Well… I had plans to upgrade the 29g to a 75g – Got one for free from a buddy and had it all set up. Then I got an offer for a nearly free 120g, I obviously couldn’t resist and jumped on it.
It’s a 60x18x26 120 gallon tank w/ 2” plastic center brace. The stand that It came with was more of an entertainment stand, and could only house
maybe a 29g sump, so I decided to build my own custom stand.
The stand is 62x22x36 – I designed it so that a 55gal sump would could slide in/out from the side between the stand legs incase the sump ever needed to be removed. Well…after fudging around for several hours I figured out it was impossible to use the 55g as a sump and the new skimmer I picked up due to min/max water level. So I ditched the 55g, and turned my 40B into a sump/fuge. However, It no longer can slide through the side, so I designed the front Panel of the stand to be removable (4 screws) giving me entire access under the stand. The 40B sump/fuge will also allow for a 10gal tank to fit as a Top Off, as well as other equipment.
Below are some pics of the stand build:
(Pictures will be added later tonight/tomorrow)
Tank will be a mixed Reef, focusing on primarily LPS and softies w/ some SPS mixed in.
Tank specs:
Tank: 60x18x26 120 gallon w/ 2” plastic center-brace
Stand: 62x22x36 custom built. Entire front panel is removable to allow full access under the tank.
Lights: Prestige Gamma LED/T5 36” unit
T-5s: Front-to-Back
-Super Antinic
-Blue Plus
-Purple Plus
-True Antinic
Unit is programmable and fully customable for Ws, Bs, Cs (red/green), and moonlights for 0%- 99%. LEDs will be controlled by unit for sunrise through sunset. T5s are on 2 switches, which will be on timers
or through RKE if I have an open outlet.
Since my tank is 5’ (not standard 4’) I needed to raise the unit higher off the water to get enough spread to the far ends. I will be checking PAR Readings to dial the unit in to the perfect height.
Plumbing/Overflow: Glassholes.com 1500gph overflow kit – 2 1.5” bulkheads in overflow box, 2 3/4” returns w/ locline and flare nozzles at either end of the tank w/ a 1000gph odyssey return pump
Flow: 2 Koralia 1050s, 2 JBJ 1600s on wavemaker duo (opposite ends alternating every 10secs) plus pretty decent flow from returns. Even w/o the ruturns on it’s
ton of flow. I may program them to be ‘calmer’ at night via RKE.
LR/LS: roughly 75lbs of live sand from 75gal tank (I will probably add a little more), roughly 90-100lbs of LR in DT – there will also be 10-20lbs in the sump/fuge.
Skimmer: Euro-Reef rs180 rated up to 450gals – realistically, rated 180g lightly stocked, 135gal heavily stocked. I also have a 8” scrubbie which is
awesome! I will have it set to turn on 4-6x/day which will clean/squeegee the neck of the collection cup. This will allow for better/more effective skimming, greatly increasing its effectiveness and reducing the frequency of emptying/cleaning the skimmer.
Sump: Pictured below – 40B Tank w/ acrylic baffles. Fuge section is roughly 15x18x12 which is 12-14gals. I have 10lbs of Miracle Mud and cheato. I recently also added 1000pods from reefs2reefs.com (1000pods in DT as well). I will also be hooking up a Two Little Fishes Phosban 150 to run carbon. Maybe tinker w/ an Algae Turf Scrubber.
ATO: Float-values controlled by RKE and timer (backup) with 10gal reservoir. (Still need to set up)
Controller: DA Reef-Keeper Elite w/ 2 PC-4s.
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Current Stock:
Current Fish:
| 5” Desjardini Sailfin Tang | 2” Blue Hippo Tang | 2” Caulk Bass |
| 1 ½” B/O Osc. Clown | 1 ½” O/W Osc. Clown | 3” Melanurus Wrasse |
2'' Blue Star Leopard Wrasse
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Wishlist Fish:
TBA
Inverts:
75gallon ReefCleaners.org CUC w/ hermits – ReefCleaners.org always
overkills so for now its holding up to the bio-load.
2” RBTA (2x)
| 3”Flower Rock Nem | | 5-6” Derasa Clam | 2 Sexy Shrimp |
| 3 Peppermint Shrimp | 2 Brittle Stars (5”) | | 4" Quad-Rainbow Nem
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Coral:
Zs n’ Ps:
(There are some that will not listed due to pirates…)
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[TD]Magicians
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Devils Armor
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Vivid Rainbow
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Sunny Ds
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ASD Pepperoni
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ASD Phantom Blues
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ASD Blues
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ASD Purple Nurple
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ASD Fairy Tale
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ASD Purple Devine
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[TD]ASD Pink Floral
ASD Firestorm
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Pink Speckled Palys
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Orange BamBams
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Incredible Hulks
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[TD]Neon GBPs
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ASD Atomic Rasta
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Rev. Space Mons.
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Green Implosion
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Fruitloops
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Fire & Ice
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Blue Tubbs
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Darth Mauls
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Orange Mauls
Blue Hornets
Red Hornets
PDA PE (RDPE)
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[TD]HC Mimosas
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HC Wall Streets
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[TD]John Deere
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[TD]Mohawks
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[TD]Cats Eyes
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[TD]Pink Hippo
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[TD]Dragon Eyes
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[TD]Blow Pops
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[TD]ASD Purple Pluto
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[TD]Lemon Rings
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[TD]Gobstoppers
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[TD]HC Green Spartans
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[TD]Watermelons
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[TD] X-Men
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[TD]Pink Zipper
LA Lakers
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[TD]Space Odyssey
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[TD]Wheel Wagon
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[TD]Blue Sparkle
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[TD]RPE
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[TD]Lemon Drops
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[TD]Pirated Blood
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[TD]Blue Steel
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[TD]My Clementines
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[TD]Rastas
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[TD]Night Crawler
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[TD]Cherry Charms
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[TD]Green Bay Packers
Scrambled Eggs
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[TD]HC Blue & Reds
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[TD]HC Emerald City
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[TD]HC Emeraldescens
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[TD]Starship Destroyer
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[TD]Midnight Express
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[TD]MoonBeams
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[TD]Cabbage Patch
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[TD]Minted Agaves
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[TD]BBEB
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[TD]Cherry Blossoms
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[TD]Rum Runner
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[TD]Perfect Wife/Bouquet
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[TD]Northern Lights
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[TD]Napalm
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[TD]Smurf Nipple
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[TD]Orange Mandarins
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[TD]Chong Bongs
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[TD]Blue Rhino
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[TD]Mary Janes
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[TD]Bloody Mary
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[TD]Captain America
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[TD]God of War
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[TD]Reverse Gor. Nips
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[TD]Crazy Ladies
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[TD]Frosty Ladies
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[TD]Ultra Lunars
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[TD]Chinese Firecracker
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[TD]Aussie Chaos
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[TD]Ultimate Chaos
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I have more than this… just can’t remember off the top of my head – Also have a ‘shipment’ coming via Jay’s Tank lol.
SPS:
| ORA Red Planet | Ponape Birdsnest | Green Birdsnest | Sour Apple Monti Cap |
| Green Slimmer Acro | Spongode Montipora | Rainbow Birdsnest
| Red Monti Cap
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Purple Table Acro
| Tri-color
| Bird of Paradise
| Green Monti Cap
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A few others…. Need to get names later.
LPS:
| Green/Purple Tip FrogSpawn | Pink FrogSpawn | Lemon-Lime FrogSpawn |
| WCR Yellow Torch | Multi-Colored Scoly | Duncans |
| Highlighter Candy-Canes | Dendros | Rics/Yumas/Shrooms |
| Tyree Green Toadstool | Black Sun Coral | MCF Scoly |
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Again, I have more than this… just cant remember off the top of my head
(Livestock/Coral list updated: 5/31/13)
Pictures below were taken with a point-and-shoot - Ill try to get my buddy to take some better ones with he DSR.
Full Tank Shot
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FTS (Left)
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FTS (Right)
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Went a little crazy at the swap, but while on a quest to 'catch 'em all!" ...em, Z's & P's that is... The swap was a great way to meet up with people, as well as vendors, to get frags of some seen less frequently.
