick it off.

Going the ryobi bandsaw was a bad idea hahaha I let PayPal know today I need that money for a dremel instead because that transaction was shifty. No confirmation, no tracking, no order number. I sent an email and I sh1t you not the guy asked me for those numbers to look up my order hah. I tell him breh you didn’t send any. He tells me a week later to “try this” which was a tracking number going to someone in Montana hah

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I use it like everyday with different diy things as well.....oh and just wanting to mention i work at a tempering glass facility here in colorado guys trying to have them get in some 10 mil glass for me we have all the way up to 8 mil now. I can get annealed glass or tempered in all sizes and shapes

Oh no way!! What company?? I used to work around Denver and castle rock slapping in IGs for storefront and curtain wall.

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Going the ryobi bandsaw was a bad idea hahaha I let PayPal know today I need that money for a dremel instead because that transaction was shifty. No confirmation, no tracking, no order number. I sent an email and I sh1t you not the guy asked me for those numbers to look up my order hah. I tell him breh you didn’t send any. He tells me a week later to “try this” which was a tracking number going to someone in Montana hah

Bro thats a hellll nahhhh

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Bro thats a hellll nahhhh

Gotta throw a hail marry every now and then

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

I work for Cardinal glass they are all over the states. I used to work for Amerimax doing the same ig's sliders all the above thats crazy

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Going the ryobi bandsaw was a bad idea hahaha I let PayPal know today I need that money for a dremel instead because that transaction was shifty. No confirmation, no tracking, no order number. I sent an email and I sh1t you not the guy asked me for those numbers to look up my order hah. I tell him breh you didn’t send any. He tells me a week later to “try this” which was a tracking number going to someone in Montana hah

Sounds like you bought a Dremel from JKR..

 

[NowGlazeIT]

My this be my last bone cutter victim

corals are so tough. This thing is split down the center top to bottom longways. Still it extends just a bit to survive. I’d flip it up to show you guys but I think it’s stands the best chance left alone there.