Chris's 120g build

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So I am at it again. I picked up a 4x2x2 120g a couple months back. The tank was in bad shape with poorly being maintained by the previous owner. I built a new stand and went to set up the tank last night being a ding dong I never checked the bulk heads and overflow and return pipes. Well last night started to plumb the dump and go to hook up under the tank and to my surprise 3 of the bulk heads were broken. Dooh!!! So today I ordered the Aqueon Max Flow overflow kit. Will be here tomorrow night by 8pst. So Thursday I am hoping to have it filling.
So tonight I polished out a couple scratches that were on the front inside of the tank. Also took off this weird mirror thing the guy had on the back of the tank. 1 coat down so far of the black chalk paint. Only a few more to go. I'll post pics as we progress.

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Tank before removing mirror and cleaning up. Sitting on new stand.
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Built the sump last night.
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Cleaning tank
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First coat of black chalk board paint.
 
Let me know what you guys think. Any advice or constructive criticism welcome also. Yeah yeah I know I am opening a can of worms there.
 
So got the tank set and and started to cycle. Used about 30g from my other tank to help boost it.
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Water started
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Finally filled after 5 months of waiting.
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Return pump up and running
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Already got some chaeto going as well.

Will have skimmer in tomorrow. Tunze ATO will be installed after this weekend. The in 2 weeks I will have my Hydras installed. Rocks are being bleached right now.
 
Well tonight I did some aquascaping. I wanted to do less rock than normal. Let me know what you think.
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This was the first round. I didn't like the rock on the left. So I build a rock with ledges.

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Sorry for the cloudy pics.
 

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