The 120 Reset

[reefboarder]

Recently moved in with my fiancee, and had the pleasure of moving my 120 and all inhabitants. First off I would like to thank Joe (nirvanafan) and Justin (jacwil)!
Joe, as you all know got a scratch from a rock during the move that later became infected and got him a three day stay at the hospital. Justin was there in a pinch with a rubbermaid stock tank that was the home for everyone while the tank was being moved and reset. So just want to let you guys know I appreciate all of your help very much. Now on to the tank, redid a few things with the plumbing and sump. I basically turned the sump around so the overflow would drain straight down into the skimmer chamber and ran the return thru a little bigger of a line. Doesnt seem to have made a big difference on functionality but is more user friendly and a touch quieter. here are a few pics of the rubbermaid to start, and pics of the new aquascape and progress will come in later I have a few shots of the rock work but none of my corals are really grown out so I hope to use this thread to track the tanks progress.
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Heres the car loaded for trip number 1 to the new home.
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This is where my rubbermaid with my substrate broke into pieces while Joe and I tried lifting it into the car.
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These next two are of the two viewable sides of the tank aquascaped partially and tank half full.
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A couple pics of the top of the 120 filled with bags of corals and fish, there were three regular coolers filled with rock that had corals and the rock with my nem and clown fish as well.
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And the last for now, A sneak peek of the door way side of the tank.
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More pics to follow!
I should also mention that as of now everything has survived the move, a few montis (orange and blue digitata and my purple rimmed cap) are stressed and partially stn'd but have been stable for about four days now so we will see if they make it. I also think my nem is going to split.

 

[reefboarder]

See how the top half the tentacles are scrunching and the bottom are extended. I am no nem expert and this could actually be a bad sign but it has a second mouth as well :hmm2:
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[rjmayes34]

thats awesome!!! Congrats on the succesfull move!! When i bought my 120 forma person in buffalo(an hour away) i drove my truck and my wife followed with her car,we had both cars packed FULL so i know what you went through!! My orange monti cap only lost a little color around the edges,never healed and it is still bleached three months later now, but only a small part did that. And fish wise only my coral beauty didnt make it everything else went smoth or as smooth as it could go.
Where do you go about getting the ribbermaid 150 gallon? Do they come in a little smaller than that? The one i have is flimsy and im afraid one of these times making up my water for my weekly change it will break and i only do 25 gall a week.
Waiting for it to get un-cloudy is the hardest part!!!! Seems to take a life time

 

[wetbehindears]

Sweet hope to see clear shots later hope everything lives

 

[Capt_Cully]

OH MAN what a giant PITA!! Looks like you pulled it off nicely!

 

[NirvanaFan]

Nice. I'm glad that everything is stable now. I like your rock stack now too. Make sure when everything clears you get a good pic of it.

 

[Jacwil]

Looks like a big job that you guys pulled off nicely Dex!

 

[aquadonkey]

Looks great! I love the photos of the move - very helpful for those of us who have never done it before!

 

[Dave VG]

Nice job guys!!!!

 

[wah-zoh]

:thumbsup: congrats

 

[reefboarder]

Where do you go about getting the ribbermaid 150 gallon? Do they come in a little smaller than that?

Jacwil provided the rubbermaid, but they can be found at tractor supply or countrymax they are used for troughs usually except in our hobby.

 

[reefboarder]

Here is another shot of the tank a little bit clearer than the last.

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And a little better yet
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I have some others of this side after moving the torch and putting zoas, and palys on the flat part of the rock on the left I will have to upload them after work.

 

[reefboarder]

And now for some FTS's
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[NirvanaFan]

looking good Dex!

 

[ryan_]

good looking tank. congrats on the successful move!

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

awesome rockscape!

 

[aquadonkey]

LOVE the craggy cliffs on the right!!
and glad to hear your animals are all doing well

 

[GMaquarium]

moving stuff is always fun, especially moving tanks. Great job, came out nice

 

[solRNY]

very refreshing seeing a bright white light tank(10k?)
awesome aquascape btw

 

[zooman72]

I really like it too, with a great "scape" - but maybe add a background, to increase the illusion of depth? Probably trivial here though at this point after all of that work...