120 build

[lighthouze08]

Since the forum has been so quiet lately, i'll share my 120 build so there's something to look at. i took a few pics in the process

started out building the stand

canopy

opening to access the tank

stained

resealed the 120, moved it to the living room

how do you make 120 gallon of saltwater? with a kiddie pool of course

went with tropical eden reef flakes sand, filling her up

light mounted, done!!

closed up picture

 

[dadyoj21]

kiddie pool is original.

the set up looks great now to fill the tank.

 

[lighthouze08]

lol i'll fill it up slowly to avoid filing chapter 11 bankruptcy

 

[ThurlowR]

Looks great, what you using for lighting ? Also what kind of rock is that ?

 

[lighthouze08]

its pukani rock from bulkreefsupply. i'm using LEDS and supplementing it with two 60" T5s

 

[4adam12]

went with tropical eden reef flakes sand, filling her up

Fitting description because you can see "her" in the back of the tank. Looks really good. What did you skin the stand with?

 

[lighthouze08]

hahaha maybe i do have a mermaid in the tank? i skinned it with 3mm oak plywood from lowes

 

[eengmd]

Any updates on the 120? Have you had any problems with algae blooms with the pukani BRS rock? I have a difficult time with phosphates in my nano with BRS rock.

 

[lighthouze08]

same here Eugene, i'm having problems with the algae blooms and for the longest time i couldn't figure out where it's coming from. I kept on thinking it was from the new sand but i grabbed a hanna phosphate meter the other week to test out phosphate and it was high. I'll order some Rowaphos today to lower the phosphate, otherwise the tank is doing well. I switched out the Vortechs for Tunze b/c they were the loudest thing in the tank

 

[eengmd]

I agree the Vortechs are the only real noise coming from my tank mainly in just wavemaking mode (NTS mode). I could not control the phosphates leaching from the rock with just GFO. I pulled the rock and put them in a kiddie pool (wonder where I got that idea) and used lanthanum chloride (phosfree). You could also drip lanthanum into a fine 1-5 micron sock. Let me know if the GFO isn't moving the PO4 down sufficiently and I can give you some phosfree. I believe the BRS rock definitely leeches phosphates, at least the pukani does. This was even after I soaked the rock, vinegar bath and toothbrushed the dried up dead stuff.