120g Craigslist tank restoration

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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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Dual LowBoy Frag Build starts here pg. 34-

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/
 
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@NowGlazeIT Tank is looking great! Now I've actually taken some time to visit your build thread. The fish are beautiful and the corals look to be filling in nicely.

Nice work/adventure...:cool:
see you have some riff raff hangin' around...;)
mind if i join the party??...:)

Now he does ')
What is this thread, a new vacation campsite for the Café visitors? :p
 

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@NowGlazeIT Tank is looking great! Now I've actually taken some time to visit your build thread. The fish are beautiful and the corals look to be filling in nicely.




What is this thread, a new vacation campsite for the Café visitors? :p
I think we adopted a new crony
 
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Back to the investment advice!

Is Netflix a good buy down here?

Good buy as in good bye house, good bye savings, etc.?
You know the guy that owned blockbuster, he must be kicking himself in the rear every time his kids want to just Netflix and chill
 
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I'm not quite sure that particular figure of speech means what you think it does....
Hahah kids these days and they’re lingo, what’s next I can’t use the peach emo….
 

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One of my oldest coral, kept since 2016.
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I wish i were u love, those blue tips. My 6 year old elegance (same age!) is soooo large ugh wish i could split it up and sell it like yours, im sure you make a good amount on those splits.
Awesome to see corals with age especially lps
 

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You know the guy that owned blockbuster, he must be kicking himself in the rear every time his kids want to just Netflix and chill
He actually was offered $50 million dollars to BUY netflix in 2000 but apparently laughed at them and said no, now that is a real kick in the balls
 
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I wish i were u love, those blue tips. My 6 year old elegance (same age!) is soooo large ugh wish i could split it up and sell it like yours, im sure you make a good amount on those splits.
Awesome to see corals with age especially lps
it’s really cool to have history with your coral isn’t it. They’ve been through the good and the bad
 

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