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]

Pluggin away day by day

 

[rmorris_14]

Making some good progress!!!!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

These colors remind me of working in the shop, cut & polishing mirrors

 

[Goaway]

This one image makes me jealous. Im not even kidding.

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

That suction cup though bro must be a glass guy thing lol......looks awesome man. Love the notch out for the 75 stuffer into the frame work. Fits like a glove. Awesome job brotha now if only the internal overflow boxes werent crooked lol hahahaha jkjkjk ***** sick my dude keep up the good work. Still thinking we should have you out b4 the end of the year we'll talk about it......

 

[NowGlazeIT]

That suction cup though bro must be a glass guy thing lol......looks awesome man. Love the notch out for the 75 stuffer into the frame work. Fits like a glove. Awesome job brotha now if only the internal overflow boxes werent crooked lol hahahaha jkjkjk ***** sick my dude keep up the good work. Still thinking we should have you out b4 the end of the year we'll talk about it......

Hahaha your gonna make me break out the PLS to laser In those boxes bro. Thanks for the props buddy, I’m enjoying the outcome. Definitely having more fun with the power tools then the wife would care to know about

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Hahaha your gonna make me break out the PLS to laser In those boxes bro. Thanks for the props buddy, I’m enjoying the outcome. Definitely having more fun with the power tools then the wife would care to know about

Bro trust me sometimes i just fire them up with nothing to do just to have fun. She always runs out what you building now...its an immediate response nothing just wanna cut something lol hahahaha same with the drill take something apart rebuild it just cause i get to use my tools lol hahaha

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

I probably should have held my phone straight when looking at it might help lol hahahaha bro it looks good

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I probably should have held my phone straight when looking at it might help lol hahahaha bro it looks good

Clamps come off tomorrow I’m gonna take the most crooked pic I can

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Clamps come off tomorrow I’m gonna take the most crooked pic I can

Hahahaha bro go for it then it might look straight lol

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Had to slice the lid because it’s flush with the rim

Spray paint completed

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Looking great.

How did the Bondo work out for you?

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Looking great.

How did the Bondo work out for you?

Thanks brotha, I returned the bondo once I was able to open it up and read the instructions under the lid. I went with this and it worked well but also super easy to maneuver, shape and sand down

Dries fast, sands down with ease

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Thanks brotha, I returned the bondo once I was able to open it up and read the instructions under the lid. I went with this and it worked well but also super easy to maneuver, shape and sand down

Dries fast, sands down with ease

What did you not like about the Bondo?

 

[Projects with Sam]

I use the DryDex
https://a.co/d/2TN1LwJ

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Looks awesome bro

 

[NowGlazeIT]

What did you not like about the Bondo?

The two part aspect. I did not want to gauge how much to mix because I didn’t know how much I would need. The spackle is just easy peasy ready to go

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Got the baffles cut today, half way installed.

I cut out vertical grooves to help the water cascade quietly down this extra tall baffle. I’m crossing my fingers that it actually works.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Stress climbs and falls as I knock out some of the finer measurements and detail.
DIY overflow time!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I’m pumped to bring the build inside today. I like how tight together the overflows came out.