Daves 120

[dtpollard]

My tank is finally takeing shape so I thought I would share. I have dubbed this my RRC One Mans Junk 120. It is built of parts put together used either by cash or trade: The 120 came from Pearson (phurst), The stand came from Vince (R2R?), the light and some of the rock came from Andy (spspirate), the skimmer from Chris(R2R?), and some rock from Josh (J. Montgomery). So the name seems appropriate.

This is how it looked after its first cleaning and plumbing roughed in.

The back

The back wall taking shape

 

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The back

 

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The sump. The first try at doing Acrylic but it turned out pretty good.

 

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Here it is with water in it.

 

[Demonic]

Tank turned out pretty good. You have some nice chalices in there. How did the sump turn out. You said it was your first one, did it make it?

 

[dtpollard]

Tank turned out pretty good. You have some nice chalices in there. How did the sump turn out. You said it was your first one, did it make it?

Actually it passed the leak test only to develop a small leak a few weeks later. I drained it and added extra glue, and it has been fine. The tank has been cycleing for months because I was afraid of the foam so it worked out pretty good. It defineately was NOT display quality.

 

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Oh sorry and yeah my chalice collection has been growing slowly for about 2 years. Slowly but surely. I have got some pretty good pics of the eye candy in there but didn't want to overload everyone the first day.

 

[Blackhawk Fan]

Looks good. How long has it been setup?

 

[dtpollard]

In the pics. that was less than a week. I am still tinkering and glueing things in now at almost 3 weeks. Still have tons of zoas to get in there somewhere. I will try to get some new pics after I get them in place because the frag rack they are in waiting on is ugly and there is 50+++ or so zoa mini colonies on it. All of these came out of my 75.

 

[dtpollard]

Thought I would add some pics since the old post.

This is the most recent. Taken a few days ago. Still working on it.

 

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New FTS

 

[Speg]

Awesome

 

[Wy Renegade]

Been awhile since I've seen this thread. I remember seeing the plumbing and DIY walls. Nice growth and improvement.

 

[dtpollard]

Thanks. Its been a long HA filled road.
It is finally starting to look presentable again.

 

[Antonias1391]

Wow thats so sweet, youve inspired me! haha. can u take pics of the sump in action?! also what kind of lighting are you using?

 

[underwaterfirefighter]

Great looking tank man! Next time I'm in Whoo Ville I would love to see it in person if you're available.

Dave

 

[dtpollard]

Wow thats so sweet, youve inspired me! haha. can u take pics of the sump in action?! also what kind of lighting are you using?

2 250watt DE MH and 2 Actinic VHO w/ Icecap DE Pendant and ballasts.

 

[dtpollard]

Great looking tank man! Next time I'm in Whoo Ville I would love to see it in person if you're available.

Dave

Let me know. I will try to be occomadating.