foxyb's elos 120

foxyb · Jan 11, 2010

Hey all,

Ill start with a little background for the past seven months Ive been running a Solana with heavy emphasis on sps, lps, and clams. I ran out of room fast needless to say but was living in an apartment which had a maxtank size of 20g. Our house got broken into and we moved ASAP. Now with no max tank size (except for what the floor could hold), I looked far and wide trying to find a RR 120 but found a great deal with a friend of a friend for his Elos 120 :xd::xd:

After being soo cramped in the Solana I told myself never again I want big open rock work and tons of room for my lps and clams.

After a long night the Elos was cleaned drained and packed into 2 suvs. Well i couldnt just let an elos sit around so I made it a really long night and got it running and finished around 3AM. I plan on transfering a equal-ish piece of each sps so that I can plan out placement and growth of each piece acordingly.

System Specs:
Tank, Stand, Sump, ATO, and Skimmer all elos
Return and Skimmer pump are Ehiem
48" Aquactinics Constellation 7x54w T5
1 Vortech MP-40W (one more will be added)
AC3 to control it all

Now on to the pictures

sciknen · Jan 11, 2010

Nice setup.. I'm about to pick up the same light for my 55g

Acrokeeper3729 · Jan 11, 2010

Very Nice. Looking Good.

foxyb · Jan 11, 2010

sciknen said:
Nice setup.. I'm about to pick up the same light for my 55g

Thanks what you thinking about running for bulb configuration? I had this from my old 75 and knew id be back to the 4 foot lenght. Now to find some hanging arms.

nicks387 said:
Very Nice. Looking Good.

Thanks man I gotta start the transfer soon

Blackhawk Fan · Jan 12, 2010

Your new aquascaping looks great. Can't wait to see you fill it up with goodies.

foxyb · Jan 12, 2010

Blackhawk Fan said:
Your new aquascaping looks great. Can't wait to see you fill it up with goodies.

thanks ill be breaking down the solana soon so i can transfer the coral and equipment to the elos, plus tidy it up a bit(throw the heater in the sump) and clean up my wired chaos

stunreefer · Jan 12, 2010

Congrats, ELOS makes one heckuva tank!

amore169 · Jan 12, 2010

Very nice!!

akabryanhall · Jan 12, 2010

Cant wait to see this grow in!

aharrow · Jan 12, 2010

Sweet setup. The Elos tanks look so clean. Cant wait to see further pics as you fill up the display

rng_pw · Jan 12, 2010

Yeah Im a huge fan of elos tanks. I just recently helped a friend of mine set his up. Here is are a few pics. Everything except for the chiller is elos. he is also running 2 mp40's for flow.
water is cloudy because these pics were taken about 10 minutes after water was added. Good luck with the tank and keep us updated on its progress.

Jeff.:P:. · Jan 12, 2010

Very nice FoxyB, cant wait to see some corals in there.

rebecca · Jan 12, 2010

Very nice. Corals will go nutz in the bigger water volume.

foxyb · Jan 12, 2010

stunreefer said:
Congrats, ELOS makes one heckuva tank!

thanks thats why when i heard of it for sale i jumped on it

amore169 said:
Very nice!!

thanks

akabryanhall said:
Cant wait to see this grow in!

thank you i cant wait ethier

aharrow said:
Sweet setup. The Elos tanks look so clean. Cant wait to see further pics as you fill up the display

thank you ill keep updating as it fills

Jeff.:P:. said:
Very nice FoxyB, cant wait to see some corals in there.

thanks man hopefully by the end of tomorrow

rebecca said:
Very nice. Corals will go nutz in the bigger water volume.

thank you and i hope so because there on top of each other now

foxyb · Jan 12, 2010

thanks ill keep up the progess
is he going to keep it barebottom? and how does he like the elos light brackets? thinking about getting some but they look pretty easy to DIY

rng_pw said:
Yeah Im a huge fan of elos tanks. I just recently helped a friend of mine set his up. Here is are a few pics. Everything except for the chiller is elos. he is also running 2 mp40's for flow.
water is cloudy because these pics were taken about 10 minutes after water was added. Good luck with the tank and keep us updated on its progress.

foxyb · Jan 13, 2010

a little progress still have more acans plus a couple more chalices to move
fish have yet to be transferred and nothing is in its final spot

foxyb · Jan 24, 2010

all transferred and a couple new additions
PBT, aussie wilsoni, a new clean up crew and a very bright favia...(was tagged as "super duper favia") the PBT and mexican turbos are making quick work of that "new tank" algae