Arlin's 120

[afernandez]

Hello!

Well ill start with the truth I was never ever into sps ....until I tried it about 2 years ago... ...Two and a half years later I'm starting a sps dedicated tank :rollface:

Well here we go!

Tank: standard 120
Stand: DIY
Sump: custom made
Controller: Apex
Light:ATI dimable sunpower (8bulb)
Skimmer:Alfa vertex 170
Return: wave line dc 10000
Flow: (2)mp40W-ES (1)tunze 6105
3 part: bubble magus doser w/ vertex containers.
Live rock: 100pounds -/+
Other filtration: WM bio pellets & Carbon.

Date started :June 4 2013

Ill let the pictures take care of the rest...

Stand

After plumbing

Today


More pics to come :wave:

 

[sahin]

Hey man. I love your current tank: so this can only be better! Look forward to this progressing. :thumbsup:

 

[RIGUY314]

nice plumbing work! everything looks great. Where did you get the plumbing supplies?

 

[mylittlejade]

Very clean set up. What did you coat the bottom if your stand with for occasional soils from your sump??

Bryan

 

[jroovers]

Looks good, like the white stand and canopy especially.

 

[afernandez]

Hey man. I love your current tank: so this can only be better! Look forward to this progressing. :thumbsup:

Thanks buddy!

nice plumbing work! everything looks great. Where did you get the plumbing supplies?

Thanks, Some I got from a good friend and some I bough from brs

Very clean set up. What did you coat the bottom if your stand with for occasional soils from your sump??

Bryan

Thanks, I used exterior paint inside and then used a clear silicon sealant hopefully ill keep it nice and clean

Looks good, like the white stand and canopy especially.

Thanks! I had a very good idea of what i wanted & also made sure all doors are removable for full access to the sump.

 

[afernandez]

mini update: GOOD News & Bad News

on a good note: my cycle is complete its ready to go!

I Also did this ...finally

Before & After
(I did not want people to see my overflow so i covered it with limo tint)


On another note: My Ati sunpower has a problem with the balast so i have to send it back :headwally:

so it will be another week or so to start slowly transfering....

 

[afernandez]

Well after bulb swapping & and a quick factory test the light fixture is working perfectly fine

 

[JP SPS]

mini update: GOOD News & Bad News

on a good note: my cycle is complete its ready to go!

I Also did this ...finally

Before & After
(I did not want people to see my overflow so i covered it with limo tint)


On another note: My Ati sunpower has a problem with the balast so i have to send it back :headwally:

so it will be another week or so to start slowly transfering....

Nice start. Question on your overflow. Does the rounded top on there designed to muffle the sound? How well does it work?

 

[afernandez]

Nice start. Question on your overflow. Does the rounded top on there designed to muffle the sound? How well does it work?

I believe it Desing to create a quick syphon, the wholes on the side are for air Intake to make it quiet & steady flow. It comes standard with the tank so I can't take credit for that . HTH

 

[Henry Colf]

So far looks great, looking forward to updates!

 

[afernandez]

Under the hood: i still have to do a seriouse wire managing



New Ato Box


Small video

http://youtu.be/j8zrV59sUb0

 

[cFloor]

Loving the aquascape!

 

[afernandez]

A month later it has its first resident....






More to come..

 

[gordonheimer]

Looks great so far! I am planning a 120 now as well so I will be following.

 

[trueblackpercula]

Very nice work

 

[mark54321]

Beautiful set up, but I think it is a mistake to put this Tang as first fish. It is going to be very hard to add other fish without them getting beat up by him. Powder Blue are known to be very aggressive. Other then that I really like your sump area how clean and neat is. Great job.

 

[afernandez]

Some fish:

 

[afernandez]

Corals getting transferred with in the next few weeks

 

[jroovers]

A month later it has its first resident....






More to come..

Things are looking good!

Just a quick note regarding my personal experience, a PBT would be one of the last fish I introduce, as opposed to the first... they can be quite aggressive and beat up on any fish that are added afterward especially... yours looks nice and small so maybe that aggression hasn't shown up yet.