120g Craigslist tank restoration

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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
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Dual LowBoy Frag Build starts here pg. 34-

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/
 
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here is mine, ordered earlier today. How long did shipping take for you (if you got it from IM directly)
 

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here is mine, ordered earlier today. How long did shipping take for you (if you got it from IM directly)
Nice! I’ve never owned one. My tanks are all second hand. I’ve had bio cubes, a Cad Light and now this Aqueon 120
 

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check out the aio acrylic frag takes on ebay (they come up cheap sometimes) tenecor has pretty well priced ones as well
 
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check out the aio acrylic frag takes on ebay (they come up cheap sometimes) tenecor has pretty well priced ones as well
Hey these are cool!
 

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the 17 gallon looks nice for the price, pop on some led bars or a viparspectra and youre in business
 

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mine are all old school custom acrylics. n a few 60 breeders.
what size you thinking ?
 

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the 12'er is from the late 90's
8'er was in pet shop from about 95,i took out ?? 2015-16
No clue on Frankentank... :rolleyes: circa 2000, didn't get hands on until 2021.
 
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the 12'er is from the late 90's
8'er was in pet shop from about 95,i took out ?? 2015-16
No clue on Frankentank... :rolleyes: circa 2000, didn't get hands on until 2021.
I had no idea acrylic tanks could last that long. I always thought they would swell or bow you know. Awesome dude
 

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thick acrylic, they all have been repaired& modified in one way or another, good ole weld on... ;)
Frankentank still under "knife" 2nd time "I" have "blown" it up...:D in about a year and a half,
was modded many times before i got it...:rolleyes:;):)
 
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thick acrylic, they all have been repaired& modified in one way or another, good ole weld on... ;)
Frankentank still under "knife" 2nd time "I" have "blown" it up...:D in about a year and a half,
was modded many times before i got it...:rolleyes:;):)
That’s awesome, nothing wrong with a little wear n tear
 

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Frankentank...12/20
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the morning after... :rolleyes:
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current...:D;):)
 
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Such beautiful creatures, wish / don't wish I could maintain one long term, ie more than a few weeks.
I hope they grow big like they’re cousins in the ocean. I’ve seen pictures of them double this size
 

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