Paul's 120g Dream Display Build

[Acrononomus]

I guess a lot of the marine land tanks are failing due to lateral load , people running vortechs and wave boxes when the tank was only designed for linear flow, and a constant steam, not the random monsoons a lot of u put in out tanks these days, tank is looking great glad to see you recovered nicely....!

 

[bsr2430]

I just read the whole thread and was just thinking how great of a job you did!!! Until the crack... Worst fear ever for me! The bigger the tank, the more chances you have at it cracking. Remember the pounds of pressure every time you do a water change. Your tank probably cracked because it was settling on your floor. Without bracing it, will start to buckle. If you had any vibration also on the tank, then that only fead the crack to happen instantly like that.

 

[PaulKreider]

did you level the tank?that's the only reason I can think off when it crack like that. Most of the time the leak is at the corner of the seam with bad silicon.

The tank was level, I believe the floor eventually settled and caused it, I went under the house and supported the struts. Been up for several months now and everything's fine I hope.

 

[Chris-tico]

Dude you have a really nice tank.! Love the overflow, look exactly like the one i want to get from ebay. Do you mind to take a pic of it, speacially of the drains inside the overflow

 

[PaulKreider]

Inside the drains look like these, except in the first image the middle drain is replaced by the drain you see in the second photo. Hopefully you can get an idea from that, a top down photo really doesn't show much, and that's all I'd be able to take a picture of currently.

Thanks for the compliment though!

 

[Chris-tico]

Thanks dude ! that help a lot!

 

[Newtybar]

Sorry to hear about the crack, had something like that happen to me as well...not marineland though

 

[PaulKreider]

Unfortunately it happens, but the replacement tank has been running strong for nearly 5 months thankfully!

 

[PaulKreider]

Added a BRS mini reactor to run carbon in, installed it today!
And also took a few update pictures!
IMG_6132 by Paul Kreider, on Flickr

FTS
IMG_6119 by Paul Kreider, on Flickr

Right Island
IMG_6126 by Paul Kreider, on Flickr

Some Car's kept only a couple inches under the surface, they nearly look like Bowsers?
IMG_6070 by Paul Kreider, on Flickr

$500 Efflo
IMG_6062 by Paul Kreider, on Flickr

Tyree Pink Lemonaide
IMG_6058 by Paul Kreider, on Flickr

Paly Garden
IMG_6050 by Paul Kreider, on Flickr

Part of the left Island
IMG_6095 by Paul Kreider, on Flickr

 

[FSUNole_reefer]

Just read through your thread and wow what a journey of ups and down with the ending on an upswing!
A gorgeous tank my friend. I'm at a 65 currently and looking to build up to a 120 shorty.. 48,24,24... That's what you have right?.

Thanks for documenting your journey and sharing your knowledge. I feel smarter now. Lol.

Go noles!

 

[PaulKreider]

Yeah I have the 48x24x24, great size tank and I love it! Kind of wishing I went bigger but I'll have to wait on that transition lol.

 

[PaulKreider]

In addition, I've added quite a few things to the tank including
Female Leopard wrasse
Powder Brown Tang
2 Rainfordi Gobi
Royal Urchin in the frag tank below
Sea cucumber

Also picked up quite a few nice acro's recently
JF sour twist
Pc Rainbow acro
DC Tierra Del fuego
CC Needle in a Haystack
A large mariculture colony that looks sweet, still coloring up
And and 10 more unnamed acro frags

 

[jcweldon]

Great looking tank!! I can't seem to get my pink lemonade to grow. How high do you have it in your tank?

 

[bknapp]

Awesome job on the rebound! Looks great Paul!

 

[PaulKreider]

Just ordered the jebao dp2 dosing pump, and some more LED's to add to my current lights!

 

[Ahruk]

Just drooling over that "paly garden" Beautiful tank.

 

[PaulKreider]

Thanks! Its been growing for a little while now!!

 

[renato120]

Looking good!

 

[chaoha]

Nice tank

 

[PaulKreider]

Thanks guys! Always appreciate the support!

In other news, I added 10 royal blue and 8 UV Led's to my current fixture, ordered the Jebao DP-2 dosing pump which should be here later this week, and plan on ordering the bluefish lighting controller so I can control my lights through my phone and have more control over my lighting schedule since my current layout is a bit dated. Lots of fun stuff!