DB9181
Community Member
Well… I had plans to upgrade the 29g to a 75g – Got one for free from a buddy and had it all set up. Then I got an offer for a nearly free 120g, I obviously couldn’t resist and jumped on it.
It’s a 60x18x26 120 gallon tank w/ 2†plastic center brace. The stand that It came with was more of an entertainment stand, and could only house maybe a 29g sump, so I decided to build my own custom stand.
The stand is 62x22x36 – I designed it so that a 55gal sump would could slide in/out from the side between the stand legs incase the sump ever needed to be removed. Well…after fudging around for several hours I figured out it was impossible to use the 55g as a sump and the new skimmer I picked up due to min/max water level. So I ditched the 55g, and turned my 40B into a sump/fuge. However, It no longer can slide through the side, so I designed the front Panel of the stand to be removable (4 screws) giving me entire access under the stand. The 40B sump/fuge will also allow for a 10gal tank to fit as a Top Off, as well as other equipment.
Below are some pics of the stand build:
(Pictures will be added later tonight/tomorrow)
Tank will be a mixed Reef, focusing on primarily LPS and softies w/ some SPS mixed in.
Tank specs:
Tank: 60x18x26 120 gallon w/ 2†plastic center-brace
Stand: 62x22x36 custom built. Entire front panel is removable to allow full access under the tank.
Lights: Prestige Gamma LED/T5 36†unit
T-5s: Front-to-Back
-Blue Plus
-True Antinic
-Purple Plus
-Blue Plus
Unit is programmable and fully customable for Ws, Bs, Cs (red/green), and moonlights for 0%- 99%. LEDs will be controlled by unit for sunrise through sunset. T5s are on 2 switches, which will be on timers or through RKE if I have an open outlet.
Since my tank is 5’ (not standard 4’) I needed to raise the unit higher off the water to get enough spread to the far ends.
At the top of my rockwork I am getting mid 300s, mid-tank (where my z/p frag racks current set) mid 200s, middle-sand bed 150-170ish.
Plumbing/Overflow: Gl*******s.com 1500gph overflow kit – 2 1.5†bulkheads in overflow box, 2 3/4†returns w/ locline and flare nozzles at either end of the tank w/ a Eheim 1262 return pump
Flow: 2 Koralia 1050s, 2 JBJ 1600s on wavemaker duo (opposite ends alternating every 10secs) plus pretty decent flow from returns. Even w/o the ruturns on it’s ton of flow. I may program them to be ‘calmer’ at night via RKE.
LR/LS: roughly 1 of live sand from 75gal tank (I will probably add a little more), roughly 110-130lbs of LR in DT – there will also be 10-20lbs in the sump/fuge.
Skimmer: Euro-Reef rs180 rated up to 450gals – realistically, rated 180g lightly stocked, 135gal heavily stocked. I also have a 8†scrubbie which is awesome! I will have it set to turn on 4-6x/day which will clean/squeegee the neck of the collection cup. This will allow for better/more effective skimming, greatly increasing its effectiveness and reducing the frequency of emptying/cleaning the skimmer.
Sump: Pictured below – 40B Tank w/ acrylic baffles. Fuge section is roughly 15x18x12 which is 12-14gals. I have 10lbs of Miracle Mud and cheato. I recently also added 1000pods from reefs2go.com (1000pods in DT as well). I will also be hooking up a Two Little Fishes Phosban 150 to run carbon.
ATO: Float-values controlled by RKE and timer (backup) with 10gal reservoir. (Still need to set up)
Controller: DA Reef-Keeper Elite w/ 2 PC-4s.
_______________________________________________________________________
Current Stock:
Current Fish:
[TABLE="class: cms_table"]
[TR]
[TD]5†Desjardini Sailfin Tang[/TD]
[TD]2†Blue Hippo Tang[/TD]
[TD]2†Caulk Bass[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 ½†B/O Osc. Clown[/TD]
[TD]1 ½†O/W Osc. Clown[/TD]
[TD]3†Melanurus Wrasse[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2†Psychedelic Mandarin[/TD]
[TD]Dragon Sleeper Goby[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Wishlist Fish:
TBA
Inverts:
75gallon ReefCleaners.org CUC w/ hermits – ReefCleaners.org always overkills so for now its holding up to the bio-load.
[TABLE="class: cms_table"]
[TR]
[TD]2†RBTA[/TD]
[TD]3â€Flower Rock Nem[/TD]
[TD]5†Purple LTA[/TD]
[TD]5-6†Derasa Clam[/TD]
[TD]2 Sexy Shrimp[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3 Peppermint Shrimp[/TD]
[TD]2 Brittle Stars (5â€)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Coral:
Zs n’ Ps:
(There are some that will not listed due to pirates…)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 184"]
[TR]
[TD]John Deere
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mohawks
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cats Eyes
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pink Hippo
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dragon Eyes
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Blow Pops
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASD Purple Pluto
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lemon Rings
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gobstoppers
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]HC Green Spartans
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Watermelons
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]X-Men
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][TABLE="width: 172"]
[TR]
[TD]Pink Zipper
LA Lakers
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Space Odyssey
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wheel Wagon
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Blue Sparkle
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RPE
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lemon Drops
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pirated Blood
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Blue Steel
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]My Clementines
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Rastas
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Night Crawler
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cherry Charms
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Green Bay Packers
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 217"]
[TR]
[TD]Starship Destroyer
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Midnight Express
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]MoonBeams
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cabbage Patch
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Minted Agaves
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]BBEB
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cherry Blossoms
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Rum Runner
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Perfect Wife/Bouquet
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Northern Lights
[TABLE="width: 172"]
[TR]
[TD]Napalm
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Smurf Nipple
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Orange Mandarins
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chong Bongs
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Blue Rhino
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mary Janes
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bloody Mary
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Captain America
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]God of War
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Reverse Gor. Nips
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Crazy Ladies
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Frosty Ladies
[TABLE="width: 172"]
[TR]
[TD]Ultra Lunars
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chinese Firecracker
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Aussie Chaos
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ultimate Chaos
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
I still got another 10-15 coming from a buddies tank including blue agaves, black hornets, wow's, etc
SPS:
[TABLE="class: cms_table"]
[TR]
[TD]ORA Red Planet[/TD]
[TD]Ponape Birdsnest[/TD]
[TD]ORA Green Birdsnest
[/TD]
[TD] Sour Apple Monti Cap
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Green Slimmer Acro
[/TD]
[TD]Spongode Montipora
[/TD]
[TD]Rainbow Birdsnest
[/TD]
[TD] Red Monti Cap
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Purple Table Acro
[/TD]
[TD]Pink Milli
[/TD]
[TD]Bird of Paradise
[/TD]
[TD]Green Monti Gap
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
A several others…. Need to get names later.
LPS:
[TABLE="class: cms_table"]
[TR]
[TD]Green/Purple Tip FrogSpawn
[/TD]
[TD]Pink FrogSpawn
[/TD]
[TD]Lemon-Lime FrogSpawn
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]WCR Yellow Torch
[/TD]
[TD]Multi-Colored Scoly
[/TD]
[TD]Duncans
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Highlighter Candy-Canes[/TD]
[TD]Dendros[/TD]
[TD]Rics/Yumas/Shrooms[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tyree Green Toadstool[/TD]
[TD]Black Sun Coral[/TD]
[TD]MCF Scoly
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RBTA (just split)
[/TD]
[TD]Quad-Rainbow BTA
[/TD]
[TD]Flowerpot Nem
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Old FTS from March '13 - Ive added some more Rock for SPS at the top.
Here is the 120g with the new 20L frag tank that will soon be plumbed into it - Taken w/ iPhone Camera so LEDs look like crap. I built the 120g stand, middle door is normal on magnets.
My buddy came over with his nice camera... here are some of the pics - more to come.
ORA Red Planet
Rasta Goni
It’s a 60x18x26 120 gallon tank w/ 2†plastic center brace. The stand that It came with was more of an entertainment stand, and could only house maybe a 29g sump, so I decided to build my own custom stand.
The stand is 62x22x36 – I designed it so that a 55gal sump would could slide in/out from the side between the stand legs incase the sump ever needed to be removed. Well…after fudging around for several hours I figured out it was impossible to use the 55g as a sump and the new skimmer I picked up due to min/max water level. So I ditched the 55g, and turned my 40B into a sump/fuge. However, It no longer can slide through the side, so I designed the front Panel of the stand to be removable (4 screws) giving me entire access under the stand. The 40B sump/fuge will also allow for a 10gal tank to fit as a Top Off, as well as other equipment.
Below are some pics of the stand build:
(Pictures will be added later tonight/tomorrow)
Tank will be a mixed Reef, focusing on primarily LPS and softies w/ some SPS mixed in.
Tank specs:
Tank: 60x18x26 120 gallon w/ 2†plastic center-brace
Stand: 62x22x36 custom built. Entire front panel is removable to allow full access under the tank.
Lights: Prestige Gamma LED/T5 36†unit
T-5s: Front-to-Back
-Blue Plus
-True Antinic
-Purple Plus
-Blue Plus
Unit is programmable and fully customable for Ws, Bs, Cs (red/green), and moonlights for 0%- 99%. LEDs will be controlled by unit for sunrise through sunset. T5s are on 2 switches, which will be on timers or through RKE if I have an open outlet.
Since my tank is 5’ (not standard 4’) I needed to raise the unit higher off the water to get enough spread to the far ends.
At the top of my rockwork I am getting mid 300s, mid-tank (where my z/p frag racks current set) mid 200s, middle-sand bed 150-170ish.
Plumbing/Overflow: Gl*******s.com 1500gph overflow kit – 2 1.5†bulkheads in overflow box, 2 3/4†returns w/ locline and flare nozzles at either end of the tank w/ a Eheim 1262 return pump
Flow: 2 Koralia 1050s, 2 JBJ 1600s on wavemaker duo (opposite ends alternating every 10secs) plus pretty decent flow from returns. Even w/o the ruturns on it’s ton of flow. I may program them to be ‘calmer’ at night via RKE.
LR/LS: roughly 1 of live sand from 75gal tank (I will probably add a little more), roughly 110-130lbs of LR in DT – there will also be 10-20lbs in the sump/fuge.
Skimmer: Euro-Reef rs180 rated up to 450gals – realistically, rated 180g lightly stocked, 135gal heavily stocked. I also have a 8†scrubbie which is awesome! I will have it set to turn on 4-6x/day which will clean/squeegee the neck of the collection cup. This will allow for better/more effective skimming, greatly increasing its effectiveness and reducing the frequency of emptying/cleaning the skimmer.
Sump: Pictured below – 40B Tank w/ acrylic baffles. Fuge section is roughly 15x18x12 which is 12-14gals. I have 10lbs of Miracle Mud and cheato. I recently also added 1000pods from reefs2go.com (1000pods in DT as well). I will also be hooking up a Two Little Fishes Phosban 150 to run carbon.
ATO: Float-values controlled by RKE and timer (backup) with 10gal reservoir. (Still need to set up)
Controller: DA Reef-Keeper Elite w/ 2 PC-4s.
_______________________________________________________________________
Current Stock:
Current Fish:
[TABLE="class: cms_table"]
[TR]
[TD]5†Desjardini Sailfin Tang[/TD]
[TD]2†Blue Hippo Tang[/TD]
[TD]2†Caulk Bass[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 ½†B/O Osc. Clown[/TD]
[TD]1 ½†O/W Osc. Clown[/TD]
[TD]3†Melanurus Wrasse[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2†Psychedelic Mandarin[/TD]
[TD]Dragon Sleeper Goby[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Wishlist Fish:
TBA
Inverts:
75gallon ReefCleaners.org CUC w/ hermits – ReefCleaners.org always overkills so for now its holding up to the bio-load.
[TABLE="class: cms_table"]
[TR]
[TD]2†RBTA[/TD]
[TD]3â€Flower Rock Nem[/TD]
[TD]5†Purple LTA[/TD]
[TD]5-6†Derasa Clam[/TD]
[TD]2 Sexy Shrimp[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3 Peppermint Shrimp[/TD]
[TD]2 Brittle Stars (5â€)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Coral:
Zs n’ Ps:
(There are some that will not listed due to pirates…)
| [TABLE="width: 184"] [TR] [TD]Magicians |
| Devils Armor |
| Vivid Rainbow |
| Sunny Ds |
| ASD Pepperoni |
| Phantom Blues |
| ASD Blues |
| ASD Purple Nurple |
| ASD Fairy Tale |
| ASD Purple Devine |
| [TABLE="width: 184"] [TR] [TD]ASD Pink Floral ASD Firestorm |
| Pink Speckled Palys |
| Orange BamBams |
| Incredible Hulks [TABLE="width: 172"] [TR] [TD]Neon GBPs |
| ASD Atomic Rasta |
| Rev. Space Mons. |
| Green Implosion |
| Fruitloops |
| Fire & Ice |
| Blue Tubbs |
| Darth Mauls |
| Orange Mauls Blue Hornets Red Hornets PDA PE (RDPE) |
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 184"]
[TR]
[TD]John Deere
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mohawks
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cats Eyes
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pink Hippo
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dragon Eyes
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Blow Pops
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASD Purple Pluto
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lemon Rings
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gobstoppers
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]HC Green Spartans
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Watermelons
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]X-Men
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][TABLE="width: 172"]
[TR]
[TD]Pink Zipper
LA Lakers
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Space Odyssey
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wheel Wagon
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Blue Sparkle
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RPE
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lemon Drops
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pirated Blood
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Blue Steel
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]My Clementines
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Rastas
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Night Crawler
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cherry Charms
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Green Bay Packers
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 217"]
[TR]
[TD]Starship Destroyer
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Midnight Express
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]MoonBeams
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cabbage Patch
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Minted Agaves
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]BBEB
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cherry Blossoms
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Rum Runner
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Perfect Wife/Bouquet
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Northern Lights
[TABLE="width: 172"]
[TR]
[TD]Napalm
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Smurf Nipple
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Orange Mandarins
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chong Bongs
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Blue Rhino
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mary Janes
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bloody Mary
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Captain America
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]God of War
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Reverse Gor. Nips
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Crazy Ladies
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Frosty Ladies
[TABLE="width: 172"]
[TR]
[TD]Ultra Lunars
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chinese Firecracker
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Aussie Chaos
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ultimate Chaos
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
I still got another 10-15 coming from a buddies tank including blue agaves, black hornets, wow's, etc
SPS:
[TABLE="class: cms_table"]
[TR]
[TD]ORA Red Planet[/TD]
[TD]Ponape Birdsnest[/TD]
[TD]ORA Green Birdsnest
[/TD]
[TD] Sour Apple Monti Cap
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Green Slimmer Acro
[/TD]
[TD]Spongode Montipora
[/TD]
[TD]Rainbow Birdsnest
[/TD]
[TD] Red Monti Cap
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Purple Table Acro
[/TD]
[TD]Pink Milli
[/TD]
[TD]Bird of Paradise
[/TD]
[TD]Green Monti Gap
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
A several others…. Need to get names later.
LPS:
[TABLE="class: cms_table"]
[TR]
[TD]Green/Purple Tip FrogSpawn
[/TD]
[TD]Pink FrogSpawn
[/TD]
[TD]Lemon-Lime FrogSpawn
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]WCR Yellow Torch
[/TD]
[TD]Multi-Colored Scoly
[/TD]
[TD]Duncans
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Highlighter Candy-Canes[/TD]
[TD]Dendros[/TD]
[TD]Rics/Yumas/Shrooms[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tyree Green Toadstool[/TD]
[TD]Black Sun Coral[/TD]
[TD]MCF Scoly
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RBTA (just split)
[/TD]
[TD]Quad-Rainbow BTA
[/TD]
[TD]Flowerpot Nem
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Old FTS from March '13 - Ive added some more Rock for SPS at the top.
Here is the 120g with the new 20L frag tank that will soon be plumbed into it - Taken w/ iPhone Camera so LEDs look like crap. I built the 120g stand, middle door is normal on magnets.
My buddy came over with his nice camera... here are some of the pics - more to come.
ORA Red Planet
Rasta Goni
