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...

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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]

32x17x14”sump

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Building a adjustable water level baffle for the new sump,using 1/4 inch acrylic.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Just getting this on the dollies was a hurdle. And who said big tanks were easier!

 

[Bobby Cheezus]

Very cool thread. Thank you for sharing. I am looking forward to seeing your progress.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Very cool thread. Thank you for sharing. I am looking forward to seeing your progress.

Thank you brother. I am going to transfer my 60g to this tank. I’ll keep posting pictures along the way.

 

[count krunk]

Very nice work so far

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I was able to get it in the house and off the dollies. With a little help from these bungee cords and the couch leg haha

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Display and plumbing have been leak tested. Waiting one more week for the sump’s silicone to cure (2weeks total). Then I’ll fill it up and say good by to my salt bucket

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I ordered some ocean rock off amazon. Super dirty and clogged pores. Man I wish I could still buy pukani from brs

There are two big rocks. One in each bucket. One rock has good pores (dirty bucket, the other rock looks like sand and salt clogged the pores. The clogged rock bucket has clearer water. I suspect it is because water is not penetrating or flowing threw the rock.

If you need to cut ocean rock. Do yourself a favor and buy a wet saw. This hand saw stuff was brutal.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Sand is here and ready for a good rinse!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Pretty clean stuff. I took these pictures over the course of 5 minutes

 

[NowGlazeIT]

The moment when water finally reaches the sump after filling your large aquarium with a 75gpd rodi unit! It’s like the icing on a cake. Or in reefing terms, the new budding heads of that really expensive CoraL you almost didn’t buy haha

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Patiently awaiting for the rock to cure and bacteria to build

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I installed the algae scrubber today and I’m really excited how everything has come together.

I added two clowns to keep the bacteria fed. I used marine pure from my 60g sump. Also one piece of live rock from my 60g to kick start the cycle. I am asking a lot from the bacteria, with all this new sand and dry rock. I plan to take my time adding fish and will use bio spira during each addition. I found these outlet timers controlled by wifi of 10 bucks

Sure beats these old big ones from way back when

haha

 

[NowGlazeIT]

And here are the clowns, just fartin off in the back as usual. My wife and daughter named them Frost and Belle

 

[Malifry97]

Nice Tank! I'm Following!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Nice Tank! I'm Following!

Thank you! That put me in the mood to take a full tank shot .

The tank looks a bit empty without my 60g’s centerpiece but I’m waiting for the tank to mature before I add it. Mainly because the encrusted corals would be to hard to remove. Here is a quick pic of that 60g

A big reason for this upgrade was my limited space for filtration in this 60g stand.

 

[Malifry97]

Thank you! That put me in the mood to take a full tank shot .

The tank looks a bit empty without my 60g’s centerpiece but I’m waiting for the tank to mature before I add it. Mainly because the encrusted corals would be to hard to remove. Here is a quick pic of that 60g

A big reason for this upgrade was my limited space for filtration in this 60g stand.

Nice! Glad I Could Help

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I can spend hours staring at my sump. It brings me great peace to see the water moving through the equipment and baffles. Feeling the saltwater bug bite a bit more then usual these days

 

[NowGlazeIT]

A little late night ordering