120 Tank Build Thread - Lots Of Pictures

[ReeferBobRW]

Hi all, I joined NJRC about a year ago but I'm a long time lurker. I met a few other NJ reefers recently at MACNA XX (last day oops, oh and thanks for the jello shots)Great speech at the dinner. I hope to meet more of you at this years frag swap. I can also host a meeting for us north Jersey people if anyone is interested.

I presently have a 30g tank setup for about 2 years. My new tank is Oceanic RR 120g 4x2x2 that i purchased used. It came with a free turboflotor skimmer. The rock is all Marco Rock, I cured for 2+ months and the sand was given to me by a guy who took down a shark pool. The lighting is a Giesemann ECO with 2 150HQI. The sump is a homemade 40g breeder with a built in water change system, I hope it works when I complete it.

Presently the tank only has a few starter corals, hermits and snails. I'm hoping to set it up as a SPS mixed tank. The tank has been setup for about 2 months. It never had a cycle but it is now going through it's algae blooms. Fish will soon be coming but I'm going real slow with this tank.

Enjoy!!

-Bob

Tank finally in the house

Some of the Marco Rock

and rock curing

Sump with baffles installed, notice the fancy Turboflotor

Drilling the sump for water change system

Bulkheads installed

Sump with plumbing for water change system

Dorso's built

plumbing for water change system, RODI top off and wiring for water change pump. The plumbing goes through the wall and into my crawlspace where the rest of the water change plumbing is. Hope this thing eventually works as i envisioned it.

Sump in place. I had to remove the center brace to fit the tank under the stand.

Finally!! Water and just add salt

Rock added, think this light is sufficient

And the final product

 

[JohnS_323]

Hey Bob, welcome to NJRC! We're glad you left the shadows and came out posting ;D Great pics and great setup. It looks like you're off to really good start. Gotta love that Marco rock. There's just nothing like it.

I'm glad you were able to get in on the jello shots in Atlanta! And thanks for the props on the dinner speech (I just stopped trembling from that!)

 

[momof6kids]

Hi Bob,
Welcome to NJRC!! I almost did my lights over my new tank the way you did. We have the sloped ceiling also. But we ended up putting up ledgers and brackets and hanging them from that.

Once you start getting coraline algae on that Marco rock it won't look so white. ;D

Look forward to meeting you at some upcoming meetings.

Erna

 

[pnoyreefer]

Welcome to NJRC... Now your not a lurker ;D ..All looks good so far !..keep posting pics for progress ..

 

[Baxreefs]

Off to a good start!

 

[Hawkeye]

Another great 120 tale to tag along with!

The dj panel - did you screw that into the top or front of the stand? I was going to do the same thing but wasn't sure how best to secure it.

 

[ReeferBobRW]

For the DJ switch I cut 2- 3x4 inch rectangles out of 3/4 inch wood I had laying around. I screwed them from the inside of the stand to the front with 1 1/4 inch wood/sheet rock screws. I then used a 4 large head (slightly bigger than the holes on the switch) 1 inch flat head screws to put in the holes in the front of the switch. I did drill small pilot holes on everything to avoid splitting the wood when I put the screws in. I have just the 4 front screws holding it up and it's very sturdy. I also used my cordless drill to make things easier.

 

[vangvace]

Welcome and nice looking tank. The more I see marcorock the more I like it.

But I did lol at the tv compared to the tank.

 

[onefish2fish]

what do you mean tv?



thats a fish scanner

 

[Baxreefs]

Hey Bob, let's see some new pics once you get those frags in.