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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Also, we use the cultivated stuff by ising half and using the other half to reproduce the population.

I have the space for phyto. I should try to see if purchased phyto can be used like the cultivated in that sense.
That paper under the bottles are their instructions for cultivating it.
 
Happy with the function, layout and design
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And to my surprise the spray bar is a rockin n a rollin
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Comes with a neat little water change function….if you want to tick off your spouse that is
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Nuuuuuooooooooeeeehhhhhhh.......

Rip up again time?
Luckily it just needs a dab of silicone, easy fix but gotta wait and run another test now
 
I can see this conversation happening with my husband "so I want to drill my tank." His words will be "buy one drilled!" Already happened with my current tank... :(
Get him a quote to have someone drill it for you. Money talks. :D
now that I think about it, any tile guy / appliance installer should have the drill bits and experience.
 
check your rim boards ,may just be "small nailed" into wall.
I took the nails out and attached the rim to studs. I’m using thick screws on everything but I’m not sure I trust all the cheap wood hah
 
Get him a quote to have someone drill it for you. Money talks. :D
now that I think about it, any tile guy / appliance installer should have the drill bits and experience.
Trust me, he'll pay someone. It's why I ended up with the sca 112g. I wanted to go with the marinland and attempt a diy ... He wasn't having it.
 
Speaking of testing, I haven’t tested the display since the flatworm exit episode. A bit nervous about the what the po4 and no3 could be.
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Wish me luck!
 
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Not too shabby. I see my po4 went up a bit, probably on its way down. Nitrate went down a bit, I’m guessing the elevated po4 had something to do with that. alk is slightly higher than normal, in hindsight I should have stopped dosing cal/alk for a few days when my coral were recovering.
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

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