120g Craigslist tank restoration

Finally, I found a 120g for a used price $200.
She’s the ugliest most beautiful thing I have ever laid eyes on. I’m going to strip the two overflows, add a ghost overflow and oh so much more to get this one wet again. I decided to put my money towards reputable equipment, instead of the glass box. (Good timing considering frameless tanks are losing fashion, dang you Red Sea.)
My previous tank was a cadlight 60g and just a frameless beauty. That tank grew coral but limped by with basic equipment. (Lighting,Powerheads, manually dosing) Time to flourish and establish a low maintenance 120g for this reefer.


Today’s 120g specs!

Filtration
-6 stage RODI by Brs
-Skimmer Q3 DC by aquamaxx
-Avast marine spyglass reactor
-2 gallons of marine pure bio spheres
-bio pellets by ecobak
-Distilled Vinegar 30ml/day
-2 marine pure plates
-1 marine pure block
-1 xport Brick seeded with mb7 by brightwell
-1 liter of matrix by seachem
-aquascape made of pukani,staxx,fiji,caribsea
-Brs black media reactor
-Rox.8 Carbon daily
-Gfo by kolar labs

Supplements
- Alk,Ca,mag by ESV dosed hourly by KamoerRemote F4pro
-Fuel by seachem 20ml/daily

Equipment
-2 Hydra 32s by AI
-2 XF 350s by maxpect
-1 Return pump DCP15000 by Jebao

Plumbing
-1 modular marine overflow Bean animal with 1 1/4” drains
-2 returns 1 1/2 inches
-1 manifold powering 3 reactors and main return

Fish food
- Nori, LRS herbivoreLRS fish frenzy,krill,mysis,squid,brine shrimp,golden pearls,cyclops,calanus

Previous filtration methods no longer in use
-diy algae scrubber
-Gfo by rowaphos when needed
-co2 scrubber
-filter floss
-skimmer sn-143qp by skimZ
-High capacity GFO by BRS
-AF1 by aquamaxx
-nopox by Red Sea

Stocking list
-Hippo Tang
-Yellow Tang
-Tomini Tang
-Blunthead Wrasse
-Puddingwife Wrasse
-Canary Blenny
-Twinspot blenny
-Royal Gramma
-Mono
-Lyretail Anthias
-Blue Chromis
-Pair of Ocellaris Clowns
-Lamarck Angel
-Melanurus wrasse
margarita,trochus,Nass,Cerith
-Pencil & Pincushion Urchin

Here is how it looks now! 8/2022

Dual LowBoy Frag Build starts here pg. 34-

Build Thread - 120g Craigslist tank restoration

Finally, I found a 120g for a used price $200. She’s the ugliest most beautiful thing I have ever laid eyes on. I’m going to strip the two overflows, add a ghost overflow and oh so much more to get this one wet again. I decided to put my money towards reputable equipment, instead of the glass...

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DIY stand- https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/tank-stand-first-timer.681397/

Previous build thread https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/setting-up-new-60g-cube.335836/

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Frag tank is slowly coming around.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Pftaaahaha I wish that was my frag tank hah!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

some tough corals to test the waters. I got some poclipora in there as well.

 

[Goaway]

Frag tank is slowly coming around.

Too bad, you can't really frag trachyphyllia. Those are nice!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Pftaaahaha I wish that was my frag tank hah!

Yo RIGHT!!!!!

 

[fishguy242]

Yes I was a high school kid once. Funny story there, the guy that won first, ended up passing out. We wrote all over that dude in sharpy hah. remember the Coon superhero from South Park? We gave that guy a full coon mask before he woke up in rage, lookin for me.

DUCT TAPE...

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Too bad, you can't really frag trachyphyllia. Those are nice!

I’ve heard of people slicing them up but to me it’s a bit cruel going through the flesh like that. They use a wet saw and cut one into fourths

 

[Goaway]

I’ve heard of people slicing them up but to me it’s a bit cruel going through the flesh like that. They use a wet saw and cut one into fourths

Yes, and the results of growth and death aren't pretty.

There is now a new way to frag scolys without deforming them. Doubt it will work for trachys

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Yes, and the results of growth and death aren't pretty.

There is now a new way to frag scolys without deforming them. Doubt it will work for trachys

Tight rubber band to get it to split?

 

[Goaway]

Tight rubber band to get it to split?

Nope, you have to know where to cut the back of the cone off. This causes a bud to form on the back of the scoly. It was a really cool article done by " I forgot ".... I did not know scolymia were cone based... I thought they just grew on a rock like a disk shape. The bud of the scoly can be a completely different color as well.

 

[A Young Reefer]

Tight rubber band to get it to split?

No you slice a part of the lower skeleton (the back) and it would develop a new mouth and tissue.

 

[Goaway]

No you slice a part of the lower skeleton (the back) and it would develop a new mouth and tissue.

I forgot where I found the article here. Was a fun read.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

No you slice a part of the lower skeleton (the back) and it would develop a new mouth and tissue.

Oh smart

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Nope, you have to know where to cut the back of the cone off. This causes a bud to form on the back of the scoly. It was a really cool article done by " I forgot ".... I did not know scolymia were cone based... I thought they just grew on a rock like a disk shape. The bud of the scoly can be a completely different color as well.

Super interesting, would be really cool to see that

 

[A Young Reefer]

I forgot where I found the article here. Was a fun read.

reef builders

Ultra Coral Australia propagates Homophyllia from the bottom up | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Captive propagation of Homophyllia australis isn’t as easy as many other corals. Being a single polyp LPS coral, cutting through it with a coral saw usually ends in its demise. They have been captive…

reefbuilders.com

 

[NowGlazeIT]

reef builders

Nice I’m gonna check it out thank you

 

[PeterC99]

Frag tank is slowly coming around.

Just Frigging Awesome!!!!!!!!!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

reef builders

Ultra Coral Australia propagates Homophyllia from the bottom up | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Captive propagation of Homophyllia australis isn’t as easy as many other corals. Being a single polyp LPS coral, cutting through it with a coral saw usually ends in its demise. They have been captive…

reefbuilders.com

Stumbled on this pic before I found you linked the article

 

[NowGlazeIT]

looks like a baby forming!

I really think it’s cool how you don’t know the exact color pattern on the incoming frag

 

[Goaway]

looks like a baby forming!

I really think it’s cool how you don’t know the exact color pattern on the incoming frag

It made me want to buy scoly's to chop.... No, haven't done that yet.