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/

 

[OldRed1]

Such a cool build! Thank you for sharing your progress!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Such a cool build! Thank you for sharing your progress!

Happy to! Thanks for stopping by.

 

[CWoods]

After seeing your frag system build and the going price for JB shrooms at RAP. I've been inspired to restart my frag tank. I'm now a shroom farmer....

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

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

Dude I need a big container like this

 

[Projects with Sam]

Dude I need a big container like this

me too; I want 2

 

[NowGlazeIT]

After seeing your frag system build and the going price for JB shrooms at RAP. I've been inspired to restart my frag tank. I'm now a shroom farmer....

Nice dude! Looks awesome.

Dude I need a big container like this

Another Craigslist score!

me too; I want 2

Yea same. I almost bought 2 but they are huge in person hah

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Nice dude! Looks awesome.

Another Craigslist score!

Yea same. I almost bought 2 but they are huge in person hah

Shoulda got two...

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Shoulda got two...

My bad B.

 

[Projects with Sam]

that's as big as brother nitrous

 

[fishguy242]

that's as big as brother nitrous

ya know you can go up to near Madison to Norwesco ,and pick them up,cost 2x as much anywhere else .
no shipping

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Bro i know you got updates on those kick a** frag builds where are they whats going on and I need more lol

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Bro i know you got updates on those kick a** frag builds where are they whats going on and I need more lol

Started a new job slamming in solar panels and they got me busy bro. Every weekend I get a little more done on the frag tanks. Last weekend I built a couple avast spyglass reactors. Super clean I’ll post some pics when I get home.

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

@NowGlazeIT ahhhhh snap

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Let that beautiful frag tank footage roll bro........

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Let that beautiful frag tank footage roll bro........

Heading home now! Can’t wait for those light shades to come in.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

The fish room is blinding hah

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

The fish room is blinding hah

Bro tell me bout i lol i have a guy i am gonna have to reach out to for mine lol

 

[NowGlazeIT]

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I redid the manifold so it could handle more flow with less restrictions

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Here’s an old pic of the previous manifold. You can see the pipe goes from 1.5” at the pump to 3/4” at the cross. I replaced that cross with a 1.5” and put reducers at the ends. This took a lot of stress of my pump. Had to turn the power down 20% after the switch