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/

 

[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

Who did you used to install glass for bro

 

[NowGlazeIT]

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

Small world! Some of the nicest glass I’ve touched came from cardinal. Not for commercial really but rain glass design for showers, yea customers love that stuff. I hear those Christmas bonuses aren’t too shabby either. But that was info from Tublite so idk haha

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Who did you used to install glass for bro

In Colorado it was pikes peak glass. Who’s doing the big orders these days?

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Bro 55in 4khd for christmas this last year and cash they arent bad at all lol bro you should see some of the pattern glass we have now a days its amazing.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Bro 55in 4khd for christmas this last year and cash they arent bad at all lol bro you should see some of the pattern glass we have now a days its amazing.

Hahahahah yeeeah that it is so cool. I’m gonna tell my buddy I confirmed this with a cardinal employee

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

In Colorado it was pikes peak glass. Who’s doing the big orders these days?

Prime and Busick have taken a lot of the orders lately bro but to be honest they are both pretty even.....

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Snap a pic of samples when you get a chance!

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Hahahahah yeeeah that it is so cool. I’m gonna tell my buddy I confirmed this with a cardinal employee

Bro straight up they take care of us there

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Bro straight up they take care of us there

See that place values their workforce. Boss worth stickin up for.

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

See that place values their workforce. Boss worth stickin up for.

Yeah i run a 7 man crew there but upper level management are amazing they always looling out for the workers bro thats for sure....

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I’m really surprised how tough these coral are. It’s no wonder they outcompete so many others
Gsp

Pocillopora

 

[NowGlazeIT]

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Are you trying to bloom algae in there?

Turn that dial on the left, to the far left. You're in bloom mode homie.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Are you trying to bloom algae in there?

Turn that dial on the left, to the far left. You're in bloom mode homie.

Haha i got it on blue but the orange lens makes it look purple

 

[NowGlazeIT]

My phone is like nahhh this is a fuge light here’s how it SHOULD look

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

My phone is like nahhh this is a fuge light here’s how it SHOULD look

Exactly!

I run the same light over my fuge, held them together and they look identical. I'm like " homies going for a frag tank of GHA!!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Exactly!

I run the same light over my fuge, held them together and they look identical. I'm like " homies going for a frag tank of GHA!!

Haha reminds me of that dude with the frag tank full aiptasia hah the horror

How to propagate aiptasia by sixty_reefer

Your LFS pays you for your aiptasia haha your a legend No they just like the nudibranch that eat Aipatasia, i had a lot of free high end corals that year :)

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

#Cronies

 

[fishguy242]

#Cronies

you have to look at it ,then go...

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

you have to look at it ,then go...

I'm trying to figure out how to make it work. I'm watching the. # But didn't get an alert. Probably because I posted it. I need somebody else to try it as a test.