380 + 120 build.

ScubaDan206 · Oct 20, 2019

I'd like to start a build thread for my reboot system. My tank upsatairs is a standard aqueon 120 gallon. I replaced a same size tank several years ago with a new tank that I built an overflow for. Downstairs is a plywood and glass sump that is 8X4x30 inches tall. It now runs at 19 inches water height. Total system volume is about 450 gallons.

downstairs was a frag section and an area for fish only.

The tank downstairs had a pinhole leak that I ignored for too long. The wood rotted out and I was forced to cut the wall and replace the glass.

The tank is complete and I got I salty last week. Sand went in 10/18.

ScubaDan206 · Oct 20, 2019

New system will be acropora only upstairs and soft corals, LPS, and anemone downstairs.

ScubaDan206 · Oct 20, 2019

Cutting put the glass on the tank was an absolute nightmare. It took 4 days with guitar string sawing back and forth. I would get a few inches and then score the glass with a glass cutter. Then hit it with the BFH.

ScubaDan206 · Oct 20, 2019

The coral all went into a 150 gallon tub I was given to by a friend. The fish went into a 55 gallon tank with a jerryrigged sump.

Unfortunately the stress brought out an ick outbreak and I lost 20 of 26 fish. My next building project will be a full fish quarantine setup. I need to quarantine about 60-80 fish in the next year so I need to become proficient with quarantine procedures. Coral additions will also get a quarantine setup although not as comprehensive.

vetteguy53081 · Oct 20, 2019

Beautiful pieces !!

ScubaDan206 · Oct 20, 2019

I will also be converting from two part dosing to a calcium reactor. This means I will have two Apex dos with nothing to dose. I am thinking of using the least used unit as a continuous water change of 1 or 2 gallons a day. The used water will be used for my 2 quarantine systems. I will take suggestions for what to dose on the other open DOS.