120g officially in the works

[fio1022]

I will be upgrading to a 120g soon.Lots of construction needs to be done first.
Can anyone tell me the exact dimensions of the holes in the bottom off the back and sides?Aga website does not give these measurments I will have to modify my existing stand/wall to accomodate the new plumbing and every fraction of an inch needs to be taken into consideration.Space is very limited but is very doable.
Thanks-Can't wait.

Also,the set up that I'm getting-The live rock has tons of Aptasia.I'm under the impression that joes juice and kalkwasser paste will be a never ending battle.Is there a way to totally eliminate it with out killing everything on it?

 

[2639]

A peppermint shrimp will eat that aiptaisia I had a bad problem once and got a peppermint....problem solved.

 

[vyger]

Some people have luck with peppermint shrimp eating aptasia and some don't. Years ago , I had about 40 or so of them in a 30 gal reef tank and got 2 peppermint shrimp. They cleared the tank of aptasia in about 3 weeks. If I find any now in my present tank, I "nuke em'" with a thick solution of Kalkwasser.

 

[eboonaman]

never had any luck using Pepermint shrimp.. But I got myself a copperband butterfly and after three weeks I can't find any aptasia or any spaghetti worms in my sand
chuck

 

[DEXTER SOLIS]

DUDE!
congrats on the 120, you can come to the house and take whatever measurements you might need.

 

[shyland83]

I had aptasia everywhere in my 30g, I bought one peppermint shrimp, and although i haven't seen him since i put him in, the aptasia was gone in days and i havent seen any since.

 

[fio1022]

thanks for the replies.
I haven't had any aptasia in the past but I had several peppermint shrimp.The problem is I have a nasty coral banded shrimp that takes them out,even lost a nice $40 blood shrimp.
Getting started on the renovation this weekend.Whole lot of planning.
Dex-thanks for the invite just don't have time these days.If you could measure for me would be great.
What size piping-drain/return3/4?how far away from back and sides?
Thanks