Hobaugh 120 Build Thread

Aaron Hobaugh · Jun 28, 2019

Hi all!

Been meaning to start this when I was in the earlier stages but never got around to it, so hear we go.

I got a 120g corner overflows that I will be setting up in my newly built house we just moved into. I am currently in the process of building my own stand. I have an established 29 gallon that I took some rock out of and started seeding all my rock in a brute for the past 8 months. I will have this on the first floor of my house and have a 110g Rubbermaid as my sump in the basement in a fish room I am currently also building. This tank will mainly be a LPS softie tank. I have a few CSBs I may put in. Other than that equipment is as follows...

Equipment
120G (48x24x24)
110G Rubbermaid sump
Reef Octopus Classic 202-S Protein Skimmer
Ecotech XR15 Pro and AI Prime HD (still cant decide which lights to go with)
Ecotech MP40QD
Iwaki MD-70RLT
Neptune Apex
Neptune WXM
2x Neptune DOS
55W UV Sterilizer
BRS Dual reactor (Carbon & GFO)
BRS Stage 6 RODI with booster pump

More may come to mind as I think of it all. I did switch out my resin in my RODI to anion followed by mixed as I have a good bit of C02 in my well water. I will use one DOS for dosing two part and the other I will use for auto water changes. Still undecided if I will use UV Sterilizer...

As for plumbing I am going to have a gate valve on each return to help adjust flow. It is pretty much a straight shot down from where my tank is as to where my fish room is in the basement. This is my current progress on stand.

I just need to decide which lights to go with...I have a few XR15 and a few primes. This will be a LPS softie tank for the most part so I am thinking Primes may suffice, not sure what I want to do.

I am sure I forgot some stuff...Pictures below! More to come!

Blutspitze · Jun 28, 2019

Very cool! Always jealous to see people doing full on construction/building to get everything just right. Looking forward to progress!

dylana407 · Jun 28, 2019

Cool build. XR15 Pro is far superior over Prime HD.

dylana407 · Jun 28, 2019

Cool build. XR15 Pro is far superior over Prime HD.

Aaron Hobaugh · Jun 28, 2019

dylana407 said:
Cool build. XR15 Pro is far superior over Prime HD.

Thanks! Yea, just wasn't sure how much better it would do for LPS. But I should probably just throw the XR15s on it.

ajmidget · Jun 28, 2019

I love the look of those side panels for the stand. Something about them just seems to fit so perfectly with a reef tank. Awesome job, can't wait to see future progress!

Aaron Hobaugh · Jul 2, 2019

Well been busy the past few days. Got all plumbing done for the most part. Had a small leak in the connection going into the bulk head I had to fix, other than that all is going well. This pump is incredibly powerful, FYI.

Blutspitze · Jul 2, 2019

Aaron Hobaugh said:
Well been busy the past few days. Got all plumbing done for the most part. Had a small leak in the connection going into the bulk head I had to fix, other than that all is going well. This pump is incredibly powerful, FYI.

WOW! The side paneling looks great! Glad everything's progressing. I hate to be "that guy", since you've glued it up, but I'm not seeing any unions on the plumbing - that may come back to bite when/if you need to grab the valve off or something down the line. Can be very frustrating. Still looks amazing, though!

Aaron Hobaugh · Jul 2, 2019

Thanks!! haha yes I found that out the hard way unfortunately. I had a leak in the drain lines coming out the bulkheads and had to cut them to re screw it in. Would have been much easier with a union so I am in the process of doing that.