120g mixed reef - pic heavy

[teog]

Hi, I put this in our local forums but I thought I would share here too. I recently upgraded from my 65 to a 120. The tank was swapped over 2 weeks ago.

Im going for a mixed reef, but plan on majority of SPS corals.

The 120g tank was bought new from a local LFS. The stand and canopy were used, and restained in a cherry color (wife color requirement for any tank:spin3.

Here are the specs

120g 48x24x24
Stand is 36 inch high, canopy is 15 inch high
Bean overflow
20g sump with baffles (waiting for petco to do another $1/gallon sale for a 40 breeder)
Laguna Maxflo 1500 return pump
Bubble magus hero 180 skimmer
RO bro-140 reactor plumbed with the return pump
Sunlight supply T5 8x54 watt fixture
All Giessman bulbs, give a 15-16k look
Koralias 1050 x 2 (will upgrade to tunze soon)

Here are some pics.

 

[secrest]

Awesome tank, it's looking really nice so far. I love the dimensions of the 120's, one of my favorites.

 

[KCombs]

that's gonna look nice once those rocks mature...

now I'm picturing a couple of clams somewhere: maybe a derasa on the bottom and a maxima up in the rocks...

oh and BTW, is that a green hairy mushroom in the lower middle?

 

[teog]

that's gonna look nice once those rocks mature...

now I'm picturing a couple of clams somewhere: maybe a derasa on the bottom and a maxima up in the rocks...

oh and BTW, is that a green hairy mushroom in the lower middle?

Thanks. No its a pink tip frog spawn.

 

[JaYbIrD1969]

Really nice set up! Love the minimal load of live rock. I think some guys overload their tanks. I agree some clams would look sweet in there. Im curious if you plan to upgrade your sump ever. 20g seems quite small for that tank.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[teog]

Thanks jaybird1969. Yes Im looking to upgrade my sump to a 40g breeder. Im using the same one from my old 65g. Im just waiting for petco to do another $1/gallon sale.

I do love clams. I was actually looking at some today at the lfs. But nothing yet. I would imagine real soon though.

 

[teog]

Couple more pics.

 

[teog]

Snapped some new pics today.

 

[teog]

 

[usefulidiot213]

Looks good. I have the same tank Dimensions myself.

 

[nbgen12]

$1 per gallon sale should be happening right now so check out your petco. Very nice tank

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[teog]

Thanks everyone. Thanks nbgen12 for the heads up. Just called and checked and yes its running from 12/26-1/19 here in the Orlando area. Time to sneak away from the house tonight.

 

[teog]

Planning on the glass shop in the morning to build this out for the new sump.

 

[rivvir]

That is one sweet anemone rock hopefully it stays put.

 

[teog]

That is one sweet anemone rock hopefully it stays put.

Me too. Originally there were 3 on the rock. One did move to the back side of the tank near the overflow. So far so good on the two on the rock though.

 

[teog]

Here is the completed sump. Silicone came out a little messier than I would have liked. But I will trim it up a little and put it in service.

The baffle heights are 10 inches in the return/skimmer area. The others are 9 inches high. I had the float valve hole cut at 7 inches. All the glass cost me around 35. So not to bad.

 

[cjeffers88]

Your 120 glass looks so clear, I miss when mine was clean like that haha

 

[teog]

Your 120 glass looks so clear, I miss when mine was clean like that haha

Thanks. Carbon dosing helps.

I got the 40g sump in tonight. It wasnt pretty. It wouldnt fit by just a touch. So I had to take the saw out and do some cutting on the stand. I have to go back and sand it down now. But non the less its in.