120 SCA tank swap

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I recently had a major problem with my 150 when the trim started cracking which lead me to this tank swap and since I never did a build thread I thought it was time. My 150 was an aqueon 48x24x30 with Durso drain with corner overflow. My new tank is a SCA 120, 48x24x24 with herbie style drain and center overflow. I took a few pictures but it was an exhausting 16 hour swap out but I will add more later. It has approximately 100 lbs of BRS argonite sand and 100-120 lbs of live rock. Prior to the swap my tank was 5-6 years old and was a thriving mixed reef.

Tank equipment:
• Greyfish custom sump
• Greyfish algae scrubber
• Skimz 201 skimmer
• Varios 6 return pump
• Aquatic life T5 hybrid with radion gen 3 pro with diffuser
• 2 Mp40 Qd with battery backup
• Apex controller with AFS, DOS for 2 part, WXM to control radions and mp40, ATK and the ALD
Spectrapure RODI
Liveaquaria salt

Livestock:
• Yellow tang
• Yellow eye tang
• Paired Picasso and Snowflake clown
• Melanuruss wrasse
• Hawkfish
• Lyretail anthias didn’t survive the swap

Coral: Mixed reef with 7-8 sps frags, zoas, mushrooms and hammer coral

This was an exhausting process but hopefully worth it!

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Nice job on the move. Sorry about the Anthias, but not too bad considering the big job it surely was.
 
Nice job on the move. Sorry about the Anthias, but not too bad considering the big job it surely was.
Thanks, it was a lot! So far all my sps look good, no coral casualties. Ordering a male and 2 female anthias.
 

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