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/

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Me too buddy it’s like 110 degrees out today.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Oooo I’m gonna cut you up so bad….yo gonna.. You gonna wish I didn’t cut you up so bad.

 

[Projects with Sam]

 

[NowGlazeIT]

May I never forget what I had to go through to get these baffles.
the driving, the dissembling of a 55g tank, the multiple trips and sheets from Lowe’s and the slightly more expensive Home Depot, to my kids lacerated femur. It’s surprising the towel wasn’t thrown in. Can’t pick your passions they say.

 

[Pkunk35]

Just wanted say, epic build! Def following along quietly.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Just wanted say, epic build! Def following along quietly.

Thanks for stopping in. I’m filling up the frag tanks as we speak, display tank is still doing its thing.

 

[Projects with Sam]

May I never forget what I had to go through to get these baffles.
the driving, the dissembling of a 55g tank, the multiple trips and sheets from Lowe’s and the slightly more expensive Home Depot, to my kids lacerated femur. It’s surprising the towel wasn’t thrown in. Can’t pick your passions they say.

Oh man. Sorry to hear it was a pain. Sorry to hear about your kids leg! The DIY stuff is sometimes more trouble then its worth, I've found, on more occasions then I care to share.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Much Love Growmie!

This last month has about sucked. We're gunna pull through like superstars tho.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Oh man. Sorry to hear it was a pain. Sorry to hear about your kids leg! The DIY stuff is sometimes more trouble then its worth, I've found, on more occasions then I care to share.

It was horrific but my wife being a nurse saved the day. I threw out the other end table and scrapped what I could.

Much Love Growmie!

This last month has about sucked. We're gunna pull through like superstars tho.

Been a heck of a rocky summer but the stories we leave
get better with age.
I’m blown away you successfully “Lost” an entire reef.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

A couple hours in, so far so good. Last time I ran this test using hdpe, two baffles came loose and the others leaked.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I’m blown away you successfully “Lost” an entire reef.

Yo Right. I get cred for that..


"Yo, you met B yet? This fool emptied a 180 gallon tank of water in under a minute...."

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Definitely need some more rock, This staxx rock has been cooking in a 5G bucket since April or May. Finally a use for it! It was getting annoying having to keep up with evaporation.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Starting to doubt if I even need that middle fixture. Wish I had a par meter. 290w of LEDS over a 4’ tank LETSSSGOOOO!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Starting to doubt if I even need that middle fixture. Wish I had a par meter. 290w of LEDS over a 4’ tank LETSSSGOOOO!

If that's a frag system, I may use the middle fixture off centered to one side giving you a lighting intensity gradient which will be easier to keep mixed corals happy.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

If that's a frag system, I may use the middle fixture off centered to one side giving you a lighting intensity gradient which will be easier to keep mixed corals happy.

My ocd wouldnt allow to go off center. I bought the lights used a couple months back so I’m just working with what I have handy. Will need to set a goal for the other tank’s lights. Thinking a couple ai primes would make a good lps set up.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I’ll be growing mainly hammers and torches but I would really like to get into sps. The two that I got from fishy are mesmerizing

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Turning my CO2 reactor into a wide open activated carbon reactor.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Day 4 for the plugs under the noopsyche LEDs. I put a couple pieces of pocci in there to test the waters.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Pocci is still alive, no red flags testing the waters. Was checking for contaminates like when my son dumped a cup of tap water in the sump. Or those bits of fluorescent spray paint that speckle the bottom of the tank…..where did that orange fluorescent spray paint contaminate come from you ask…..

….I haven’t the faintest clue