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

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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/

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Thank you buddy
My immediate thought was- That’s the last time Ill ever use bone cutters on my stalks. I also thought because the mouth was missing, this coral was a goner. I couldn’t bring myself to dump it in the trash after failing it so hard. I did not dip, just glued it and left it alone in low flow.

That's pretty incredible. When the flow is right, can you try to get a close up of the flesh where it is regenerating?

I'm Super into this. Euphyllia gone Wild is my thing.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

That's pretty incredible. When the flow is right, can you try to get a close up of the flesh where it is regenerating?

I'm Super into this. Euphyllia gone Wild is my thing.

Yea for sure more to come. Right now it has only regenerated flesh not really much skeleton. I’ll send you a video I took.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

From shwim to Shwamm! Finally breaking out the primer.

 

[Goaway]

Those stands looking sleek.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Whatchu looking at?

 

[rmorris_14]

Whatchu looking at?

Thats really pretty!!! Hopefully one day ....

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Thats really pretty!!! Hopefully one day ....

It's all style of fluffy when the light bars are on. The kind of fluffy I want to put my face down into.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Whatchu looking at?

Feels like lookin at an old friend. Hes happy there, well done reefer

 

[NowGlazeIT]

It's all style of fluffy when the light bars are on. The kind of fluffy I want to put my face down into.

The wife is always trying to run her fingers through the colony haha. Is that from this morning? My pups are still snoozing in the dark over here

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I see a little frammer action starting up

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I see a little frammer action starting up

Its Baking under some serious LAMP up there so wouldn't be surprised at all.

This is on the fast downswing of lights last night. There's about a 30 minute window When I can shoot pretty well, without a filter and catch colors.

This was also no filter, no adjustments

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Its Baking under some serious LAMP up there so wouldn't be surprised at all.

This is on the fast downswing of lights last night. There's about a 30 minute window When I can shoot pretty well, without a filter and catch colors.

This was also no filter, no adjustments

Wow! Fire bro

 

[Projects with Sam]

It's all style of fluffy when the light bars are on. The kind of fluffy I want to put my face down into.

I want to motorboat your hammer

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I want to motorboat your hammer

That could be arranged...

 

[Stang67]

Yeaaah buddy. Dosing all sorts of goodies. Prodibio for bacteria

I actually just ordered some of this to try. Did you like it do you still use? Which version?

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I actually just ordered some of this to try. Did you like it do you still use? Which version?

I still use it. I dose the bio digest every couple weeks and whenever I’m seeding any new tanks

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Getting sick of priming and sanding. Paint time!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

PoPOW!

 

[Projects with Sam]

Alkyd enamel is the way to go! so durable!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Alkyd enamel is the way to go! so durable!

Ha heck yea, love it when the research pays off with an attaboy from a fellow DIYer.
This paint worked really well inside of my last build. Cleans up very easy