Downgraded from my 120g to 34g Solana

[Hoosier daddy]

Well a few weeks ago I decided that I did not have enough time to maintain my 120g with work and the kids' sports (it is football season ). Plus I coach and now have an 8 month old pointing lab I am working on training for pheasant hunting. So I was initially going to get out of the hobby.

Well after some serious thought while I was breaking stuff down I came across a Solana thread. I thought wow! It has everything built in and it is simple enough and small enough that I could still be in the hobby and enjoy it but with minimal maintainence and smaller water changes. I decided to go more with LPS and softies as I did not want the equipment that is needed for the high end SPS which I was doing in my 120g. I do miss my 120g but this has made my life so much more simple and still able to enjoy this awesome hobby. I want to thank Jonthefb for the hook up on the Solana . I posted some pics below. So tell me what you think. I just set this up a week ago.

Here is my 120g before I took it down.

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Here is what I replaced it with on the same wall .

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[Hoosier daddy]

Here is the Solana in the same room.

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[Hoosier daddy]

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[evergreenreeftank]

Great looking tank Hoosier!

 

[Hoosier daddy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15522603#post15522603 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by evergreenreeftank
Great looking tank Hoosier!

Thank you!!! I love this tank. Never thought I would downgrade and be happy .

 

[Off The Deep End]

Looking good!

 

[rehnberg]

That looks nice! I want to know more about it. How is the stock skimmer working? Do you have any heat issues? I like the way those look!

 

[jaw969]

Such a sleek looking tank..........Awesome job on the aquascaping!

 

[Hoosier daddy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15522720#post15522720 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rehnberg
That looks nice! I want to know more about it. How is the stock skimmer working? Do you have any heat issues? I like the way those look!

I am still using the stock skimmer. It is not that bad. It put off alot of micro bubbles at first. After a week it died down prob after it got a coat of slime. I am still playing with it to get it perfect. No heat issues at all. That is the reason I went with a 150w. I don't want to have a bunch of crap(chiller,sump, reactors) on my tank like my 120g.My plan is for simple . I have a Tunze Osmolator coming in on Tues. for my new ATO. The ones that come with it are a joke. I will add the Vortech MP10 next.

 

[space]

Great looking tank!!!!

 

[Hoosier daddy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15522747#post15522747 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jaw969
Such a sleek looking tank..........Awesome job on the aquascaping!

Thanks Jon!!!

 

[rehnberg]

What was the top off that came with it like? Where are you going to store you top off water? Sorry for the questions. I like the way those look and kinda have been considering one. There isn't enough flow with the stock pump? The vortech will be nice!

 

[Hoosier daddy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15522780#post15522780 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rehnberg
What was the top off that came with it like? Where are you going to store you top off water? Sorry for the questions. I like the way those look and kinda have been considering one. There isn't enough flow with the stock pump? The vortech will be nice!

No problem Rehnberg. The top off that came with it was two small bottles that just gravity feed in a bracket in the third chamber. I plan on going to petco and getting a 5.5 gallon critter tank and using it in the stand. It actually looks pretty slick. Well I am going to get two of them and partition the second one in the middle and use a doser to dose two part and make this thing a set and forget .

 

[rehnberg]

Keep us updated with picks. I would like to see how it all looks.

 

[spstimie]

I know denverdave had a euroreef nano he was using on his solana that he was selling. Nice tank.

 

[jonthefb]

Scott, man, that thing looks fantastic! Glad that I could help!

Cheers~!
Jon

 

[Hoosier daddy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15523042#post15523042 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jonthefb
Scott, man, that thing looks fantastic! Glad that I could help!

Cheers~!
Jon

Thanks Jon! It worked out perfect. The wife actually really likes it alot. Prob cause she knows I can't just keep filling it with expensive corals LOL :lol: . Thanks again.

 

[LooseHip]

very nice, coolest looking softy/LPS tank I have seen in a while! I wish they made those tanks in a 3x3 version... I would be all over it!

 

[Ephesians320]

really nice set up, glad you were able to keep the hobby alive in your house!

you might find that you love the smaller tank all the more then the bigger one

 

[zombiereef]

great looking tank. i love the rockwork and coral selection.